Updates after workshop began are posted in red.
Updates made on the final day of the workshop are in green.

Often-Accessed Resources During the Workshop

• Workshop participants: (names, affiliations and emails) (.doc)
• Our Yahoo Group: (espacademicenglish)
• Choose the best search for your information needs: NoodleTools; NoodleQuest
• Search Engines: Google, Alta Vista, Dogpile, Brainboost, Specialized Search Engines
  • Deep Web (Databases and Dynamic Pages): Complete Planet; InvisibleWeb.net; ProFusion
• Word Lists and Proficiency
  • Council of Europe Global Proficiency Scale (.doc)
  • AWL (by headwords)(.rtf); AWL (by frequency)(.rtf); AWL by Block (John's list) (.doc); More about the AWL
  • GSL (General Service List of 2000 words) (.xls); More about the GSL
  • Vocabulary Profiler: (What it is) ; (How to use it) Copy/Paste a text. Click "Submit." Output is color-coded to designate inclusion in particular word lists)
  • Determining reading level of texts (Schrock)
• Web Resources for Skills Practice: ESL Independent Study Lab (225+ resources divided by skill area. Difficulty level rated from 100-400. (Krauss)
• Mozilla 1.4 (includes "Composer" Web editor; make Web pages w/o .html coding knowledge)
• Google Groups (determine meaning of idiomatic language)
• View (Concordancer) BYU
• John's Social Links Collection: Highlight on Lexical Tools
• Dictionary (Webster) | Collins Cobuild Student's Dictionary
• LibrarySpot.com (excellent online references including thesaurus, rhyming dictionary and more).
• Quia Class page for ESPAcE Group

• Sample companion Web site, content-based course and course book
• Directories and other collections of materials
• Sources for images
• ELT sites dealing with ESP
• Professional associations in ESP areas
• Search engines
• Search practice
• Finding/using multimedia materials to create integrated lessons
• Copyright and permissions

II. Tools to Create Supporting Materials

• Filamentality
• Hot Potatoes, TexToys, Gerry's Vocabulary Teacher
• Quia
• Scenarios
• Nicenet
• Online rubrics and checklists
• Overview of additional online tools

III. Additional Resources

IV. Workshop Evaluation

I. Content to Support ESP Textbook Development:

• Sample companion Web site, content -based course and course book
  • Street Law: A Course in Practical Law (Glencoe Online)
  • Civil Rights and Diversity in the U.S. (activities from Michael's course)
  • Peacekeeping English Project: Professional English for International Communication (Police) and English for Modern Policing (Student's Book*) - Materials aimed at at least B1 proficiency, Council of Europe Scale)

     

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• Directories and other collections of materials
  • Blue Web'n (Search by Content, Subject Area, or Grade Level)
  • Creative Commons Education (Searchable index)
  • Electronic Journals - US DOS (Include several topics on our text syllabi)
  • Filamentality Search (Ex: search for "professional careers". See Lyudmila's Treasure Hunt)
  • Internet Scout Project (Part of National Science Digital Library (NSDL) Project.
  • Google Directory (either find the appropriate category or search within the directory)
  • Infomime (Scholarly resources collected by university librarians)
  • Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators (Look for Schrock Award Sites for rich content)
  • Librarians Index to the Internet (Over 16K resources; searchable, browseable, librarian maintained)
  • Marco Polo by WorldCom, Inc. (Lessons and resources; links in box at right of main page)
  • M.I.T. OpenCourseWare (900 university-level courses)
  • Multnomah County Library Homework Center (My hometown library--my bias ;-)
  • Thomson Learning Interest Areas (Choose academic discipline, then texts, then associated "web links")
  • Topics of Interest (John McVicker - Ohio University - ESL)
  • WWW Virtual Library (The "original" subject directory; broad coverage, maintained by "topic volunteers.")
  • Yahoo Directory (either find the appropriate category or search within the directory)

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• Sources for images
  • Copyright free images (but check any "click agreement"; Michael's collection)
  • Alta Vista (search for images, audio, video)
    • Multimedia Search Engines: Image, Audio & Video Searching (SearchEngineWatch)

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• ELT sites dealing with ESP
  • ESP World
  • ESP on the Web - IATEFL
  • ESP (Rong-Chang Li)
  • OELC-Online English Language Center (Opp-Beckman)
  • Arlyn Freed's ESL/EFL ESP

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• Professional associations in ESP areas
  • Job Web Professional Associations
  • Virtual Career Center (National Institute of Health)
  • Google Search "Professional Associations"
  • Google Directory "Careers"

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• Search engines
  • Google (use advanced search)
    • Advanced Search for "English for Specific Purposes"
  • Alta Vista (Especially for audio and video resources)
  • Brainboost - (natural language questions) Ex: What is civil engineering?
  • Specialized Search Engines (Bernie Dodge)
  • NoodleTools; NoodleQuest (two approaches to choosing the best search engine/directory for your needs)
    • Deep Web (Databases and Dynamic Pages): Complete Planet; InvisibleWeb.net; ProFusion

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• Search practice
  • Four Nets for Better Searching (Bernie Dodge)
    • (Open Google Advanced Search in a separate window)
    • Complete the Four Nets Worksheet (paper handout)

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• Finding/using multimedia materials to create integrated lessons
  • Teaching S.M.A.R.T with the Web (Michael)
    

