NAME : ERA INDRIANE NIM : F42111071 SUBJECT : ICT 1. www.real-english.

com
This web site contains free video lessons for all levels, especially beginners and intermediate students and advanced students who have `never spent time in English speaking countries. This site is aimed at improving students listening comprehension and speaking skills through real conversation videos of English native speakers. The conversations on the videos use everyday English, not classroom or text book English, so that students can take away the shock of listening the real English conversation for the first time whenever they meet the real English people. The videos are edited based on certain topics/certain grammatical structures for example; how to express like/dislike, how to express regrets through conditional clauses and so on. To practice listening skill, this site provides videos with/without subtitles and some exercises for each video so that students can check their listening comprehension skill. To improve their pronunciation to be as good as the native speakers, students can record and compare their pronunciation with the native speakers on the videos. If they find unfamiliar word, they can see the defenition or translation to the word by double-clicking it. This site also provides the transcript of the conversation of the video lessons for the students so that they can measure how far their listening skill is. To use this site, students can follow these following instructions: 1) Go to http://www.real-english.com/new-lessons.asp and choose a lesson . The examples of the lessons are: 1 Lesson 1 - Hi! - Normal, Formal, and Informal Greetings, What's your name?, and possessive adjectives. Level: Beginner Lesson 23 - Got - Have got - Have Level: Pre-intermediate Lesson 32 - Where do you live? (Present Simple) Level: Intermediate Lesson 55 - Women - The Third Conditional Tense Level: Upper Intermediate

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2) Watch the video without subtitles. This is always the first video at the top of a lesson page. The example of a lesson page is:

Real English ESL - Lesson 55 - The Third Conditional

Real English Lesson 55 - with Exercises What's the biggest mistake you've ever made? What's the worst decision you've ever made?

The table
It contains the summary of Conditionals. Carlos uses the 3rd conditional. He says that if he had known the consequences, he would not have gotten a divorce. Watch the video. Type the missing words. Click on Check when you are finished. Probable? Certain Probable Not Probable Not Possible Conditional Zero Conditional 1st Conditional 2nd Conditional 2nd Conditional Example If you live, you also die. If we have a party, we will have a drink. If I won $10,000,000, I would invest it. If I hadn't broken my back, I would help you. Tense All Tenses Future Future Present

Not Possible. Watch the Video.

3rd Conditional

If Carlos had known the consequences, he would not have gotten a divorce.

Past

Transcript Don't read the transcript until you finish the exercises. If you adopt this as a habit, your pronunciation will be much better. Listen many times before reading!

3) Click on the Exercise 1 button: follow the instruction and do all the exercises!

Type the missing words Interviewer: What's the biggest mistake you think you ever made? Carlos: Uhm, getting . For marital status vocabulary, see this Real English lesson. Interviewer: You got... That was a bad thing to do? Carlos: Yeah, yeah, that was a thing to do. Interviewer: And why was that was a bad thing to do, do you think? Carlos: Uhm, because I believe I'm, I'm paying for it right now. Interviewer: Ah hah! OK. So if you had it to do over again, you gotten that divorce? Carlos: No, I wouldn't have. I'd have, I'd have tried harder. Interviewer: Tried harder? 4) Speak into your microphone. Click on the play button (to the left of the red button) to listen to yourself Click on the red button to record (this is just a picture, it is not active).

separated devorce.

adjective

Married, but not living together; a step toward

separated: Record: Listen again. Record again.

Click on this button:

to listen to the teacher. Then listen to yourself. Listen to the teacher again. Record again. Compare again! 5) Come back to the lesson page where you began and watch the video with subtitles.

