Using internet sources for improving listening skill of B1 learners

Conclusion
Listening comprehension is often the most difficult task for learners of English as a foreign language. Listening in the real world and listening to authentic texts is more complex than listening to non-authentic texts in the classroom environment. Effective listening does not just happen. Access to up-to-date materials via the Internet gives the students opportunities to develop and improve their listening skills by using materials in the self-access language learning centre or outside the classroom. With the appropriate use of technology, learning can be made more active, motivating, and learner-centred, especially with such internet-based resources as audio-video, podcasts, and video clip tools.
Ene Peterson is a lecturer at Virumaa College of Tallinn University of Technology with 30 years’ experience in ELT and ESP, currently Head of the Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences. Apart from that she is engaged in teacher training and in the work of teachers’ associations, being Chair of the Association of Teachers of Estonian as a Second Language and Chair of the Estonian Association of Foreign Language Teachers. Her professional interests include different aspects of methodology of teaching ESL and ESP (e.g. teaching process writing, developing listening skills, and portfolio assessment) and the use of technology in teaching languages.


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    Appendices included in the PDF version
    

1^ Barber, E. (2007). Fifty ways to improve your Business English using the internet. Oxford: Summertown Publishing Ltd.

2^ Barnes, K., Marateo, R., & Ferris, S. (2007). Teaching and learning with the Net Generation. Innovate, 3(4). Retrieved from http://innovateonline.info/pdf/vol3_issue4/Teaching_and_Learning_with_the_Net_Generation.pdf

3^ Barrett, B., & Sharma, P. (2005). The internet and Business English. Oxford: Summertown Publishing Ltd.

4^Bearer, K. (2010). YouTube in the classroom!. Retrieved from http://esl.about.com/od/listeninglessonplans/a/youtube.htm

5^ Dudeney, G., & Hockly, N. (2007). How to teach English with technology. Harlow: Pearson Education Limited.

6^ Godwin-Jones, R. (2007). Emerging technologies. Digital video update: YouTube, Flash, High-definition. Language Learning and Technology, 11(1), 12-16. Retrieved from http://llt.msu.edu/vol11num1/emerging/default.html

7^ Krashen, S. D. (1982). Principles and practice in second language acquisition. Oxford: Pergamon Press.

8^ Oblinger, D. G., & Oblinger, J. L. (Eds.). (2005). Educating the Net Generation. EDUCAUSE. Retrieved from http://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/pub7101.pdf

9^ Omaggio Hadley, A. (2001). Teaching language in context (3rd ed.). Boston, MA: Heinle.

10^ Prensky, M. (2001). Digital natives, digital immigrants. On the Horizon, 9(5).

11^ Sharma, P., & Barrett, B. (2007). Blended learning: Using technology in and beyond the language classroom. Oxford: Macmillan Publishers Ltd.

12^ Prensky, M. (2001). Digital natives, digital immigrants. On the Horizon, 9(5).