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Resources for the Internet: Applications for Foreign Language Teachers DOCUMENT RESUME ED 394 278 FL 023 655 AUTHOR Finnemann, Michael D. TITLE Resources for the Internet: Applications for Foreign Language Teachers. PUB DATE 95 NOTE 9p. PUB TYPE Reference Materials Directories/Catalogs (132) Journal Articles (080) JOURNAL CIT ICTFL Accents; v8 n4 p32-37 EDRS PRICE MFOI/PC01 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS *Educational Resources; *Information Networks; *Information Seeking; *Information Sources; *Internet; Second Language Instruction; *Second Languages; Telecommunications IDENTIFIERS *World Wide Web ABSTRACT A session of the Illinois Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ICTFL) October 1995 conference dealing with Internet resources for second language teachers is summarized, and in extension of that information, World Wide Web resources for language teachers are enumerated. In the conference session seven types of Internet resource are described: news groups (topical bulletin boards); electronic mail; Internet relay chat (online conversation); TelNet (a service allowing the user to connect with any other computers on the Internet); file transfer protocol; gophers (Menu-based indexes to Internet resources); and the World Wide Web, with its use of browser programs. A source for further information about Internet use workshops is included. The list of Web sites that give language teachers access to language-related Web resources includes descriptions and addresses for 14 general Web-search sites, 29 general language-related sites (most related to specific college or university programs), and 8 sites of general interest to teachers. (MSE) *********************************************************************** Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original document. * *********************************************************************** Resources for theInternet Applications for Foreign Language Teachers U S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Ga. oh Educahons. Research and Improvement PERMISSION TO REPRODUCE AND E UCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION DISSEMINATE THIS MATERIAL CENTER (ERIC) This document has been reproduced as HAS BEEN GRANTED BY eceived from the person or organization originating it Minor changes have been made to improve reproduction quality. Points of view or opinions slated in this document do not necessarily represent TO THE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES official OEFil position or policy. INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC) BEST COPY 2 AVAILABLE THE INTERNET Resources for the Internet Applications for Foreign Language Teachers By MICHAEL D. FINNEMANN newsgroups, for example) are of inter- Augustana College est to foreign language teachers, ac- cording to Dr. Davies. Every country of the world has newsgroups. A substan- At the I.C.T.F.L. Fall Conference in tial number of the messages, which stay October, Mark Davies continued his campaign to inform Illinois foreign language teachers about the Internet and the types of resources it makes available. Dr. Davies. an assistant pro- fessor of Hispanic linguistics at Illinois State University, presented a session titled "Exploring Foreign Language Re- sources on the Internet." Internet is a collection of several differ- ent types of resources accessible over telephone lines via modem. These re- sources include News Groups, E-mail. Internet Relay Chat [IRCJ,TelNet, File Transfer Protocol [FTP1, Gophers. and World Wide Web [WWW1. Each re- source requires a different type of pro- gram for access and use. Certain parts of Internet are doubling about every four months in number of users and amount of available information. No one manages the Internet, which, unlike U.S.-based services such as Compuserve and America Online, puts the user into contact with users around the globe. Users, however, must gain access by subscribing to an Internet service provider for a lee. Subscription establishes a user m ne, password, and access phone number forthe user. Serv- ices like America Online, Compuserve, and Prodigy provide customers with access to the various Internet resources. Mark Davies gave an overview of each of the Internet resources, suggesting applications for language teachers: 1. Newsgroups are giant topical bulle- tin boards where users post and respond to messages. There are currently about 4,000 newsgroups featuring just about any topic. Of these, about 100 (culture T H E INTERNET The Web is accessed by means of a through the sites visited. The major on- three follow-up workshops in October. program called a "browser," one of the line service is that Web gives language November, and December, all spon- best-known Web-browsers is Netscape. teachers access to many foreign news sored by I.C.T.F.L. Illinois Council The browser gives the user access to sources in the target language, Mark will sponsor additional Internet work- various menu-driven search programs Davies suggested. The German news shops on May 4 and 11, 1996. Partici- called "search