2. www.talkenglish.com This web site provides free lessons for speaking, listening, pronunciation and basic grammar to help students to obtain English fluency. It also contains offline version lesson that can be downloaded and to study offline we can use MP3 player. Moreover, it offers speaking lessons on Regular, Business, interviewing, travelling lessons, along with new listening lessons, Pronunciation lessons, Basic grammar and Intonation and speed of speaking tips. Here are the detailed steps on how to study using TalkEnglish.com: a. For Regular English, Business English and Travel English - Start from the first lesson - Click on each sentence and listen to it - Repeat after each individual sentence. Listen and repeat until we master the sentence - After a series of lessons, we will see an Interactive Concersation Practice Lesson - Listen to the real life conversation by clicking on the Listen All button - Keep listening to it until you are very comfortable with both person A and person B - When you are ready, become person A and person B by clicking on the buttons - All the interactive conversations are native speed. If it is too fast, click on the pause botton for practice - After practicing for several times, we can practice without the pause button and speak like a native b. For Interview English and Useful phrases - Select the question or topic that we want to study - Read the explanation - Click on each example aanswer to listen to the answer or sentence c. For listening lesson - Click on the sound or letter you want to learn - Pay close attention to the instructions - Click on any sentence or word that is blue to hear the sound 3. www.ezslang.com This website is aimed at improving students speaking and listening skills. It is specifically designed to help low-itermediate to advanced learners improve their understanding about English everyday talks. Through learning idiomatic expressions and slangs in this web site, it is hoped that students speaking can sound more natural

and they can understand and communicate with native speakers well. This web site tries to use the most common expressions of slangs and idioms and avoids expressions that do not have wide usage. This web site also tries to teach students how to use the slangs and idioms in appropriate situations. This web site was mainly designed for self-access learning where each listening activity is completely independent from the next one so that students can focus on their study on the particular topics with having to do other units as aprerequisite. However, the characters who appear from activity to activity are the same, and thus, learners can become more familiar with the lives of these people. Each unit is made of five parts, progressing from structured activities to eventually more extemporaneous speech. Each activity requires learners to recycle the idioms over and over againfor better comprehension and retention. Here are some of the components of each activity: 1. Warming up A question or statement to get you to share your ideas based on your background knowledge of the topic and the language structure. 2. Relaxed speech A short tip on understand reduced speech. Native speakers often reduce or construct their speech in quick or informal situations. Although using such speech isnt appropriate in all situations, learning to recognize it is critical in improving listening comprihension skills. 3. Listening in context A conversation using the target slang and expressions in context with key vocabulary explained. 4. Catching the gist Multiple-choice questions to check understanding of the expressions used in the conversation. 5. Filling in the meaning A short dictation exercise based on an interview, helping students focus on accuracy and spelling. 6. Retelling the story Students retell one or both of the recordings they hear in their own words, focusing on specific use of the key expressions. 7. Expanding your learning Activities for students to practice using the slang they have learned in more extemporenous (or unrehearsed) situations. To use this site, we can start by choosing one theme from the index (for example: Study abroad: Making new friendships).

Themes

Study Abroad: Making New Friendships

long time, no see / fancy / bump into / in ages / be up to / what's new / by the way / be in touch with / huh? / no way / put someone on / umm / let something slip / scoop / have (got) to run / take off / give someone a ring / reach me / catch you later / humph / you'd better believe it / wring someone's neck / lousy

Relaxed Speech: YOU changes to YA.

Then we come to the 7 activities sheets:

Study Abroad: Making New Friendships

I. Warm Up Study abroad programs give people opportunities to make new friends, and beginning, maintaining, and ending a conversation are keys to good, positive communication. Also, knowing what to say when you meet someone again helps improve friendships. In this conversation, two people run into each other again after participating in the same study abroad program. Before you listen, think about what expressions you would use to smoothly start and end a conversation. II. Conversation
Background: Alex and Sarah run into each other at college after not having seen each other for six months since they finished a study abroad program.

