| Instructional Websites |
Resource |
URL |
Comments |
| Web Resources: English as a Second Language |
http://www.polyglot.pitt.edu/web/englishlistening.html |
Resources used by ELI
students |
| Interesting Things for ESL Students |
http://www.manythings.org/ |
"A fun study site
for learners of English as a Second Language" |
Activities
for ESL students |
|
Quizzes,
tests, exercises and puzzles; project of The Internet TESL Journal
with thousands of contributions by many teachers. |
| Word
Processing |
| Resource |
URL |
Comments |
| Word
Processing-based Activities
for a Language Class |
|
Ideas
for communicative classroom activities based on word processing |
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| Software |
Availability |
Platform |
File Formats |
Comments |
| Sound Recorder |
Comes as part of Windows operating system |
PC |
wav |
Easy to use; wav files
are very large |
Audio
Recorder |
Available
on Macs in LMC
Free download:
http://versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/17392 |
Mac
only |
aiff,
mp3 |
Easy
to use; creates QuickTime movie |
| PureVoice |
|
PC
& Mac |
Purevoice, wav on PC
Purevoice, aiff on Mac |
Creates very small files;
can insert or overwrite in a file |
| Audacity |
|
PC
& Mac |
wav, aiff, mp3 |
Allows editing;
the most complicated;
available
in several languages |
|
Audio Recording Options in the Language Media Center Labs
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| Resource |
URL |
Comments |
| Resources for
Blogs & Wikis |
http://www.pitt.edu/~cbsiskin/ling2148/blogs&wikis.html |
general links |
| TypePad
|
|
hosted weblogging service; 30 days' free trial |
| Live
Journal |
|
hosted weblogging service;
free and paid versions |
| Blogger |
|
hosted weblogging service; free and paid versions |
| Movable Type
|
http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype |
for more advanced weblog
publishing |
| Blogs
and Wikis: Environments for On-line Collaboration |
|
Overview article by Bob Godwin-Jones |
| Bee
Online 2 |
|
"A
Meeting Place for Students to Share Opinions and Discuss" |
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*Session
for LING 2143, Materials Development for Second Language Teaching & Testing,
June 28, 2007
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