CALL Class Blog for THIT AFL 2007: 6月 2007

Project : Using a Blog to Teach Chinese Festivals

Advisor – Alastair Dunbar

Group members –
1959011 Ed
1959017 Leon
1959020 Jessica
1959023 Annie
1959025 Peter
1959026 Andy

We use Blog to teach three most important chinese festivals

•Chinese New Year
•Mid-autumn festival
•Dragon boat festival

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We choose the wretch blog. Why we choose wretch blog because wretch is very popular blog in Taiwan, and hope many students easy to surf the website.

1. Chinese New Year

About the part of Chinese New Year. We put the recording to our blog. Because too much word will let students feel boring, You can hear the contents about New Year from the recording. Because the way can promote your hearing.

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2.Dragon boat festival

About the part of Dragon boat festival. you can see the picture! That’s our blog’s view, then look at these blue words, these is hyperlinks! We find out some difficult vocabulary then add Hyper Text Markup Language make hyperlinks to yahoo dictionary, let students more easy to understand what is the meaning of the words in the article. If you don’t understand the meaning of the words you can click the blue words then you can find the definition about the words.

Like this. If you don’t understand the meaning of the words you can click the blue words then you can find the definition about the words. Use this way will let students more easier to understand the Chinese festivals of English.

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3.Mid-autumn festival

About the part of Mid-autumn festival. we put some picture which we draw, recording and conversation let students fell more interested in the history and stories, also improve students listening. We will put some multimedia that includes conversation, short movie, and animation.

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If you finish surfsing throuht our Blog, you want to test your ability about the Chinese festivals of English. You can do our questionnaires. Then you can know whether you understand or not.

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If you have intersting in Chinese festivals of English. Here are some websides that you can viewing.

中國節慶

This website includes Chinese Valentine's Day, Ghost Festival, Double Tenth National Day and Lantern Festival. You can receive abundant knowledge from here.

Chinese Festivals

On this webside, it use the video to introduce the festivals. This is a kind of simpler way to learn. Because everybody does not want to read too many words. So, see the film become a kind of simple study method.

Chinese festivals

This website includes Tomb-Sweeping Festival, Teacher's Day, Double Tenth National Day and Lantern Festival. You can receive abundant knowledge from here too.

Project : Using Music to Learn English
Supervisor : Holli
Members : 1959002 Janet
1959005 Asta
1959007 Ruth
1959009 Ann
1959014 Vivian

Lyric Websites (Order: BEST to WORST) By Vivian

1. 魔鏡歌詞網
http://mojim.com/
Language: Chinese and simplified character
Format: Clear format and provide several useful methods to search.
Information:
 Categorizes the website into several parts let us easy to search the lyrics what we need.
 The search functional box is on the left side.
 When you enter the name of singer then you can find whole albums.
 This website can find 12 songs which we chose.

2. Lyrics Search Engine
http://lyrics.astraweb.com/
Language: English
Format: Clear and provide an initial to search.
Information:
 This website provides the search functional box in the top.
 When you enter the name of lyric then you can find the singer and complete album.
 You don’t need to apply for a new account to use it.
 This website can find 12 songs which we chose.

3. MP3lyrics
http://www.mp3lyrics.org/
Language: English
Format: Very clear but have many words.
Information:
 The search functional box is in the top of the page and can quickly find out the lyrics that you need.
 You can enter both singer and song’s name to find the lyric specific.
 When you find out the lyric, you also can see a link about the singer.
 Provide the top 60 most popular artists.
 Have fresh ad shown in the top of the page.
 This website can find 12 songs which we chose.

4. Lyrics4all
http://www.lyrics4all.net/
Language: English
Format: Clear and specific.
Information:
 Provide the most popular artists and lyrics.
 The search functional box is on the top of the right side.
 You also can use the word initial to search the lyric that you want.
 When you open this website another ad also will show together.
 This website can find 11 songs which we chose.

5. Lyrics and songs
http://www.lyricsandsongs.com/
Language: English
Format: Clear but have too many words.
Information:
 You can see the search functional box on the top of the right side.
 This website also provides word initial to search.
 Have the top 10 and more site links.
 Have a lot of words in the main page.
 Many ads on the main page.
 This website can find 12 songs which we chose.

6. 歌詞帝國
http://www.oiktv.com/
Language: Chinese
Format: Clear but have some fresh ads surround the article.
Information:
 Even you didn’t apply for an account, you also can search lyrics.
 The search functional box is on the left side
 Have a lot of lyrics and separate it into several parts so can easy to find lyrics.
 This website can find 11 songs which we chose.

7. 歌詞酷
http://www.lyricool.com/
Language: Chinese
Format: Very clear and specific format on the main page.
Information:
 In the main page only showed the search functional box let us to enter the name of song or singer.
 This website is very clear and specific.
 This website not only provides the lyrics but also the top 10.
 This website can find 10 songs which we chose.