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Sarah: Hey, Alex, Alex! Long time, no see. Alex: Hey, Sarah. Fancy bumping into ya here. Sarah: Yeah. I haven't seen ya in ages [Yeah, when was it?] . . . since the study abroad program. So, what have ya been up to lately? III. Catching the Meaning Read the following sentences and select the best expression for each: 1. Have you heard from Cindy lately? I haven't talked with her ________. A. long time, no see B. in ages C. in touch 2. I wish we could talk more, but I _______________. My class starts in five minutes, and I don't want to be late. A. 've got to run B. 've be up to lately C. 've put you on

Key Vocabulary: [ Sample Sentences ] Origin of Idioms:

long time, no see: it's been a long time since I've seen you fancy: expressing surprise bump into: meet unexpectedly in ages: a long time be up to: be busy or occupied with what's new: what's new in your life by the way: (used to introduce a new topic), so be in touch: make contact Wringing one's neck can make reference to the action of killing an animal like a chicken by twisting its neck with your bare hands. Today, we use this expression when we are really angry with someone.

IV. Filling in the Meaning - Listen Instructions: Listen to the short interview and fill in the blanks with the missing words.
[ Audio Option: Play Window Media | Learn More ]

Recently, I (1) hadn't been (3)

a friend that I hadn't seen (2)

, and he said he

because he lost my phone number and email address.

V. Retelling the Story Instructions: Retell the story above using the vocabulary you have learned. Then think of a time when you bumped into a friend whom you hadn't seen in ages. Discuss the situation with a partner and what you said or did when you met VI. Expanding Your Learning Instructions: Select one or more of the activities below to expand your understanding and use of the slang studied in this unit.

Discussion: Discuss possible reasons why friends lose contact with each other and what people can do to stay in touch more. Improvisation: Give your partner(s) a new word from this unit and ask the partner to think up a sentence or more with the slang used in context. Sharing something from personal experience will make the activity more real and interesting to the listeners. Example: be in touch >>>> I haven't been in touch with my parents for the past week because I've been so busy.

Writing: Send an email to a friend or family member with whom you haven't been in touch for some time. Tell the person about any new happenings in your life and ask the person what he or she has been up to recently. Use a narrative style with different past tenses to describe events in your life. Real Speak: Where possible, visit or call an old friend or former English teacher and find out how he or she is doing and what is new in the person's life.

4. www.multimedia-english.com

In this web site, we can learn English through authentic materials such as videos, songs, jokes, gadgets, slide shows and animated catoon movies. This site is created for beginners, elementary, upper levels and also kids. This site is appropriate for teaching and learning listening, speaking and reading skills as well as vocabulary, pronunciation and grammar. To use this website is not difficult. We just go to the web site, choose a content by clicking it, if we want to listen to a video just click it or if we want to read jokes so just click on the jokes title. We can also listen to the jokes text by clicking on the sound button. CLIP TITL E ABOUT ACCEN T TEX T DIFFICULT Y RATIN G

Sometime Meet s English my can be a father little bit tricky.

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Sometimes English can be a little bit tricky.

Amy's father was not particularly bright, so she coached him ahead of time, telling him that her boyfriend was an old fashioned sort, and would be stopping by to ask his permission to marry her. "Have you got that, dad?" she asked, dubiously. "Don't you worry about me, honey" he said. The next day the boyfriend arrived. "Sir," he said, "I want your daughter for my wife." A look of horror came over her dad's face. He stood up, eyes bulging, and pointed toward the door. "That's just sick!" her father blurted out, as Amy buried her face in her hands. "You get out, and go home, and tell your wife that she can't have my daughter!"

