Do You Have A Rich Site Summary?

    
    Hi everyone :)

    How was your week? Mine was fast! Because I was waiting for Infinity War😅 but that's not the subject of course,sorry I just had to say it... Back to earth, this week's topic is something very useful. It might be something you already use or something you have seen, wondered what it is but never used before or you have no idea about it. Which ever it is let's talk about....RSS!!

   
  
   What is this RSS???
   

       RSS is short for "Really Simple Syndication" or "Rich Site Summary"

   
   RSS is a format that enables you to be informed about the updates of websites, blogs etc. of your choice. You download RSS or add it to your browser and create your own feed. Whenever there is an update, you know about it without going to the website all the time to check. Especially if you are following a blog or if you are devoted to a website it is something you can benefit from.


  
   Kinds Of RSS Readers

   There are five kinds of RSS readers you can choose from and some examples for you:

1.   Web-based feed readers ( feedly )
2.   Desktop feed readers 
3.   Browser built-in feed readers ( panda )
4.   Email based feed readers
5.   Mobile feed readers 

    

   Mine is a browser built-in feed reader. I simply added it to my browser by clicking   "add to Chrome" and there are many others as you can see.

                                                                                       

It looks like this when you open it. I can see my feed which are the blogs that I follow.

 


If you click on one of the blogs or websites on the feed you can see the posts in chronological order and read the one you want without going to the website if you want.

   You can also see the notification at the right top of the page.

If you want to know about RSS more here is a video you can watch!

     And last but not least I want to introduce a blog...

 

    It is called Tekhnologic. It is as it can be understood from the name about technology but not any kind of technology, it focuses on technology used in the classroom.

  

        
   This blog is written by a teacher  who likes to use technology and he shares his ideas, experiences with us.

You can read his ABOUT page and get more information on the writer and the blog.

   He gives examples, templates that you can download and use with your class.

   It is really a useful and fun blog that I enjoy exploring and I think you should take a look at it too :)

Here are some other blogs recommendations...

->sandymillin

->tefltastic

->eltplanning

   I hope you liked this post of mine and it has given you new information or an idea. I'll see you next week( maaybe with a group project😉).

  

Thank you!!!

Welcome to The English Class of The Internet

     Hi everyone! 

     How long has it been... a month😯? It really has been a while. I hope you been well and happy.

     I had my midterms and a little break after but now I am back with new content that I think you'll like... Aaand this week's post is about a website of course.

     This website we are evaluating is called "ESOL Courses" !!! It is, as they describe themselves, a free online learning platform. (Website link will be given down below)

     "ESOL" is an acronym for English for Speakers of Other Languages.

     Who are the writers and who is this website for?

     This website is written by ELT authors and experienced English language teachers under the name of the company called "ESOL Courses Limited" which is based in England. Their target audience contains both teachers and learners as they say. What I've seen is that the word "learner" here means "adult learners" MORE than "young learners"

     What is the aim of this site?

     They aim for teachers to find classroom materials(I will be showing an example further in the post) and learners to improve their language skills and knowledge independently if they want.

     Further information...

     And I should say I couldn't see a date on the page but it is very loaded with useful information to last a while. And as this website is prepared by native speakers who are experienced in the field of ELT, you can trust the accuracy of the content.

    As you can see from the site map section yourself too, this page contains categories such as skills, levels which are "beginner,elementary, pre-intermediate, intermediate, advanced", topic areas and themes, quizzes and games etc.

   









      And as I've seen, the images on the website are attractive and appealing to the eye, in other words it's not boring. 😊


Here I've clicked on the "listening" part and opened a lesson. The lesson first starts with a brief explanation and informs that you will learn vocabulary besides the listening skill.

    They give some statements and expect you to do some predictions.

    And in the second part, you watch the video.

   And they give you a quiz to test your predictions after the video.

 You hide or show the answer key. 

 And as they mentioned on top of the page there is a review that helps with vocabulary.





      
 Would I recommend this website to teachers?
        Yes, I would. I think it is very useful for teachers because they can use the lessons as it is, for example; make their students watch the video and than print out the questions and the review part and continue the class that way or they can just take the subject as an idea and make their own tasks in class. Either way I think it can be very helpful.


       If you are interested, you can explore the website yourself by clicking here.

    

     

    There are many many websites and blogs to help you with language learning especially with English and ESOL is only one of these helpful websites. I hope this post inspired you to search and use this or any other website out there that can really help you....

    

     Thank you as always :)

See you next week!!!