engines." One very magazine Der Spiegel, for example, pants receive a disk with all the neces- popular and comprehensive search can be read on-line at its Web site. sary software for accessing the Internet. engine of use to foreign language teach- Pathfinder is a program giving users ISU has also developed a "bookmark" ers is "Yahoo," which allows search by on-line access to a number of U.S. file for foreign language teachersthat subject matter, as well as geographi- magazines. Deutsche Welle offers ex- is, a compendium of useful "sites" in a cally. tended audio segments over the Web. software program that links the user In the not-too-distant future, real-time directly to the site. Mark Davies in- Two other common features of browsers conversation over the Web will be formed participants that the Illinois State are: 1) the ability to tag favorite sites (or possible, according to Dr. Davies. Board of Education provides a free place "bookmarks") in order to return Internet connection for K-12 teachers. at a later session, 2) logging a history of Mark Davies conducted eleven intro- Teachers must write a letter to the Board sites visited during a session so that the ductory Internet workshops in 1995 at requesting the connection and will re- user can page forward or backward Illinois State University, as well as ceive a password and a 1-800 number. Web Resources for Foreign Language Teachers Compiled for Accents by Michael D. Finnemann General Web-Search Sites Mark Davies's introduction to the Internet at the I.C.T.F.L. Fall The general search sites are major indexes to Intemet/VVeb Conference and a new computer have given me an impetus and information. Sometimes called "search engines," they take a the wherewithall to attack the World Wide Web (WWW) in number of forms: 1) some search all Internet resources (Telnet, earnest. My first project has been to pull together a list of useful FTP, gophers, newsgroups, mailing lists, etc.), some only search Web resources from the point of view of a foreign language the Web; 2) some provide searchable category listings, others teacher. simply allow the user to type in search terms; 3) some are manually maintained, some are automatically updated by com- I want to share a list of some of the sites that 1 think give language puter programs called "robots" or "web crawlers"; and 4) some teachers comprehensive access to language-related resources on are selective and offer ratings, while others list everything. These the Web. These sites are not language specific, but will serve sites generally "link" to each otherthat is, they include each language teachers as starting points for finding language-specific other as menu choices. Here are a few I have checked out: sites of interest to them. Although I focus primarily on the Web. there are a number of references to information available via 1. EINet Galaxy: http://galaxy.einet.net/ other Internet resources. A guide to worldwide information and services. It permits search by keywords (WebSearch) and also has a subject tree To get started. you have to be connected to the Internet through with categories and subcategories. The subcategory "World your school, the Illinois State Board of Education, "Prodigy," Communities" gives a searchable list of regions and coun- "America Online," or some other private Internet provider. tries and a lot more. The subcategories "Travel" and "Edu- Further, you have to have access to the World Wide Web via a cation" will be of interest to language teachers. Among other software program called a "driver"for example, Netscape or things, the latter gives on-line access to ERIC resources and Mosaic. The Web driver will allow you to access any site on the has a subcategory on "K ;2 curriculum-instruction." The Web by typing a URL. a Universal Resource Locator, which is a item "Other Searchable Reference Materials and Directo- fancy name for an "address." Web URLs generally take the ries" provides links to a large number of general indices such following form: http://[specific site address]. Be careful to type a as Yahoo and WebCrawler, Whole Internet Catalogue, etc. URL exactly as listed because some of them are senstitive to the upper or lower case of characters. 2. GNN Global Network Navigator: littp: / /www.ora.com /gnn /GNNhome.html Although this list aims to give language teachers comprehensive access to Web resources, the list itself is by no means comprehen- Features general access to the Internet via the Whole Internet sive. I have grouped the sites into three categories: I) general Catalogue (2a): http://nearnet.gnn.com/gnn/wic/index.html. Web search sites, such as web browsers and indexes to content of which is based on Yahoo and WebCrawler. Of particular be Web, 2) general language sites of interest to all foreign interest to foreign language teachers is the GNN Travel language teachers, and 3) a few sites of interest to teachers in Center (2b): http://nearnet.gnn.com/meta/travel/index.htm I. general. Withii: each category. the list is numbered and basically alphabetical. 4 (Continued on following page) I.C.T.F.L. Accents, vol. 8.
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