Explanations

POINTED TOWARD THE DOOR= Pointing to the door he was telling him that he should leave the house immediately. THATS JUST SICK!= Thats disgusting, thats really horrible, you must be a pervert! BLURT OUT= Say impulsively. YOU GET OUT= Using you before the imperative makes it sound much more rude and/or strong. TELL YOUR WIFE THAT SHE CANT HAVE MY DAUGHTER= The father understood the sentence literally (because he was not very intelligent), so I want your daughter for my wife would be my wife wants her.
Multimedia-English

5. www.esl-lab.com This ESL listening web site helps ESL/EFL students improve their listening comprehension skills through practice with self-grading quiz pages. The listening activities are organized according to language function and based on specific topics. The lessons are graded into four levels: short listening (SL basic English), Easy (E), Medium (M) and difficult (D). To use this site, we choose one title from the self study guide and then click on one of the listening quizzes (for example the title is Introduction and the listening quiz is Havent we met before?) then well come to the quiz script. Short Listening (SL-Basic English), Easy (E), Medium (M), and Difficult (D) Language Function introducing yourself; greeting

Unit

Title

Listening Quizzes Listening Conversations: (www.esllab.com)

Introductions

Introductions (SL) Names (SL) Nice to Meet You (E) Tell me about yourself (E) Where are you from? (E) Haven't We Met Before? (M) Personal Introductions: Tell us about yourself (www.englishvoices.org) (E)

The quiz script contains pre-listening exercise, listening exercise and post-listening exercise. I. In the pre-listening exercise, well be given a certain question to think of as a brainstorming related to the listening topic and well also be provided with some helpful tips or sample sentences.

Haven't We Met Before?

Level: Topic: Type:

I. Pre-Listening Exercises II. Listening Exercises III. Post-Listening Exercises

Speakers:

Length:

easy meeting people conversation man and woman 01:39

I. Pre-Listening Exercises
Introducing yourself to others is important, whether it be to a pen friend (pen pal), a friend you meet online, or through a common acquaintance. So, what are some common topics of conversation when you meet people for the first time?
HELPFUL TIP: Don't be afraid to ask people to repeat their names if you forget them. Using people's names in conversation shows that you are interested in them, and this can lead to a continued friendship.

II. In listening exercise, we can click the Play Audio button to listen to the conversation and after that answer the questions. And to check our answer, we can click the Final Score button. Here we are also provided with vocabulary building and writing exercises.

II. Listening Exercises

Listen to the conversation by pressing the "Play Audio" button and answer the questions. Press the "Final Score" button to check your quiz.
[ What are these different audio choices? ]

[ Other Audio Options: Play RealMedia | Play Window Media ]

1. Where did the man and woman first meet? A. at a party B. at school C. at a friend's house

Score = Correct answers: II. Listen to the conversation again as you read the Quiz Script. III. Do practice activities to review the vocabulary:

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Mixed-Up Sentence Sentence and Vocabulary Matching Text Completion Quiz

III. Post-listening exercise focuses on developing students speaking skill by asking them to ask/answer questions with partner or create a conversation with other students which is related to the topic of listening activity.

III. Post-Listening Exercises

Make a list of topics of conversation that are appropriate and inappropriate when meeting people for the first time? Talk with other international students and try to identify which of these rules are culture-specific and which are universal from culture to culture.

6. www.AzarGrammar.com/grammarSpeaks/index.html This web site is about English grammar. The grammar series in this site are taken from the books written by Betty Azar. This site is interesting because the grammar series are introduced by animated cartoon characters named for aspects of English grammar which the creator calls Talking Heads which are aimed at bringing fun and expose students to a variety of speaking styles in conversational English. The grammar lessons in this site are appropriate for beginner students, intermediate students and advanced students. For beginner students, they can learn grammar through Basic English Grammar book. While for intermediate students, they can learn grammar through Fundamental of English Grammar book. And for advanced students, they can learn grammar through Understanding & Using English Grammar book. To learn grammar through this site, we can just choose the book that is appropriate to our English level and click on it, open a chapter and then choose a grammar topic to open the animation. Click the play button at the top right of the animations text box to play the animation. The arrows at the bottom of the page will navigate to the previous or next Talking Head.

