1. Technology in Teaching English as Second Language  Team members: –Fei Liu –SooYoung Kim –Jim

2. Part 1 Description:  In the 1970s, technology became affordable.  Until 20 years later, the equipment designed for language learning were developed.  In the twenty years or so since then, video, audiotape authentic TV etc. have became more widely available teaching aids..

3. Part 2.1 Video  Andy Hoodithsaitama university  Articles: The Real World in the Classroom Promoting Oral Fluency via Group & Pair Work Learning and Acquiring Language Information gaps Using Video in the ESL Classroom  http://www.eltnews.com/columns/teachingideas/An dyHoodith-OralFluency.shtml http://www.eltnews.com/columns/teachingideas/An dyHoodith-OralFluency.shtml

4. Example 1  Other teaching tools: textbooks, and the basic blackboard.  Video is a relatively new option for the language teacher.  One technique is silent viewing. The students view a sequence, for example of a couple checking into a hotel or ordering a meal in a restaurant, and them attempt to generate an appropriate dialogue for the scene. (From Using Video in the ESL Classroom)

5. Part 2.2 Music & Recorder  Ian Hewitt a Japan-based English teacher  Book: Edutainment: How to Teach Language with Fun and Games --a new teaching manual and audiocassette package students learn all the language skills *listening…Following the song to determine words. *Reading…Reading the lyrics. *Writing…Filling in the blanks *Speaking…Singing the song  http://www.eslgames.com/ http://www.eslgames.com/

6. Example 2  Teaching ESL in a non-English speaking country  Keep students in touch with English  First asked students to bring in a recorder and a song;  Second put some blanks in the lyrics on the tape and let them take the copies home try to listen to that song anywhere possible.  Then asked students bring it in in the following week with the blanks filled in. (From Teaching English with Songs and Music)

7. Part 3.1 Organization:  Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) http://www.tesol.edu/index.html http://www.tesol.edu/index.html  International Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language (IATEFL) http://www.iatefl.org/ http://www.iatefl.org/  Japan Association for Language Teaching (JALT) http://jalt.org http://jalt.org  Us state department in education: http://exchanges.state.gov/education/engteaching http://exchanges.state.gov/education/engteaching

8. Part 3.2 Others:  Theory: http://www.eltnews.com/columns/teachingideas http://www.eltnews.com/columns/teachingideas  Online class: http://www.virtualclass.org/ http://www.virtualclass.org/  ESL in the world: http://geocities.com/englishteachertaiwan/ http://geocities.com/englishteachertaiwan/  Chat room for teachers who work on ESL: http://teachers.net/mentors/esl_language/ http://teachers.net/mentors/esl_language/  Fun site: http://www.eslconnect.com/links.html http://www.eslconnect.com/links.html  A 14-year boy’s educational site: http://school.discovery.com/homeworkhelp/bjpinchbeck http://school.discovery.com/homeworkhelp/bjpinchbeck  Material and plan for ESL: http://www.esl-lounge.com/http://www.esl-lounge.com/  ESL game link: http://www.eslgames.com/links.htmhttp://www.eslgames.com/links.htm

9. Part 4 the Future  Video is the latest tool used in ESL. it is still far from the real world.  Practice and language environment are the most important factors in language learning.  A three-dimensional environment, a computer-based virtual English world.