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Javed, SyedAn Internet Guide for Language and Literacy Teachersand Researchers.National Languages and Literacy Inst., Melbourne(Australia) .

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This guide, which is intended for language andliteracy teachers and researchers who are becoming interested in theInternet, offers a brief overview of using the Internet and explainshow to access various language and literacy resources. Part 1, whichis devoted to Internet basics, examines the following topics: theInternet (e-mail, mailing lists, newsgroups, file transfer protocol,the World Wide Web); connection to. the Internet (hardware andsoftware needs, useful books and magazines, setting up a connection);

Internet account selection (types of accounts, Internet serviceproviders). Discussed in part '2 are using e-mail and mailing listsand using and searching the World Wide Web. In part 3 instructionsare provided for accessing the following language and literacydatabases/resources: National Languages and Literacy Institute ofAustralia database; ERIC database; and National Centre for EnglishLanguage Teaching and Research resources. Part 4 is an annotatedlisting of eight Australian websites and eight international websitesthat are considered important to language and literacy teachers andresearchers. Presented in part 5 are the Internet addresses of 55language and literacy websites, 27 mailing lists, and 10 newsgroups

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An Internet Guide forLanguage and Literacy

Teachers and Researchers

by Syed Javed

This publication is one of the outcomes of the Integrated Research Strategy Project - an Australian Language andLiteracy Policy project commissioned by the Department of Employment, Education, Training and Youth Affairs tosupport initiatives for the implementation of the National Collaborative Adult English Language and Literacy Strategy.

The principle aim of the project was to provide a clear picture of the existing state of research in the field of adultEnglish language and literacy and to provide guidelines for future directions.

The Integrated Research Strategy Project was a joint research project involving the National Centre for EnglishLanguage Teaching and Research (NCELTR), the National Languages and Literacy Institute of Australia Ltd (NLLIA)

and the Centre for Language and Literacy, University of Technology, Sydney (UTS).

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Javed, Syed, 1957 ,

An Internet guide for language and literacy teachers and researchers.

Bibliography.ISBN 1 875578 64 1.

1. Internet (Computer network) - Directories. 2. Literacy - Computer network resources. 3. Englishlanguage - Study and teaching Computer network resources. I. National Languages and LiteracyInstitute of Australia. II. Title.

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© 1996 Commonwealth of Australia

Funded under the Adult Literacy National Project Program by the Department of Employment, Education,Training and Youth Affairs.

All copyright in this document vests in the Commonwealth. The Commonwealth will allow free use of materialas long as the Commonwealth is acknowledged and the use is not for profit.

The views and opinions expressed in this document are those of the author and the project team and do notnecessarily reflect the view of the Commonwealth.

Production and design by NLLIA Publications, level 9 300 Hinders Street, Melbourne VIC 3001

NLLIA Directorate, level 1 Northpoint Plaza, 8 Chandler Street, Belconnen ACT 2617ACN 051 438 825

TABLE OF CONTENTS

I: Internet Basics

II: Using Internet Tools

III: AccessingLanguage and Literacy

Databases

Introduction 1

1.What is the Internet 3E-MailMailing ListsNewsgroupsFTPWorld Wide Web

2.Getting Your Connection to Internet 6Hardware NeedsSoftware NeedsUseful Books and MagazinesSetting-up your connection

3.Choosing an Internet Account 9Types of AccountInternet Service Provider

4. Using E-Mail 11E-Mail AddressesConfiguring EudoraComposing and Sending an E-MailReply, Read and Delete E-Mail

5.Using mailing lists 16How to join a mailing listUnsubscribing from a mailing listCapitol Letters on the Internet

6.Using World Wide Web 20Netscape OverviewWWW AddressesConfiguring NetscapeUsing Netscape for Surfing WWW

7.Searching the Web 27What does a Search Engine do?Using Lycos Search EngineUsing the Search FormSearch Engine Addresses

8. Using the NLLIA Database System 32What is NLLIA Database?WWW AccessTelnet Access

9. Using ERIC Database System 36What is ERIC?

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ERIC WWW AddressThe ERIC ClearinghouseDoing an ERIC Search

10. Using NCELTR Resources 40What is NCELTRHow to Access NCELTR ResourcesDirect Access

11. Australian Sites 42CLTR Home PageNLLIA-SATCC Home PageNLLIA Home PageATELL Home PageNLLIA-ARIS Home PageALRNNV Home PageAERES Home PageCELIA Software Library

12. International Sites 52National Adult Literacy Database CanadaNational Centre on Adult Literacy (NCAL) Home PageApplied Linguistics Virtual LibraryVirtual CALL LibraryELI Home PageArchive of Papers in LinguisticsHuman Communication Research Centre(HCRC)(CARLA) Home Page

13. Web Sites 61

14. Mailing Lists 65

15. News-groups 68

16. Glossary 69

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FOREWORD

The Integrated Research Strategy Project proposed thedevelopment of this guide to assist practitioners, policymakers and researchers in locating and retrieving rele-vant research information from on-line databases andelectronic retrieval systems. The Integrated ResearchStrategy Project (which included numeracy within itsdefinition of language and literacy) was an AustralianLanguage and Literacy Policy project commissioned bythe then Department of Employment, Education andTraining to support initiatives for the implementationof the National Collaborative Adult English Languageand Literacy Strategy. Its aim was to provide a clearpicture of the existing state of research in the field ofadult English language and literacy and to provideguidelines for future directions.

This guide comes at a time when the use of Internet isgrowing rapidly in the community of language and lit-eracy professionals and there is a clear need for a ref-erence guide to assist teachers and researchers whoare beginning to explore the Internet for their profes-sional needs.

