International movie database biography for kids

The Internet TESL Journal Shiao-Chuan Kung
sckung [at] mail.wtuc.edu.tw
Wenzao Ursuline College of Languages (Taiwan, Republic of China)

Introduction

The Web's multimedia capabilities and interactive functions have made it an attractive medium for ESL students.

Documents on the Web cover a huge range of topics, are mostly written in English and are constantly increasing in number. The Web is thus a rich database of authentic material. The International Movie Database is an example of a source of authentic material that would appeal to most teenage and adult students of ESL. It contains biographies of stars, plots of movies, famous quotations, cast information, records of awards received by films, and commentaries by viewers.

This lesson requires that students practice on-line navigation and research skills and carefully decode information found at the site in order to complete the assignment.

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