English corner online

Social networking for

learners of English

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English Corner Online

English Corner - from Wikipedia

The phrase ‘English Corner’ commonly applies to

informal periods of instruction in English held at

schools and colleges in China…

The emphasis in these sessions is on improving the

oral English skills of the participants…

As an informal session the topics can be far ranging.

Usually English Corner activities are held on Friday

afternoons.

English Corner Online – the Mission

Use the Internet to provide learners of

English with a tool to help them practise

speaking outside the classroom.

www.english-corner-online.com

Home page

My profile pages

View profile

Logged-in screen / Home page

Find people to speak to

Find out more

Send contact request

Writing projects

Corner comments

Other resources

Current members

Friend requests

Some ideas and suggestions

1. Getting started

Ask students to register. Give them a quiz task where they

have to search within ECO to find answers to questions and

in the process, discover the different sections and

functionality of the site. This could be done in class or for

homework.

2. Publishing work for public view

Students post their contribution to a collection, for example

of short stories, poems, recipes, jokes, etc.

English Corner Online - a resource for teachers

Some ideas and suggestions

3. Interviews (with students in different schools or countries)

Set a topic e.g. music, food, routine, technology, lifestyle, etc.

Students produce a questionnaire then set up and conduct

interviews with students elsewhere.

Once the interviews have been completed, students write up

their findings and post them in the ECO "writing" section.

Material posted could also be exploited by classes not actually

involved in the production process. For example: "Read the

posts and compare the comments with the situation in your own

school/country".

Some ideas and suggestions

4. Chain Stories (within a class or school, or between

different classes and schools)

Set a theme or provide a title (for example: "The Future" or

"Jan's Bad Day"). Brainstorm different starting points. In pairs

students start a story then "hand it over". The next pair of

students write the middle of a story, and then a third pair write

the end of a story. Stories could be completed in one session

or continue indefinitely.

Story writing could also be done individually and set for

homework on a regular basis.

Lesson plans for the above:

5. Your ideas here ...

Next steps …

1. Section for teachers to include:

• Form groups (e.g. classes)

• Find and interact with groups

• Restrict access to selected users

• Your suggestions

2. Corner videos (?)

Thanks for listening and taking part

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