First Post!

Dear friends, in my first post, I like to share some general understandings and preferences on the following three points. 1: my experieces of technology in the English learning context. 2: web sites I use for learning English. 3: what I hope to learn from this course. Welcome comments!


In my English learning context, I use word and ppt for recording information, doing homework and teaching practices; I often do online searching for information and materials in need, sometimes do English listening and watching for entertaiment, but seldom (shame on myself!) do online reading and any listening or speaking practice for expanding horizons and improving language skills. Maybe movies are more attractive to me or I'm too lazy!!  Anyway, regret is nonsense. Start now! Online learning Web sites I want to use include:


1: http://www.msn.com/st=1                                                                                                                        2: https://www.21st.com/cg/switch.do?  forwardName=cgHomePage&newGeoStateAbbr=ca&newLanguage=en 
3: http://www.voanews.com/specialenglish/
4: http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/
5:http://abcnews.go.com/
6:http://www.youtube.com/
7:http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/customs/index.html
8:http://www.esl-lab.com/
9:http://www.elllo.org/index.htm
10:http://www.englishbaby.com/    (English chatting forum)


From this course, I expect to get more theories about CALL and understandings of how different people might apply the ideas in different contexts, develop my own collaborative learning style, prepare for the using of technologies in my future English teaching in small university and effectively stimulate my own English online learning.


Again, welcome comments!