Learning English as a Second Language

Learning English – a quick tour

Getting to know the website.

Interactive PowerPoint presentationJoost Dancet

Internet and computer:valuable tools?

A nice taste of Englishonly a few clicks away– read an English text– listen to an English native

speaker – watch a funny animation – use a double-click dictionary on any wordand all of this simultaneously ...Billy Collins, The Dead

Learning English

The links on the welcome page(16)

Which ones?the sections at the top of the page (5) – lead to

more than 20 subsections

the images & the text in red (11)

A double-click dictionary on every page

Learning English: a teaser quiz

• Browse and discover the website for 5 minutes– Click on a few hyperlinks.– Use the double-click

dictionary – there are two sorts.

• The quiz ...– How many subsections

does this website have? – What is the subsection with most links?– What subsection has the least?

Learning English gives the usera collection of hyperlinks

• Only a few for each category• Only the best – I hope• Sites without advertisements, if possible

Learning English: my own pages

• < Dictionaries < Translation dictionaries– onClick English Dictionaries – a number of online

dictionaries on one URL.

• < English on the Web < Watching & listening– Billy Collins – 8 poems– Barack Obama – a speech on studying– ...

• < Computer tips < Word processor– Homework template & manual for templates (in

Dutch).

Learning English: my own pages

• < Skills– especially in the subsection 'Writing'

• < 3rd grade < 5th and 6th form– Here you will find most: lessons on grammatical

items, short stories, poems, songs etc.

Online dictionaries

• Two double-click dictionaries on the website Oxford vs Anwers:Fay Weldon / Laura Veirs

Online dictionaries

• onClick English dictionaries – remember one word (Klikwoordenboek) and get a lot of

online dictionaries – click on the icon (to switch between 2 versions) – click on the flags (to start a new search)

Dictionary exercise

• I am a confident person because I believe I can always become a solution for any problem. I can proof it with an example from school. When I have a bad mark I believe I can repair the damage with another test.

• Use the onClick Dictionary and correct ... • What words?

– solution– proof– mark

– bewijzen– herstellen

Use Firefox & its language tools

Click here

Firefox• (Free) valuable language add-ons

– Dictionary Tooltip – double-click dictionary on every web page o.a. Oxford Advanced Learner's

– Answers – double-click dictionary & info on proper nouns– Babylon Word Search – double-click translation dictionary– PDF to HTML – convert PDF-documents into HTML to use the

dictionary functions of the browser– Add to Search Bar – to add any search engine in the Google

search window– British English Spellchecker – to check the spelling in your mail

• How to install add-ons in FirefoxInstructions on Learning English < Computer tips < Browser

• All-in = all the language add-ons of this page ... ready to install.

Learning English < Computer tips < Word processor

– Manual for templates (in Dutch).

How to become a computer expert

• Learning English < 3rd grade < 10 must dos

The quiz

• How many subsections? (26)• The subsection with most links: 3rd grade <

5th form: (37)• Some subsections only have one: e.g.

Computer tips < Email• Tip – to find a specific item

on a webpage use Control-FClick on the next image for more ...

Dictionary exercise

• I am a confident person because I believe I can always become a solution for any problem. I can proof it with an example from school. When I have a bad mark I believe I can repair the damage with another test.

• I am a confident person because I believe I can always find a

solution to any problem. I can prove this with an example about school. Whenever I get a really poor mark for a test I believe I can do better the next time.