Questions:
What strategies did you use while reading “How to find useful websites?”?
How much time did it take you to read the information above?
How often did you use a dictionary?
How did you organize your new vocabulary?
Were there any unknown grammar cases which influenced your understanding badly? How are you going to work on the rule?
Task “Website Searching”
Using different search engines (Google, Yahoo!, Yandex, Rambler, and etc.) find the answers to the questions below. Put down the search engine you have used, the key phrase and the number of attempts in the table.
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What clothes should you pack if you are going to visit/ live in Kenya? |
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Would you be able to wear the suggested clothes in Australia in winter? |
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3. |
The world’s most popular website devoted to men’s clothing? |
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4. |
What colours are in fashion this season? |
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5. |
Write 5 most famous fashion designers. |
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6. |
What is the difference between ‘clothes’, ‘fashion’ and ‘style’? |
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7. |
Who made shoes first time in the world? |
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8. |
What nationality is Ralph Lauren and when did he start his clothing empire? |
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9. |
Is fashion designing an example of retailing? |
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10. |
What websites will help you to buy designer clothes online? |
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Unit 2. “Website Evaluation”
In addition to using books and magazines to find out about “Medicine”, why not also use the power of the Internet? Visit http://www.kn.att.com/wired/fil/pages/listmedicineli.html to find out more about “Medicine”.
Task “Website Evaluation”
Before using the websites try to evaluate how useful and appropriate they are for your purposes. Go to appendix 1 to learn more about website evaluation.
Organize your answers in the table below which will help you to decide how appropriate the given websites are for your purposes.
Accuracy
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Who wrote the page? |
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Is this person an expert in the subject matter? |
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Is the page content reliable and factually correct? |
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Currency
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Is the content up-to-date?
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When was the page last updated?
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Content
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Is the website interesting and stimulating?
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Is it attractive and easy to navigate?
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What are the aims of the information? Do they fit in with the objectives of the lesson? |
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Are they at the right language level? Are they too difficult for you to understand? |
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Functionality
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Does the website work well? |
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Does it use a lot large files or alternative technologies (e.g. Flash)?
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Now decide which websites from the hotlist you will use for your academic purposes and which won’t.
Unit 3. “Learning More about Human Diseases”