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• Copyright and permissions
  • Russia and International Copyright Conventions (from Copyright Monitoring Center, Russia)
  • Tutorial Series - Scholarly Communication Center (NCSU Libraries)
    • Copyright Use
    • The Internet; Posting Materials Found on the Internet
    • Fair Use Limitation to Copyright Holder's Exclusive Rights
    • Worksheet to Help Determine Fair Use
  • Copyright and Fair Use - Web site Permissions (Stanford University Libraries)
    • Five Ways to Stay Out of Trouble
  • Copyright Charts and Quizzes
    • Copyright and Fair Use Guidelines for School Projects Chart (Schrock)
    • Copyright and Fair Use Guidelines for Teacher Chart (Davidson)
    • Quiz 1 Questions | Quiz 1 Answers; Quiz 2 Q's and A's (Davidson)
  • Teacher Permission Template | Student Permission Template (Warlick)

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II. Tools to Create Supporting Materials

• Filamentality - Create online learning activities. No Web skills or server needed.
  • Samples of activity formats: Hotlists, Subject Samplers, Treasure Hunts and WebQuests)
  • Getting Started:
    • Not quite ready? Take a tour. (enter no information, just tour)
    • Ready to go on your own? Begin to build your activity.
  • Comprehensive overview: Let's Create Web-based Learning Activities (Michael's ORTESOL presentation)
  • Search Filamentality for materials created by others
  • Low-tech way to create activities w/ Word: Subject Sampler created with Word

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• Hot Potatoes
  • Hot Potatoes Home Page
  • John Kuti's pages
• Tex Toys (WebRhubarb and WebSequitur)
  • TexToys Home Page
    • Tutorial
• Gerry's Vocabulary Teacher
  • Description of software
  • Article in Language Learning and Technology

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• Quia - Author online activities, surveys, quizzes, and class (home) pages
  • PowerPoint Presentation
  • Samples of use in a content-based class.
  • Steps to create class pages and online activities using templates
  • Quia Creations - Lessons for students using Quia + samples of student work
    • Quia Class page for ESPAcE Group

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• Scenarios - Challenge students to investigate an issue or solve a problem, centered around a Web site(s) you choose related to content being studied. End with tangible product or presentation. (Joan Berger)
  • Samples by Joan Berger (link rot, but useful to see what Scenarios look like)
  • Samples from my online course participants
  • Creative integrated lesson ending with a Scenario - Word doc. will download (Elena Danilova)
  • Scenarios Assignment and Template
    • John's Scenario on ESP
    • Teaching Vocabulary: Some Multi-Modal Alternatives (Dr. Rory Donnelly) PPT will download
    • Designing Writing Assignments from A-Z (Dr. Rory Donnelly) PPT will download

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• Nicenet - Free, Web-based bulletin board can be used as an interactive journal or for generating critical thinking about content presented in the classroom
  • Samples of student interactive journaling in advanced writing class.
  • Join a Nicenet class.
  • View Miniature Earth - What one fact made the greatest impact on you and why? What could you personally do to help and why would this help? Post + reply to two people.
  • Create your own Nicenet class?
  • How to use Nicenet

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• Online rubrics and checklists - Easy to create and print out. Can copy/paste to Word document.
  • Rubistar Rubrics - Varied rating scales for project assessment; customizable (4teachers.org)
  • Project-based learning checklists - Not for assessment, but to keep students on track (4teachers.org)

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• Overview of additional online tools
  • Creating materials for offline or online learning - Features several tools discussed (Isabel Pérez Torres)
  • EclipseCrossword for Windows - Free. Type in words and clues. Puzzle can be printed, saved as Web page, or exported to word processor.
  • A Sampling of Online Tools to Make Paper-based Materials

    1. Puzzlemaker-Free, 10+ different formats designed for printing (DiscoverySchool.com)

    2. Worksheet Generator-Free, 10+ different formats designed for printing (DiscoverySchool.com)

    3. PIZZAZ (Leslie Opp-Beckman) - Free, printable creative writing activities (Here are samples of student writing using these materials).

    4. Reader's Theater (Aaron Shepard) - Free, reproducible scripts of stories from various cultures of the world, especially to be performed in a Reader's Theater setting.

    5. English-to-Go Instant Lesson - Free newspaper story weekly, complete with language exercises and an answer key. (difficulty varies weekly from elementary to upper intermediate). Print these off to use in class or have students access them online, print them, and complete them for homework. There is an extensive archive that can be accessed for $30 for a four month subscription. Enter your EMail address at the site and be notified of the content of the free weekly lesson.

    6. Graphic Organizer Maker (TeAch-Nology) - Free, very simple and quick. Create Timelines, SQ3R Chart Generator, Concept Web Generator, etc.

    7. Create a Chart (National Center for Educations Statistics) - Easy as 1,2,3. Label the x and y axis. Enter your values and a range. Give your chart a title and you're done. Ready to print out and use. Encourage your students to collect data, graph it and come to conclusions about what they've done!

    8. OneStopEnglish - Excellent printed handouts for free. Registration required for many resources. No need to register to use handouts for vocabulary on a variety of themes. Some portions of site cover British and American English.

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III. Additional Resources

• Information Communications Technology for Language Teachers (ICT4LT)
• "Slam Dunk" lessons built around Web sites ; around images. (McKenzie)
• Building lessons around listening materials (Hubbard, Kessler and Madden)
• Content resources for younger learners (or teens/young adults at lower language levels)

IV. Workshop Evaluation

Contact Information for Michael Krauss

Michael Krauss, J.D., M.A.T.
Academic English Studies
Lewis & Clark College
MSC 125
0615 SW Palatine Hill Rd.
Portland, OR 97219
Phone: 503-768-7315
Fax: 503-768-7320
Email: krauss@lclark.edu
Web Page: http://www.lclark.edu/~krauss

WORKSHOP VENUE:
Stremyannaya Str. 20
191025, Saint-Petersburg
Tel./fax: (812) 113-1012; (812) 164-4065
E-mail: elenan@projectharmony.ru
http://www.iatp.ru

Created by: krauss@lclark.edu
Updated: 6/25/05