A development of English language learning modules using World Wide Web materials to enrich headway pre-intermediate lessons at Nguyen Truong to language school

• Main Author: Pham, Tung Quang
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 1998
• Subjects: English language > Study and teaching (Elementary); Teaching > Aids and devices; Educational technology; Language and Literacy Education
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_masteral/2834
• Institution: De La Salle University

The World Wide Web (WWW) is making a strong impact on our society and it is estimated that 80-85 percent of the online information appears in English. The result is that in this virtual environment EFL is elevated to the status of ESL. The virtual world of the Web enables users to have real exposure to English language and the real-world interaction in the target language.The consideration of the potentials of the WWW on one hand, and the need of knowledge and language models of learners in Nguyen Truong To Language School (NTTLS) on the other hand appealed for an integration of World Wide Web resources into English language instruction.While many previous endeavors tended to build up independent Web-based language courses, this study took a synergistic approach and set to develop English language learning modules using Web resources to enrich Headway Pre-Intermediate lessons at NTTLS.A set of 15 Web-Aided Language Learning (WALL) modules is designed. The objectives are to:1. consolidate language skills taught in the mainstream course using language learning sites offered on the Web (Modules 1-5) 2. enrich the textbook input with supplementary information and language models retrieved from the Web (Modules 6-10) 3. complement the existing lessons with Web materials or tools (Modules 11-15). WALL modules helped show that the Web has no rival in offering new opportunities for English language learning both within and beyond the classroom, is a wealthy source of knowledge of the world in the English language, and is the world wide and real audience for English language communication. WALL modules also helped show that the Web can be integrated into an existing language course, and finally, WALL modules helped show that the Web can generate exciting real-life communicative interaction. This study concludes that though the Web is only one of the various tools the teacher uses in class, its synergistic integration into an existing course is advantageous to language learning.