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Chapter 2

Chapter 2. Resources for teachers. Teaching educators are always seeking professional development. They experiment with new methods, approaches, techniques and materials. They attend conferences, participate in workshops, submit articles to professional magazines and journals, etc.

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Chapter 2

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  1. Chapter 2 Resources for teachers

  2. Teaching educators are always seeking professional development They experiment with new methods, approaches, techniques and materials. They attend conferences, participate in workshops, submit articles to professional magazines and journals, etc. The Internet provides a faster, easier, less expensive way to achieve development

  3. E-mail: Creating a Global Network • Collaboration among teachers • Sometimes collaborative conference presentations, journal articles, and books are planned and written entirely on-line. • Another example of teacher collaboration is through interclass projects.

  4. Caution ! • E-mail communication can be challenging • Miscommunication can rise when discussants lack the emotional clues that are normally expressed through intonation or facial expression. • Teachers can be overwhelmed by the task of managing a large number of e-mail messages.

  5. Communication and networking via e-mail lists • The power of e-mail is magnified manifold through e-mail lists. • They are also called: • E-mail discussion lists • Listservers • Listservs • e-mail lists allows a large number of people to communicate with each other.

  6. Types of e-mail lists • newsletters • E-mail discussion list

  7. newsletters • newsletters One-way communication from the owner of the list to the recipients. • E-mail discussion list Two-way communication moderated Unmoderated

  8. E-mail discussion lists run under a variety of software (e.g. listserv, listproc, Majordomo) • The software resides in the host computer and is not needed by the end user.

  9. Examples of e-mail lists of interest to English language teachers • TESL-L • NETEACH-L • CONTENT-ESL • LLTI-L

  10. linguistics lists • LINGUIST • LTEST-L • LANG-USE foreign language lists • FLTEACH

  11. Top 10 tips for Using E-mail Effectively • Netiquette • Please check pp. 15-16

  12. World Wide Web Discovering a goldmine of resources

  13. Professional journals and magazines Virtual libraries Online media Professional organizations and associations Online workshops and conferences English language programs and staff Publishers Language reference materials Downloadable software tools Sites for English language teaching

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