The internet and young learners

Gordon Lewis is currently a freelance teacher, trainer, and materials writer, and is also on the committee of the IATEFL Young Learners Special Interest Group where he works as co-coordinator for events. Alan Maley is currently a freelance consultant, and Series Editor for the Oxford University Press Resource Books for Teachers series.

The author and series editor	p. 1
Foreword	p. 3
Introduction	p. 5
How to use this book	p. 23
1 First steps	p. 27
1.1 Computer objects	p. 28
1.2 Typing practice	p. 28
1.3 The elevator	p. 30
1.4 Click, drag, and drop	p. 31
1.5 Cut and paste	p. 32
1.6 Finding your way on the web	p. 34
1.7 What's in a website?	p. 35
2 Communication activities	p. 36
2.1 Who am I?	p. 36
2.2 Getting to know you	p. 37
2.3 Introduction to e-cards	p. 38
2.4 Finding partners	p. 40
2.5 Describing routines	p. 41
2.6 Houses around the world	p. 42
2.7 Pocket money	p. 43
2.8 How do you know it's spring/summer/autumn/winter in X/Y/Z?	p. 44
2.9 The 'Elympics'	p. 46
2.10 A look in my fridge	p. 47
2.11 Cumulative story	p. 48
2.12 Conducting an interview	p. 49
2.13 Riddles	p. 51
2.14 Word switch	p. 52
3 Web search activities	p. 54
3.1 The day I was born	p. 54
3.2 The town tourist office	p. 56
3.3 Our twin	p. 57
3.4 Calendars around the world	p. 58
3.5 Holidays around the world	p. 59
3.6 World travel	p. 60
3.7 Welcome to the Children's World Congress!	p. 61
3.8 How's the weather?	p. 62
3.9 Common phrases	p. 64
3.10 Currency converter	p. 65
3.11 Distances	p. 66
3.12 Riding the metro	p. 68
3.13 What's the time, Mr Computer?	p. 69
3.14 Department stores	p. 70
3.15 My local habitat	p. 72
3.16 Rivers	p. 73
3.17 Volcanoes	p. 74
3.18 Museum quest	p. 75
3.19 My favourite picture	p. 76
3.20 Space facts	p. 77
3.21 The view from here	p. 78
3.22 Me in space	p. 79
3.23 Movies	p. 80
3.24 Premier league	p. 81
3.25 Superstars	p. 83
4 Web creation activities	p. 85
4.1 What's it about?	p. 86
4.2 'Design it' dictation	p. 87
4.3 Our own web directory	p. 88
4.4 Cartoon clip art	p. 89
4.5 Dfilm	p. 90
4.6 King or Queen of the week	p. 91
4.7 Local museum	p. 92
4.8 Make a picture dictionary	p. 94
4.9 Word search	p. 95
4.10 Switchzoo	p. 96
4.11 Online cookbook	p. 98
4.12 Reviews	p. 99
4.13 Serial story	p. 100
5 Electronic portfolios	p. 101
6 The Internet as a teacher resource	p. 105
7 Useful Internet addresses	p. 108
Worksheets	p. 119
Index	p. 141
Titles in the Resource Books for Teachers series	p. 142

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