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  Internet Worksheets

The following worksheets fall into two categories.  The first group, which introduces students to the world of ESL learning web sites, can be used with almost any level class. The second group guides intermediate and advanced-level students through interesting English-speaker web sites.  

Print up the worksheet, add your e-mail address if necessary, make copies, and review the tasks with your class.  Then, bring your students to the computer lab and have a blast.   (Each worksheet will take 45-60 minutes).

Group One: ESL Learning Web Sites	Group Two: Interesting Web Sites
Dave's ESL Cafe	The All Music Guide
EF Englishtown	The Discovery Channel On-line
Kent's ESL Wonderland	Earth Alert
On-line TOEFL Materials	Lonely Planet On-line
Randall's CyberListening Lab

Check out interactive exercises for students at PartyLand's Quiz Center.  You might find something you can use with your classes!

     The Scene: Web Links

'Want to learn more about the Internet?  Check out these cool sites. Some are for English speakers, while others help you practice your English through interactive quizzes and games.

WWW Basics | Evaluating Web Sites | General Resources | Scavenger Hunts | Internet Worksheets | Hotlists

Internet Guide (James Christensen)--This is an introductory guide for ESL students and teachers.  "This guide is designed as a series of short tasks to help you begin to use the World-Wide Web and other parts of the Internet. There are activities dealing with how to follow links, open sites and search the Web..."

Web Surfing Guide--A interactive tutorial with quizzes for ESL students.

Personal Computing--Internet Guide & Web Tutorial--Microsoft's web tutorial.

Choosing and Summarizing Internet Resources--A student worksheet for evaluating web resources.   From Amy Ogasawara and the Internet TESL Journal.

UCLA College Library Instruction: Thinking Critically about WWW Resources--A student worksheet for evaluating web resources.

Filamentality 2.0--Filamentality is a native speaker resource described as "a fill-in-the-blank interactive Web site that guides you through picking a topic, searching the Web, gathering good Internet sites, and turning Web resources into activities appropriate for learners."  Teachers can use this amazing resource to design lessons for their own students.  Students and teachers alike can find web activities on over 2,000 topics here.  These activities include treasure hunts, webquests, and hotlists.  Highly recommended.

S.C.O.R.E. CyberGuides--Another native speaker resource loaded with activities.  If you're teaching or reading literature in English, you should appreciate this site.

Blue Web'n Learning Sites Library--A searchable database of learning sites on the WWW.

Filamentality--Treasure Hunts--Educational Technology--A collection of treasure hunts from the San Diego City Schools Filamentality project.  Though designed primarily for native speakers, these lessons can be integrated into any content based ESL curriculum.  Topics include: California Missions, Historical Shipwrecks, and Resumes.  There's also a treasure hunt on finding pen pals for students of world languages.

WWW Activities for ESL Students--A collection of Internet scavenger hunts from Cliff Stevens at the UC Berkeley Extension Program.  Topics include: Berkeley (and Beyond), All Around the World, The Virtual Tourist, and SF Trip.  If you live in the Bay Area, you should enjoy this site.

ESL Treasure Hunt on Music--This is an Internet lesson you can do on your own.  Learn how to search  the International Lyrics Server and the Digital Traditions Folk Song Database.  Learn about MIDI files and Yahoo's List of Links to Musical Artists.  This cool lesson is brought to you by Charles Kelly and the Internet TESL Journal.

Steve's ESL Homepage--Printable worksheets for elementary/intermediate level students.   You can print a worksheet and visit a web site to find the answers to certain questions.  Many of the worksheets focus on that great land down under. 

Classy Composers--An Internet hotlist on classical music composers from Hawthorne Elementary School.

Destination Details--A hotlist on travel and tourism from Jan Parrish at Indiana Business College.

Happy HardCore and Rava Stuffs--A hotlist compiled by Christy Robinson.  "Everything you need to know about HappyHardCore and the rave music scene. Party info, Real Audio files, and rave pics."

Nature's Fury: A Weather Phenomena Hotlist--Hurricanes, tornadoes, and weather, from Mark S. Kendal at Central High School.

WORLD TRAVEL SITES--From Jan D. Abramson at Las Plumas High School.