8. 摩尼BBS網路社區
http://bbs.moninet.com.tw/board/forums.cgi?forum=41
Language: Chinese
Format: Clear but have some fresh ads on the top.
Information:
 Even you are not the member of this website you also can search lyrics.
 Many ads in the main page and have too many words.
 To divide catalogue into several parts then can easy to find.
 This website can find 12 songs which we chose.

P.S: Can find Ziggy Marley’s homepage which have all albums and most lyrics beside Love is my religion’s lyric. Only can find some articles of Capital K- Happy Happy

9. EZPEER
http://web.ezpeer.com/index.php
Language: Chinese
Format: Clear and vivid design.
Information:
 This website provides several methods to search lyrics and songs.
 Although this website not only provides lyrics finding but mp3 download.
 You should be their member and pay for monthly bill then can use these function.
 This website has every singer’s complete albums.

10. MP3fine
http://mp3fine.com/index.php
Language: English
Format: Clear but have many words.
Information:
 There are two search functional boxes, one is for mp3 another is for lyrics.
 The background color is light and fancy.
 There are a lot of words on the main page.
 When you press the button for searching another page will show together.

11. Lyric4U
http://www.lyric4u.com/
Language: English, Chinese and Japanese
Format: Clear
Information:
 Even you are not the member of the website, you still can search lyrics.
 When we chose Chinese language the website will show some freakish code.
 Although the search functional box in the top of the page, it still not easy to find the lyrics that you want.
 The website has light and fancy background color so it will let you feel eyestrain.

12. @KTzone
http://ktzhk.com/lyric.php
Language: Chinese
Format: Clear and vivid design.
Information:
 Even you are not the member of the website you still can search the lyrics, but still have some limited condition.
 This website also provides the newest albums.
 This website sometimes cost lots of time to open it, sometimes open quickly so a little instable.

13. 歌詞天堂
http://www.madonna.com.tw/2mado/modules/news/
Language: Chinese
Format: not clear and have many ads.
Information:
 This website needs to become their member then can use the function.
 Have too many words to see it.
 There are many links on the left side.

14. 六一歌詞庫
http://so61.com/
Language: Chinese
Format: Clear but have too many words and ads.
 You should be their member first.
 Have too many words to see it.
 The search functional box is not easy to find.
 Have many fresh ads.

15. 中文歌詞
http://www.chlyrics.net/
Language: Chinese
Format: Clear but have some ads.
Information:
 This website only provides 16 singers’ lyrics so not have many lyrics let us choose.
 You can easy find the search functional box on the top.

