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URLs part 2 
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In this section we will look at another part of the web address - the top level domains or TLDs. Don't worry 
about the terminology, that's not important, but it is important to understand what a TLD is. 
.
org 
is a very common TLD and is short for organisation. Another very common one is .com. In the initial 
questions you were asked to consider why the difference is important. 
If we want to use the Internet with our students, we need to start thinking about evaluating websites. And 
one quick way to start this evaluation is to look at the TLD. 
What do you think? Do you think the information on a .com website would be as balanced as on a .org 
website? .com sites often contain lots of useful information and activities but remember that they are 
commercial sites - they are trying to generate income - so you may have to pay for some services and they 
may contain advertising.Have a go at this quiz to see how well you know your top level domains. (Same 
quiz also linked from unit page). 
There is more information on Wikipedia. Including information on country codes (e.g. .uk is from the United 
Kingdom) and generic top level domains (e.g. .com, .org). 
Note that the use of top level domain names is pretty much unregulated now. If I wanted, I could buy a 
website name with either .org or .com. However, this process is still a good place to start when evaluating 
websites. 
 
Activity 1. Quiz 
Quiz: Searching 1.
Natasha takes her students to the computer room to use Internet materials on a regular basis. She wants to 
use some Internet based materials with her intermediate level class in a lesson teaching the present perfect 
tense. What should Natasha do to look for suitable materials?
Use Google to search for suitable materials. 
First decide on the type of materials she’ll look for: grammar explanations, practice exercises or a 
video/listening activity to introduce the topic. 
Ask colleagues if they can recommend any useful sites. 
2.
Natasha decides to look for a video resource to introduce the grammar topic of the present perfect tense. 
How can she find something suitable?
Use Google to search for “present perfect”. 
Use YouTube to search for present perfect. 
Use Yahoo! to search for present perfect. 
3.
Natasha teaches a class of teenagers just about to start their university studies. She wants to encourage 
these learners to become more autonomous in their language learning. She has reserved the computer room 
for a lesson with this class. What should she do? 
Put in order:
a.
then telling them that they will report back to the whole group on what they discovered 

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b.
distribute these to pairs of learners
c.
give them free access to the computers for 40 minutes 
d.
draw up instructions for three research projects 
4.
Natasha wants to use the Internet with her advanced class to study the use of a selection of ten phrasal 
verbs that the group have been introduced to recently. How should she do this?
Explain how to use a search engine such as Google to check usage examples and ask them to use this 
technique with the ten verbs. 
Prepare a list of links to advanced vocabulary practice exercises. 
Ask the learners to search for the verbs in two online dictionaries. 
5.
Natasha has asked her class to do a research project on famous people of the twentieth century.
What would be a good idea to do first?
Allow the students free access to the internet to collect their research 
Provide a list of websites that the students are restricted to. 
Do a short lesson on evaluating websites with her students. 

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