Online Reference Tools

• dictionary and thesauruses

in the classroom the teacher and the students can have the dictionary
available at all times to check the meaning of words. it provides a
powerful resource for students woeking on their own and also it can be
used at all levels. thesauruses are more suitable to the intermediate
and adcanced levels where more language is new to the learners.

• concordances and corpuses for language analysis

a concordance id similar to a search engine in many respects. it is a
small program that can examine large quantities of text for patterns
and occurances of particular words or phrases. there are many
concordance programs such as www.monoconc.com. when choosing
concordance, the main evaluation will be the type of language you want
to work with: spoken or written, American or British. these choices
will influence which corpus the teacher decide to query. there are
some well known corpuses such as www.natcorp.ac.uk

Blog, Wikis and Podcast

• blog

a blog is a web page with regular diary or journal entries. blog can
be used in teaching language. blog used in education are known as
edublogs. an edublog can be set up and used by a teacher, learners. a
teacher may decide to use a blog to provide their learners with news
and comments on issues, extra reading practise or homework, online
links, a summary of a class for learners.

• wiki

a wiki is like a public website, public web page, started by a person
but which subsequent visitors can add to, delete or change as they
wish. a wiki is more dynamic and can have multiple authors. the best
way to start using a wiki with a group of learners is to set up a
simple collaborative writing project.

• podcast

a podcast is an audio and or video file is broadcast via internet and
can be downloaded to a computer or mobile device such as MP3 player.
podcast can be authentic or made for language learners. there are two
main uses of podcast in teaching. firstly, learners can listen to
podcast made by other and secondly, they can produce their own
podcast. the language teacher can direct their learners to podcast
already available on the internet.

summary of Dubliners by James Joyce

Dubliners is a collection of fifteen short stories by James Joyce. the
stories are The Sister, An Encounter, Araby, Eveline, After The Race,
Two Gallants, The Boarding House, A Little Cloud, Counterparts, Clay,
A Painpul Case, Ivy Day in the Committee Room, A Mother, Grace and The
Dead. The Sister tells about a boy grapples with th death of a priest,
Father Flynn. An Encounter tells about two boys walk around the city
and are bothered by an old man. Araby tells about a young boy falls
in love with Mangan's sister but fails to buy a present for her.
Eveline tells about a young woman leaves Ireland to Argentina to meet
her boyfriend. After the race tells about Jimmy Doyle who tries to fit
in with his wealthy friends.

USING WEBSITES

• Using websites in the classroom

Using websites is one of the easiest ways of getting started with technology in the classroom. There is a large of collection of resources on the web. You can choose from authentic source or ELT sites. Teachers can use web pages in the classroom in a variety of ways, such as with one computer with an internet connection, in a computer lab with a set of networked and connected computers, or as print pages where there may be limited access to internet

• ELT websites or authentic websites

Authentic sites can be chosen to fit learners’ interests. Authentic sites also provide an ideal opportunity to work through the issues of total comprehension that plenty of learners to deal with at some point in their studies. While ELT websites provide valuable opportunities for more controlled language work are often a great help to learners who used to brush up on certain aspects of language.

• How to find useful websites

For teachers having good search skills means finding useful resources quickly, speeding up lesson planning and facilitating web use in class. For learners, it means being able to quickly accomplish web based tasks. Google is the most well-known search engine which indexes over twelve billion web pages

• How to evaluate websites

Teachers can evaluate websites from its accuracy, currency, content, and functionality. Accuracy and currency are the most important if learners are taking notes and interpreting information.

• Planning lesson using the internet

The first thing is to plan session well: visit the websites you intend to use, make a note of the particular pages you want your learners to work on and make sure the teachers are familiar with the content.

• Working with lower levels of language proficiency

It is possible to work with lower levels and the internet but the choice of websites will be more limited. Websites which are more suitable for lower level will include: websites with simple, clearly presented text, non-linguistic data, websites with visuals, and ELT websites.

• Web teaching do and don’ts

- Teachers should always a back up plan in a place.

- Use of the knowledge of other teachers and learners to help you with the technical side of the lesson.

- Save web pages to computer hard disk

- Try to arrange the computer room that you can easily maintain control over learner activities.

REFLECTION OF PARADISE LOST by John Milton

Title : Paradise Lost
Author : John Milton

This poetry tells about Adam and Eve's disobedience. They eat forbidden tree, The Tree of Knowledge, because of attempting from Satan. Then God of father gave them punishment. They went down to earth. I think the story is different with the story in my religion, Islam. In Islam there is no God of father, God the son, satan does not take the form of toad and serpent and also the name of the tree is different. In Islam Khuldi is the name of the tree. I have the same story about disobedience. my mother forbade me eating instant noodles but i broke the rule. because of breaking the rule, I got stomachache. At that time I do not want to break the rule anymore. I believe that there is consequence of everything we do.

MUSIC EFFECTS ON CHILDREN

The children of today are surrounded by technology and entertainment, such as television, internet, music, and video games. Music is one of media that has a big influence on children. It's just like two edges of coin. Music has many good effects on children. The first is listening skill is being developed and improved. We can hear the children who sing a song fluently. It shows that their listening skill is developing and their memory is being skill as well. The second is classical music affects the growth of IQ and EQ. It is said that music, especially classical music affects the growth of IQ and EQ of children. The third is gaining confidence. Singing their favorite song will help the children to gain confidence. They will proud of themselves that they can sing. Besides good effects, music also has negative effects on children. The first is trying to act out the song's lyrics. Lyrics are highly suggestive which can cause children to act out it. If the songs suggested kissing, hugging, or even shooting, they might just do that. The second is emulating singer's style. We can see how influential singers are just by looking the children, their dress, and their hair just like their idols.

PROCESSOR IN THE CLASSROOM

• Why use word processor?

These days most teachers and learners are familiar with the basic functions of a word processing program. Both teachers and learners know how to create, save and store documents. Teachers can use a word processing program to prepare, create, and share materials. Learners can use a word processing program to practice writing skills, and grammar.

• Word processors for teachers: creating materials

Teachers can work with word processor for material creation. When teachers want to incorporate images into worksheet, they can use click "Insert" menu and select "Picture". The teachers can also create forms, use track changes and use marking.

• Word processing activities for learners

Learners can use word processor for creative writing. They can use thesaurus tools to check the synonyms of the words. A word processor can also be tools for introducing or practicing language, dictation, noticing activities, collaborative writing activity, and presenting work.

Typing skills play a large part in word processors. The teachers do not put too much pressure on learners to perform too quickly and should not expect great success if learners are not used to doing activities from computer.