MUSIC WEBSITES (Order: BEST to WORST) By Ruth
1. Yahoo! Music
http://music.yahoo.com/
Language: English
Format: very clear. Easy to see the search engine on the top.
Information:
 People can search songs, albums, artists, lyrics and videos on this website.
 The search engine is easy to see on the top.
 Download music need to pay money, but it still has a 14-day free trial.
 This website can find all the 20 songs which we selected for 10 styles of
music.
2. Allmusic
http://www.allmusic.com/
Language: English
Format: not very clear. Too many things need to see.
Information:
 The search engine is on the top.
 People also can search artists, songs, and albums by search engine.
 If people search artists, this website will show the relevant results to irrelevant results.
 People don’t need to set up a new account to use it.
 People can listen to music samples online.
 This website can find 12 songs which we chose.
3. Music Fever
http://www.musicfever.org/
Language: Chinese, Japanese and English
Format: Very clear. Easy to find information
Information:
 People can search three different kind of music.
 People can use the category it offers or search artists by search engine. If people use categories to search artists, this website will show artists’ album to people. On the other hand, if people use search engine. People don’t need to enter whole artists name, this website will show all results and separate into different categories.
 People can listen to albums online and also can see the lyrics.
 This website can find 10 songs which we chose.
4. Billboard.com
http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/index.jsp
Language: English
Format: not clear. Too many words to see
Information:
 The categories are easy to find on the top of website.
 On the right side, under the advertisement, there is a music search engine. People can search artists, albums and tracks by using search engine.
 If people search artists, this website will show the relevant results to people.
 People need to pay to download the music, but some music can be listened on the Internet.
 This website can find 11 songs which we chose.
5. YourMP3.Net
http://www.yourmp3.net/
Language: English
Format: Clear categories, but too many words to see.
Information:
 People can download music on the Internet and need not to pay.
 People can search artists, songs, albums and ring tones.
 If people search artists name, this website will show relevant results to people. It shows artists’ name and his/her/their songs’ name.
 This website can find 8 songs which we chose.
6. AOL music
http://music.aol.com/
Language: English
Format: Clear
Information:
 Clear categories to see on the top.
 People can search artists, videos, songs and albums by search engine and also can click those categories under the search engine to search information what people want.
 If people search songs in this website, the results won’t be the same results that people want. (e.g. if people search Jack Johnson’s song “good people”, the results will show all information about “good people” such as “all good people” or “enough good people”….etc.)
 This website will offer information about artists.
 People can listen to samples on the Internet.
 This website can find 13 songs which we chose.
7. Napster
http://www.napster.com/
Language: English
Format: not very clear
Information:
 This website can listen to music on the Internet.
 People can download the free music, but this website doesn’t offer people who from outside the United States download the music.
 This website can find 8 songs which we chose.
8. MP3Fine.com
http://mp3fine.com/index.php
Language: English
Format: Clear. Too many words, but easy to find information
Information:
 Too many words to read, but clear category to see.
 This website has advertisements on the bottom, right side and new window.
 People not only search songs but search lyrics.
 This website can find 6 songs which we chose.
9. SIMPLEMP3s
http://www.simplemp3s.com/
Language: English
Format: Clear
Information:
 The categories are easy to find on this website, it’s on the left side.
 If people click the categories, the website will introduce the music on other website.
 People only can see albums, but can’t download songs in this website.
 This website has advertisements.
 This website can find 5 songs which we chose, but can not download on it.
10. Download.com
http://music.download.com/
Language: English
Format: Clear.
Information:
 This website has clear category to see.
 People can download free music from this website. Also can search artists and songs on this website.
 This website can find albums that people want, but people only can listen the music it offers online.
 This website has advertisements.
 This website can find 3 albums which we chose, but can not listen the correct songs we want.
11. Updatemp3s
http://www.updatedmp3s.com/
Language: English
Format: Clear.
Information:
 If people want to download music, this website will transfer people to other website.
 Category is clear to see on the left and top.
 This website has many advertisements and some advertisements is not OK to see for people if they are immaturity.
12. MP3Fresh.net
http://www.mp3fresh.net/
Language: English
Format: Clear
Information:
 Too many advertisements.
 Categories are easy to see on the left and right side.
 This website will transfer people to other different kind of websites, too.
 This website will recommend some websites to let people choose.
13. MP3Search
http://mp3search.com
Language: English
Format: Clear
Information:
 People need to setup a new account. If people don’t have account, they can not use this website’s function.
 This website has too many words to read and understand.
 This website has clear format to see.
14. Mp3-freebie
http://www.mp3-freebie.com/OUS/
Language: English
Format: Clear
Information:
 This website needs to set up account. If people don’t have account, they can not use this website’s function.
 Download music need to pay money.
 This website has clear format to see, too.
15. FREEACCESSMP3.COM
http://freeaccessmp3.com/
Language: English
Format: Clear
Information:
 This website needs to set up account. If people don’t have account, they can not use this website’s function.
 Download music need not to pay money.
 Too many words to read.

Self-study Websites By Janet

1. 英語老歌歌曲教唱
http://www.hkhs.kh.edu.tw/englishcourse/teaching_old_songs/teaching_old_songs.html
 Items are clear and easy to use
 There are ten big items, but only five items we can use
 There are songs and lyrics and it has English lyrics to change Chinese lyrics ; functions
 It mark lyrics of singing
 Only old English songs, do not have fashion English songs

2. 林文淇-英文歌曲視聽室-歌曲總匯
http://140.115.95.15/wenchi/Song/song_all.htm
 Items are not easy to see
 This websites teach vocabulary and phrase
 This websites need to link radio station and need to register
 It has songs and lyrics

3. 英語流行歌曲漢英對照
http://www.tacocity.com.tw/abs1984/lyrics.htm
 Only songs and lyrics
 It has many songs that according to A through Z , it’s easier to find songs
 It can link other websites that talk about over the years CD, but only CD name, no songs

4. NIEHS Sing-Along Songs' Index!
http://www2.ksu.edu.tw/ksutAE/EngCorner/SiteMap-Right.htm
 Items are not easy to know how to link
 This websites just only lyrics and musicals, if you want to sing the song, you should know this song that you can use this lyrics and musicals

5. Music English
http://home.kimo.com.tw/wends1207/html/introduction.htm
 English/Chinese website
 Funny games
 Use short essay

6. Efreeway
http://efreeway.avcenter.ntu.edu.tw/listening/listening_music.htm
 Easy to look
 A lot of links
 English/Chinese website

7. Powersoft
http://www.powersoft.com.tw/WebSite/historynews20040922.asp
 Chinese website, for Chinese students, it’s easier to use
 Pay website, some links didn’t need to pay that we can use
 Teach us how to mnemonics words
 Sample music we can listen

CALL Class Blog for THIT AFL 2007

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2007年6月20日星期三

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CALL Class Blog for THIT AFL 2007

網誌存檔

關於我自己

2007年6月20日 星期三

2007年6月11日 星期一

2007年6月20日星期三

2007年6月11日星期一