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7. australianetwork.com/learningenglish/ This site is for intermediate to advanced levels of English. This site is suitable for students who want to improve their listening and speaking skills and knowledge about Australian life and culture and also everyday used of English language.The learning programs offered are: a. Passport to English It gives the opportunity to experience what it is like to sit a formal English language interview for assessment purposes. Eventhough its not an actual IELTS tests, it uses the sort of questions students might encounter and give them a fair representation of what is expected in an IELTS speaking interview. There are three students were filmed doing three mock interviews each, so a broad range of possible topics could be covered. These interviews followed the structure of an IELTS speaking test. The interviews are divided into three parts, each of which is available as a short video. To avoid unnecessary repetition the students only do one Part 1 each, so each student's tests are covered in seven video installments. The videos can be downloaded on each student's page, along with transcripts and an expert, detailed commentary. b. Nexus Here students can learn about people and ideas and improve their English language skills with stories about Australian life and culture. c. English Bites It is an informative and entertaining way to improve knowledge of the English language. It contains about 37 videos shortcuts, they can be just an expression or a tip about grammar. The videos are short and sharp and to the point. d. The business of English The Business of English is a video presentation broadcast regularly on Australia Network and available online. This 15-part series for intermediate to advanced English language learners looks at the language used in everyday business situations such as meetings, presentations and negotiations. e. Study English IELTS preparation 12

Study English - IELTS Preparation, produced in partnership with UTS:INSEARCH, is a series of programs that develop skills and strategies for intermediate to advanced learners of English - especially those preparing to take the IELTS test. Each program explores a different aspect of the listening, speaking, reading and writing skills needed for the IELTS test. All episodes and additional learning materials are available online in the Series 3 section of this site. f. Living English Here students can watch the drama 'Sisters and Brothers' as they learn and revise their basic English skills. The 42-part series looks at the English language used in everyday situations such as checking into a hotel or describing people. Each series is completed with dialoge transcript and also explanation about common expressions used in certain situation and also about the grammar. To use this site is not difficult. Just go to the site, choose one program and choose one video and then watch and listen to it. 8. www.breakingnewsenglish.com This site contains free ready-to-use EFL / ESL lesson plans, 26-pages of printable activities / handouts, graded news articles at pre-intermediate and intermediateplus, graded listenings and the files can be downloaded in mp3 format or subscribed to via a podcast, 30+ online quizzes for each lesson, podcast and communicative activities. All lessons are based on stories currently in the news that are downloadable PDF format. The news lessons are devided into several themes: bussiness English, environment, health, issues, life style, people/gossip, technology and world news. This site is mostly apropriate for teaching and learning listening comprehension and reading comprehension eventhough in every lesson plan it also tries to develop speaking and writing skills. Since the news articles (as the learning materials) are graded at pre-intermediate and intermediate (plus), it means that this site is apropriate for students with these levels. Here are some steps on how to use this web site: a. Firstly, choose one news lesson from the news headlines.

b. Secondly,click the title of the headline news then youll see the lesson plan. c. Do the warms up activities, the listening/reading activities and also the activities after listening/reading. 13

9. www.learner.org/resources/series71.html? This site contains a video instructional series in English as a second language for college and high school classrooms and adult learners for levels from high beginning through low and high intermediate. This site is very good for teaching and learning listening skill and to give the students the pictures in which the language is used in everyday lives. However, it can also be good as a discussion topic for teaching speaking. Through the story of Rebecca, an aspiring singer on a journey across America, touches on life's important issues: leaving home, parenting, education, work, love, success, and loss. All of the characters use meaningful, natural language that students can put to work immediately in their own lives. Each episode features dialogue that is slightly slowed down and subtly simplified. Key lines are repeated, idioms paraphrased, and important events retold. There are constant visual clues to meaning, such as written signs, notes, and documents. Facial expressions, gestures, and body language also reveal meaning for students. Closed captioning can be used as a teaching and literacy resource. With video on demand (VoD), students can watch any of videos at any time. They can also skip around within a video when watching a VoD. To access video on demand, search or browse for a series that is of their interest, and look for the VoD icon next to the individual program titles. Click on the VoD icon to view the video. 10. Pitara.com This web site was specially designed for children; therefore, the way the site is laid out is in a simple, neat and consistent manner and the colours used on the site are also aesthetically appealing and do not jar the eyes of the viewers which is so important when young child views the site. In this web site, the children, their parents and teachers find a lot to explore because it contains a treasure-trove of reading materials from poems, folktales, stories, magazine, games, news and so on. The learning materials in this site are absolutely very suitable for teaching reading but they can also be used as listening materials . Here are some steps of how to use this site: 1. Go to the site, choose one out of eight channels: talespin, magazine, discover, activities, games, reference, community and junior kids.

