Using Free Media
For each of the sites below, answer the questions below.
Create a document and save your notes and answers there. I will collect it later.
1. Have you ever heard of this site before?
2. Have you ever visited this site before?
3. What kind of content can you find on this site? Describe the site.
4. How could this site/resource be used to study English?
5. How useful do you think this site is?
When you finish getting an overview of these sites, answer these questions:
6. Which of the sites do you think are most interesting? Which would/could you use to study English?
7. Which site do you think is least useful? Why?
8. What are the advantages and disadvantages of a textbook versus internet media?
9. Do you think movies are useful for improving your English listening?
10. Do you think music is useful for improving your English listening?
Audio Sources
USF Lit2Go http://etc.usf.edu/lit2go/
VOA http://www1.voanews.com/learningenglish/home/
BBC http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/
MIT OpenCourseWare http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/web/home/home/index.htm
UCBerkeley http://webcast.berkeley.edu/courses.php
Stanford U. http://itunes.stanford.edu/rss.html
Librivox http://librivox.org/
http://www.archive.org/details/librivoxaudio
Audio Books and Poetry http://www.archive.org/details/audio_bookspoetry
Presidential Recordings http://www.archive.org/details/presidential_recordings
Barack Obama Audiobooks, Presidential address
(audiobooks are not free, but I have them)
Audio-visual sources
Moving Images http://www.archive.org/details/movies
Prelinger Archive http://www.archive.org/details/prelinger
Film/Video
Classic Cinema Online http://www.classiccinemaonline.com/1/index.php
The Corporation http://www.thecorporation.com/index.cfm?page_id=46
YouTube http://www.youtube.com
DVDs (not a website)
Fictional movies
Documentaries
Movie Scripts
For each of the sites below, answer the questions below.
Create a document and save your notes and answers there. I will collect it later.
1. Have you ever heard of this site before?
2. Have you ever visited this site before?
3. What kind of content can you find on this site? Describe the site.
4. How could this site/resource be used to study English?
5. How useful do you think this site is?
When you finish getting an overview of these sites, answer these questions:
6. Which of the sites do you think are most interesting? Which would/could you use to study English?
7. Which site do you think is least useful? Why?
8. What are the advantages and disadvantages of a textbook versus internet media?
9. Do you think movies are useful for improving your English listening?
10. Do you think music is useful for improving your English listening?
Here is a list of some free media sites.
Audio Sources
USF Lit2Go http://etc.usf.edu/lit2go/
VOA http://www1.voanews.com/learningenglish/home/
BBC http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/
MIT OpenCourseWare http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/web/home/home/index.htm
UCBerkeley http://webcast.berkeley.edu/courses.php
Stanford U. http://itunes.stanford.edu/rss.html
Librivox http://librivox.org/
http://www.archive.org/details/librivoxaudio
Audio Books and Poetry http://www.archive.org/details/audio_bookspoetry
Presidential Recordings http://www.archive.org/details/presidential_recordings
Barack Obama Audiobooks, Presidential address
(audiobooks are not free, but I have them)
Audio-visual sources
Moving Images http://www.archive.org/details/movies
Prelinger Archive http://www.archive.org/details/prelinger
Film/Video
Classic Cinema Online http://www.classiccinemaonline.com/1/index.php
The Corporation http://www.thecorporation.com/index.cfm?page_id=46
YouTube http://www.youtube.com
DVDs (not a website)
Fictional movies
Documentaries
Movie Scripts
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