TESOL '98, Connecting Our Global Community
Seattle, Washington USA March 17-21, 1998

Co-Presenters:

• Maria Dantas-Whitney: Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR (moderator)
• Jim Duber: University of California, Berkeley, CA. (presenting on interactive listening materials developed for distance education)
• Helen Polensek: Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR (presenting on videos, audiotapes, and software used to improve oral communication skills)

Within a framework of content-based instruction, teachers can provide the opportunity for ESL/EFL students to write for a meaningful audience, collaborate during the inquiry/writing process, have access to information to fulfill writing tasks, receive guidance in developing appropriate writing styles, and participate in stimulating writing activities/projects. Integrating computers into the curriculum can help classroom teachers meet these objectives and also facilitate students' understanding of the content material presented in the course.

I. Website: Internet/Computer Writing Resources for a Content-Based Curriculum http://www.lclark.edu/~krauss/tesol98/home.html

• Site Map
• Sample Page - Web-Based Resources for Content Instruction

II. Sample Activities from Content-Based Courses

• ESL 382 - Computer Applications (Intermediate level)
  • Class Web Page (http://www.lclark.edu/~krauss/computersp98/home.html)
    • Meet the Students
    • Lesson Plans for Meet the Students Project
  • Producing Animated Movies - Hollywood by Theatrix
    • Student Work: Two Movies
    • Lesson Plans for Hollywood movies
  • World Wide Web Assignments
    • Culture Capsules Project (http://www.lclark.edu/~krauss/computersp98/webprojhome.html)
      • Student Work: Sample Culture Capsule
      • Getting Started - Helpful Resources
      • Project Description
      • Template
      • Sample Page for Students
        
        
• ESL 411 - Diversity and Civil Rights in the U.S
  (Advanced Reading/Writing)
  
  • Class Web Page (http://www.lclark.edu/~krauss/diversity98/home.html)
  • Background Assignment 1
    • Slavery (http://www.afroam.org/history/slavery/main.html)
      • Roots - Electronic Conversation
      • Roots - Essays
      • Roots - Diamond Poems
        • Lesson Plans for Diamond Poems (http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~leslieob/diamantes.html)
  • The Rural South in the 1930's (Race relations / The Depression)
    • To Kill A Mockingbird Web Site (http://library.advanced.org/12111/)
      • To Kill A Mockingbird Web Assignments
  • U.S. Civil Rights Movement
    • Argumentation Unit
      • MLK Letter from a Birmingham Jail-HyperCard Stack
      • Assignments for MLK Letter HyperCard Stack
      • Letter to the Editor Assignment
    • Black History Treasure Hunt (http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/BHM/hunt.html)
  • Prejudice
    • "Prejudice" Computer Simulation by Tom Snyder Productions
      • Follow-up Writing Assignment
  • Webquests
    • Tuskegee Tragedy (http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/BHM/tuskegee_quest.html)

Return to Internet/Computer Writing Resources home page.

Created by: krauss@lclark.edu
Updated: 3/10/98