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TALESPIN

MAGAZINE

DISCOVER

ACTIVITIES

GAMES

REFERENCE

COMMUNITY

JUNIOR KIDS

DISCOVER

GAMES

ACTIVITIES

Science Magazine Earth for Kids Science for Kids Did You Know? World News for Kids

Junior Games Mind Games Skill Games Word Games Math Games

Art & Craft Activities Quizzes for Kids Word Play Activites Coloring Pages Fun Math Activities

2. Choose one of the topics offered by each channel

Earth Facts for Children Earth science & facts for kids - Now displaying 1 to 10
This section is focused on our earth! Find out planet secrets, from rainforests to sea turtles. Be a kid science sleuth and track our planet earth -- oceans, mountains, places, nature, global warming, pollution, the natural world and much more. Amazing facts and unusual behaviour of reptiles, insects, animals, birds, rainforests... Come in and join our Earth Science for Kids club. Sea Turtles One of the oldest surviving species on earth, the sea turtle has many interesting habits. The most interesting being its tendency to come back to the same nesting site, again and again. Read on ...

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3. Then read on the texts and study them 11. www.livemocha.com Livemocha in many ways operates like a social networking site, and the basic ethos of the system is peer-to-peer: registered members can engage in synchronous and asynchronous communication, make a personal profile, connect with a circle of friends, upload content (there is a page dedicated to cultural exchange), contribute translations and help expand the base of available languages, and review other members work, such as recorded dialogues from lessons. It has been referred to as the Facebook of foreign languages, and its potential impact on conventional language teaching. The main advantages of this new web-based educational approach are argued to include: easy and convenient access to native speakers (learn from a native speaker without leaving home); exposure to how people actually speak the language, including slang, colloquialisms and everyday conversation; increased motivation and confidence through social contacts. This site consits of two courses, firstly is basic course which is designed for members who are fluent in two or more languages and may translate the available course materials in their native tongue. And the second course is active course designed for more advanced students and are intended to achieve conversational fluency. To learn online with this site, students need to sign in by using their email address or facebook account (but not all materials are free). Then, we can go to the active course where lessons are devided into 5 units plus the course test. Choose one unit, there will be a brief explanation about what students are going to learn in that unit and also about what theyre supposed to do. Unit 1 Unit 2 Unit 3 Unit Score: 0% Correct Unit 4 Unit 5 Course Test

Lesson 1: Having a Snack 1 What you will learn

How to use the present continuous to talk about activities: What are you doing? I'm listening to music. How to choose between the present continuous and simple present: Luis speaks Spanish. He's talking to Ana now. Vocabulary for events: See a play, go to the beach. Vocabulary Role Play

Video Dialog Grammar

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We recommend you start the lesson with the Video Dialog exercise!

Start with the video dialogue, watch the video and answer the questions. Then go to the grammar activity, vocabulary activity and role play.

12. www.englishcentral.com/videos This site is created for both learners and teachers. Here they can do learning and teaching speaking English while watching videos. The videos are presented with text transcriptions and word defenitions. The topics of the videos vary from Academic English, Business English, Media English, Social English, Travel English and Young learners. The levels of difficulty of the videos range from easy, medium and hard. To start learning with the videos, just choose one of the videos from the list.

