WEBSITE REVIEW

URL: http://www.eslgold.com/speaking.html


This website provides us with English Learning Materials. 

Here, we can select the menu related to the Skill and the level based on our need. The skills menu contains Speaking, Listening, Reading, Writing, Grammar, Vocabulary, Business, Pronunciation, TOEFL/TOEIC, and Idioms.The level is separated into five, they are Low Beginning, High Beginning, Low Intermediate, High Intermediate, and Advanced. We will find different difficulty on each of them.

This website was designed not only for the teachers but also for the students (the learners). For the teachers, it will be helpful on enriching the speaking materials since it provides us with the material which can be downloaded by the visitors. Meanwhile, the students can study English and improve their ability on speaking skill through this website. They can read the speaking material, see and listen the conversation here, because there some examples of expressions that can be used in conversations, for example: Greetings, Asking about present activities, Asking and telling about recent events, Bringing up a serious topic, etc. The students can download and listen to the audio, to improve their speaking skill.

This website is good for improving the learners' ability on mastering English since it contains the material related to listening, speaking, reading, writing skill. Not only these, it also provides us with some important aspects needed to be mastered, such as grammar, pronunciation, vocabulary, etc.

Therefore, I recommend both the teachers and the students to use this website as one of the way to improve the ability on mastering English. Good Luck!

LISTENING - REPORT

Here we go :) Let's begin our lesson!

LISTENING - REPORT TEXT

Report is a text which presents information about something, as it is. It is as a result of systematic observation and analysis.


Generic Structure of Report
1. General classification: Stating classification of general aspect of thing; animal, public place, plant, etc which will be discussed in general
2. Description: Describing the thing which will be discussed in detail; part per part , customs or deed for living creature and usage for materials


Language Feature of Report
• Introducing group or general aspect
• Using conditional logical connection; when, so, etc
• Using simple present tense

source: http://www.reporttext.blogspot.com/


Pre-Listening


ACTIVITY 1
Please take a look at the pictures below!

A

source: http://bloggerjava.blogdetik.com/files/2010/12/internet.jpg

B

source: https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_iy-Tp_qKUaf9luK2fb_rEtDmYphR2drAErchbCqqLYGC1ZtfGGwWTv3rGvQRMfkAVZ_-5Pv0cl2RuWf0FdOC8rjVBsn9z6-w1gEiuzcxMiZWolDtLYYiaxvBW6nOcSAVA5pW9GwrLIf-/s1600/internet_clipart.jpg

C

source: http://chapila.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/filter-jaringan-internet.jpg

D

source: https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzAE9dW2_PzKCEm3DArz5k3XYPPI-AmLmiQG_SIdAB0ylGE5PGMkjzZo_KzERraAcK8NFf9CLhxf31mKELHcfD6sJuPxXhcyifJoMTrSRhKiIlaIyAuRzMH9GTuCHV2WfC_ivQGvwnIsk/s1600/2005-5-18-china-internet-cafe_web.jpg

What is on your mind when you see the pictures above? Identify each of them and elaborate your answer! Write your answer on your answer sheet!


Whilst Listening


ACTIVITY 2
Listen carefully to a monologue below and answer the questions!

Information Society



source: http://haarrr.wordpress.com/

Exercise 1
click >> here

Exercise 2
click >> here


Post-Listening


ACTIVITY 3
1. Listen to the audio of Information Society one more time!
2. Based on the audio above, find the answer of the following questions!
3. Write your answer on your answer sheet!


Questions:
a. what does the woman talk about?
b. when people hear about information society, what might they guess?
c. what is the heart of information society?
d. according to the United Nations, it is important to understand the information society. Why?
e. does the information society have implications for countries where there are fewer political freedoms?


ACTIVITY 4
Now, listen to the audio below, then answer the following question on your answer sheet and do the exercises for practice!


STAR

source: http://haarrr.wordpress.com/


Glosary:

composition: the parts, substances, etc. that something is made of

powerful instrument: a very effective piece of equipment that is attached to the telescope

dotted with:  scattered with

what information do you get from the audio above?

Exercise 1

click >> here

Exercise 2

click >> here

For my students, please submit your work through my e-mail at agis_sheank@yahoo.com with subject Listening Report_Full Name_Class before Monday, March 28th, 2011. Those who are late will loose the point.

GOOD LUCK!