Internet Basics for ESL Students
A 14-Lesson Introduction to Using Computers and the Internet for Students of English as a Second Language
By Jim Schweizer
The Lessons
Basic Computer Terms and the History of the Internet
Basics of the web browser
Hardware and Internet Software
ESL home pages
Computer Problems and Peripherals
Boolean search methods/search engines
Operating Systems - Windows 95
Introduction to UNIX
Using Email (1)
Send email to the teacher, cc and bcc friends
Multimedia
Search the Internet and identify 6 file types
Internet Service Providers
View 4 Okayama ISP's home pages
Using Email (2)
Join a mailing list (read the ML replies)
Communication
Email and Internet search
The Net
Write a basic web page
Mailing Lists
Find a mailing list
Ethics and Privacy
Examine cookie files and visit commercial sites
Newsgroups
Find newsgroup archives
Business on the Internet
Take a quiz and show the class your favorite Internet site
For Further Study
Resource Page
Dictionary, games, etc
Copyright (C) 1998 by Jim Schweizer (
jimschweizer@yahoo.com
)
This web-based textbook is hosted by
The Internet TESL Journal
at
http://www.aitech.ac.jp/~iteslj/s/ib/
. Jim Schweizer wrote this textbook for his own students when he was teaching English in Japan.