Σάββατο 28 Μαρτίου 2009

Popular sites in English Language? Lets see...

Lets have a look at some websites from the point of view of language and language teaching.

1) Title of web site Alexa Internet, Inc.

It is a subsidiary company belonging to Amazon.com. It owns and operates a site which provides information about web traffic to others sites.

Web address: http://www.alexa.com/





2) Title of web site Google search.

It is the webs’ most used search engine. It is available in many languages

Web address: http://www.google.gr/

Alexa ranks this site at No1


(FROM: http://www.google.gr/)


3) Title of website Live Search

It is a search engine set up by Microsoft also available in many languages.

Web address http://www.live.com/

Alexa ranks this site at No 4


(FROM: http://www.live.com/)




4) Title of web site Wikia Search.

Another search engine available in many languages as well.

Web address: http://search.wikia.com/


(FROM: http://search.wikia.com/)




5) Title of web site Yahoo! Search

Again search engine provided in many languages as well and the second most popular search engine after Google..

Web address: http://search.yahoo.com/



(FROM: http://search.yahoo.com/)









As most of the sites are search engines there are similarities in what concerns the following criteria:

Appropriateness for age group: No particular age group, provided that the visitor of course, knows how to read and write in English.

Level/s of English language learning: It ranges from simple to academic or expert.

Language skill or skills: There are no particular skills required. However it is important to mention that English it required as it is not available yet in other languages.

Pedagogical orientation: It offers a multiple pedagogical orientation, due to the variety of the activities it offers and includes.

Technological means: There is a span from simple typing to videos, presentations and other complicated files.

4 σχόλια:

  1. καλημέρα
    θα ήθελα απλώς να εκφράσω την άποψη μου και να πω ότι δεν πιστεύω πως μια ολοκληρωμένη διαδικασία εκμάθησης κάποιας ξένης γλώσσας είναι ακόμα διαθέσιμη, αλλά ότι βρίσκεται ακόμα σε πολύ πρώιμο στάδιο. Έξάλλου τίποτα δεν μπορεί να συγκριθεί με την αίσθηση μάθησης που προσφέρεται από ένα βιβλίο...

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  2. First of all congratulations for your block! It's a great work! I really liked your post about the poem and especially your idea of creating a new poem. It's a perfect way to inform people about internet through amusing activities!

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  3. Hello there ! Firstly ,congratulations for your blog ,it's really interesting ..I was especially interested in this post ,with the poem and also liked much the activity of making our own poem .It's a great way to learn about computers and internet and at the same time having fun.!

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  4. το blog αυτό είναι πολύ ενδιαφέρον καθώς προτείνει ειδιά site τα οποία συμβάλλουν στην ανάπτυξη της γλωσσικής ικανότητας των μαθητών στην αγγλική γλώσσα και δραστηριότητες οι οποίες δίνουν τη δυνατότητα εκμάθησης της αγγλικής σε μαθητές με διαφορετικό επίπεδο γνώσεων,ηλικία και ενδιαφέροντα.

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