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Play one video for example Do you speak English video. There are three buttoms at the top of the video: Watch (for watching the video), Learn (for learning the words) and Speak (for practicing saying the utterances and get the instant feedback). 13. www.abc.net.au In this site, students can practice their listening skill through watching the videos or listening to the radio and their reading skill by reading the news and also enhance their vocabulary mastery since they can listen to and read different topics of news everyday.

Radio

Radio National NewsRadio

Featured Video

Video Oprah Winfrey says she was satisfied by Lance Armstrong's answers during an extensive interview.

Top Stories

Confession could see cycling out of Olympics Scientists hail 'potential cure for AIDS' Family relocates in bid to end racial feud

This site is appropriate for intermediate to advanced learners. Students and teachers can choose topics for the videos, audios or written news as their learning or teaching materials. For teachers, they can add some activities on the listening or reading activities, for example while listening to the audio or video, teachers can ask students to do the fill in the blank activity and so on. This site is very interesting because through this were not only improving our English proficiency but also it can broaden our horizons about the world. 14. www.famouspeoplelessons.com This site is appropriate for teaching and learning reading and listening comprehension skills. This site is especially very good for motivating students to read because the readings are about the biography/profile of famous people around the world for example: Barack Obama the 44th U.S. president. For listening activity, the materials can be listened through MP3 player. Here is the example of the reading or tapescript:

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Barack Obama is the 44 President of the United States of America. He is also the winner of the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize. He made history in 2008 when he won the U.S. presidential election. He is the first African American to be President. Obama's charisma, intelligence, and powerful speeches have made him extremely popular with many Americans. He has been very successful with his message for change. Obama was born in Hawaii in 1961 to a black Kenyan father and white American mother. His parents divorced and his mother married an Indonesian man. Barack's family moved to Indonesia in 1967. He attended schools in Jakarta until he was ten years old, when he returned to Hawaii. Obama majored in political science and international relations at Columbia University in New York. After four years in New York, Obama moved to Chicago. There, he worked as the director of a community project from 1985 to 1988. He entered Harvard Law School and became the first black president of the Harvard Law Review. Obama taught law at the University of Chicago Law School for twelve years. He became an Illinois Senator in 1996. In 2004, Obama was elected as a U.S. Senator. He supported legislation on conservation, energy, immigration and honest leadership. Obama is currently battling with serious issues such as the economy. He beat Mitt Romney to win a second term in office, despite a poor economy and high unemployment. He thanked voters by promising to spend his second term honoring their support, saying: "There's a lot more work to do." This site so far has contained about 163 ready-to-print handouts/lesson plans. The activities in the lesson plans are aimed at making the students become active listeners or readers and try also to develop their writing skill. To use this site as teaching and learning resources, first we need to choose one of the famous people, then read the reading or listen to the MP3 player. But before doing the reading and listening activities, its better for teachers to give students some warming-up/brainstorming activities. Then, do the exercises. This site is very good because the readings are interesting and inspiring because they are based on those people real experiences. 15. www.teachchildrenesl.com These web site contains free work sheets, flash cards, games, songs and lessons plans that can be used as the teaching resources. This site is specially designed for teachers who teach ESL/EFL to children. To use the teaching materials in this site is easy because each sheet is equipped with the description of how to apply it in the classroom. For example, choose one sheet from the list, study the description, download the files and then apply it to your class. Here are the example of the song sheet and the file of the song is provided in the PDF form.

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Title: I'm a Little Teapot Category: Song Sheets Description: Students can personalize the song sheet by decorating the teapot on the page. There is a complete decoration kit with instructions included on the file. The personalization of song sheets helps with language learning and motivates the students to learn more songs. The students can create a "song book" by collecting and personalizing additional song sheets.

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