Monday, 18 February 2008

Online dictionaries... and more!

As a teacher, I have often wondered how to be updated and how to motivate students in the learning process. I´ve tried many things but I was a bit reluctant to introduce technology into the classroom out of lack of knowledge as well as confidence. However, I began to feel that technology has become a useful and "almost" essential tool to use. So, I started learning and surfing the web. I was amazed to find countless websites which can be used in the learning process.

One of the websites which I find really interesting and profitable is Englishpage.com. You can find different types of English dictionaries. Moreover, there are plenty of exercises for students to practise and check. Try it! I guess you and your students´ll benefit from this page. If you know of any similar pages, why not post a comment to this post?

Silvia C.
Barrio Norte

1 comments:

Gladys Baya said...

Hey, Silvia! This site has a lot of potential for teaching advanced levels, I think! First thing on their front page at the moment is a tutorial on "gerunds and infinitives", plus 30 interactive exercises on the topic divided by level of complexity... and even links to other pages to discuss different cases (e.g. after preposition, etc). Last year my pre-fce students kept asking for more practice on this, I'll make sure I bookmark the site so that I can easily find it next time (will add it to the group delicio.us too, so that we all can find it!)

Thanks for sharing!
Gladys