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There are several very good __1__ for surfing the Net: to look
__2__ materials to be used with the __3__ Whiteboard (IWB –
LIM in Italian) or to be embedded __4__ PowerPoint slides, to
check for information __5__ or about the language __6__ taught,
and so on.
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There
are sites __7__ provide videos, lesson plans, __8__ tables (with
conjugations, sets of rules, etc.), pictures, audio files with
__9__ pronunciation of isolated words and __10__ sentences,
drills, exercises, monolingual, __11__ and multilingual
dictionaries…: at __12__ sight, a language teacher’s
paradise.
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Some
of these __13__ are run by __14__-known organisations: cultural
Agencies, publishers, __15__ departments and many more;__16__ a
few are provided by on-line __17__ of foreign languages that offer
__18__ first lessons or units __19__ of charge, hoping to
encourage prospective __20__ to buy access to the __21__ course.
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Therefore,
one would expect to __22__ good-quality materials, a high __23__
of language accuracy and __24__ sound methodological framework.
__25__, the Web is full of unpleasant surprises, __26__ we shall
see.
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Besides
there are a __27__ of problems that are intrinsic __28__ some
aspects of the languages being __29__. For example, it may not be
clear which regional __30__ of English is used.
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Until
you __31__ to the video or audio files, __32__ of the times you do
not know __33__ to expect a British (RP) or an American (GA)
__34__(other varieties, from Irish to Australian, are __35__ less
frequent).
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A
fairly advanced learner has __36__ problems – indeed
listening to and familiarizing __37__ different varieties is very
__38__ for the development of aural comprehension –__39__
things can become very confusing for a __40__ without adequate
guidance from a teacher.
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__41__
kinds of problems – e.g. lexical – seem to be less
__42__; however, learning the names of the __43__ from some sites
means not knowing __44__“autumn” means because the
only form __45__ is “fall”.
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Some
of these outcomes are __46__ natural: the providers of learning
materials __47__ their own variety of language in mind and teach it. Their __48__ is that if a learner opens other sites, downloads __49__ files and uses them without realising that there may be conflicts, so much the __50__for that learner.
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