I hope this guide serves as a catalyst for facilitatingmore research in the field of language and literacy.

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Rosa McKenna

Integrated Research Strategy Project

Acknowledgements

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Thanks to the many people associated with theInformation Technology Project from the AdultLiteracy Research Network Node for Victoria who havecontributed in the development of this guide. It hasbeen through the support and encouragement fromRosa McKenna of the NLLIA, Daryl Evans of WesternMelbourne Institute of TAFE and Bev Campbell of theAdult Literacy Research Network Node that this guidehas been possible.

Special acknowledgements are due to Peter White ofthe NLLIA - LATTICE, who assisted in the collectionof language and literacy sites on the Internet; JudyKing of NCELTR, who helped me in accessing theNCELTR on-line resources and Vijay Thalathoti, of theVictorian University of Technology, who helped mewith many technical matters related to the Internet.

I would also like to thank subscribers of TESL-CA,NETEACH, EDNA-TALK, LICS and theAdult_Literacy Mailing List who continue to keep usall up-to-date with the latest Internet-related languageand literacy developments. Many of the addressesappearing in this guide were originally posted to theselists.

Very special thanks to David Dickson of NLLIAPublications for the illustrations, design and puttingall the bits and pieces together.

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INTRODUCTION

for Language and Literacy Teachers and Researchers

This guide is intended to be a resource for those whoare just becoming interested in the Internet. It doesnot explain the Internet in technical detail; it offersonly a brief overview and concentrates instead on howto access various language and literacy resources. Fora more comprehensive understanding of Internet thisguide should be used in conjunction with popularInternet titles such as The Internet Navigator .

The directory of addresses in this guide is a result ofmonths of browsing, and following up the postings on anumber of language and literacy related Mailing Lists.Colleagues who use Internet regularly have also con-tributed to the collection. It is not a complete list andnew sites are emerging all the time. The addresses list-ed in this guide were updated in June 1996. Attemptsare underway to make a directory such as available viathe Internet so it can be kept up-to-date.

This book assumes the reader has access to Internetresources either through a university or through adial-up account using a modem. I have limited myexplanations of the Internet to using the most popularand user-friendly Internet tools such as Netscape andEudora.

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USING THIS GUIDE

An Internet Guide

This guide has five separate sections, each covering adifferent aspect of the Internet. You will be able to usethis guide as a quick reference during your Internetsessions.

I. Internet BasicsA brief introduction to what the Internet is and howyou can get your computer connected. It also givessome tips on choosing an Internet service provider.

II. Using Internet Tools

III. AccessingDatabases

Using Eudora and Netscape - step-by-step explanationsfor using these two popular programs. The section alsoexplains the process of joining and leaving Mailing Listdiscussion groups and how to search on the WorldWide Web.

Accessing the NLLIA, ERIC and NCELTR databasesfor searching for language and literacy related infor-mation.

IV. Important Web sitesImportant Australian and overseas language and liter-acy sites. This directory covers a wide range of educa-tional centres including several virtual libraries.

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Selected listings on the World Wide Web, mailing listand newsgroup addresses related to the language andliteracy field. The focus of the selection here is to assistlanguage and literacy researchers to locate researchinformation through the Internet.

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WHAT IS THE

INTERNET?


The Internet is really no more than a collection of com-puters around the world that are connected or net-worked together. Despite the fact that these thousandsof computers differ in their make, computing powerand operating systems all of them are able to commu-nicate with each other using a common languageknown as TCP/IP, Transmission ControlProtocol/Internet Protocol. Computers connected toInternet can transfer text files, graphics, sound andvideo using this TCP/IP language.

More powerful computers on this Internet are knownas servers. These servers are storehouses of large vol-ume of data and run special software to serve this datato other smaller less powerful computers known asclients. Computers we use at our homes can be termedclient computers. Many large organisations, universi-ties and Internet service providers have their servercomputers connected to the Internet 24 hours a dayand allow client computers to connect via local net-works or telephone lines. The information you canaccess through a server on the Internet may be storedon that server or any other server, even one located onthe other side of the globe.

Through these servers and client computers theInternet makes it possible for us to do various thingssuch as: exchange and distribute electronic messagesvia email and news-groups; search databases andretrieve information through World Wide Web; andtransfer software and files through File TransferProtocol (FTP). The Internet is growing rapidly andmore and more computers are joining the list of serverand client computers. To be able to connect to theInternet as a client your computer needs specific hard-ware and software and an account with a localInternet service provider.

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Although the Internet has a wealth of resources a fewof its features are more commonly used than others:

Email

Mailing lists

Newsgroups

FTP

The most basic Internet service is electronic mail.Internet email lets you send messages to other users,regardless of where they are located or what type ofcomputer they use. To send an email message youneed to open a mail program such as Pine or Eudoraon your computer and compose a message in its win-dow. You also need to know the unique email addressof the person you wish to contact. An Internet emailaddress looks like this: username@address of the com-puter For example you can contact ARIS at:[email protected]

Mailing lists are electronic discussion groups compris-ing people with similar interests. Using email servicespeople can post messages that are distributed to allmembers of a discussion group simultaneously by anautomated mailing list software. You subscribe to a listby sending an email to the Listserver address. You willsoon receive daily, weekly or occasional email mes-sages from people who submit them to the list. You cancontribute your questions, comments or information inthe same way.

Newsgroups are the Internet's town hall. Similar tomailing lists, newsgroups are also topical discussiongroups. The difference is that with a mailing list, mes-sages appear in your email box whenever you checkyour email, whereas newsgroup messages remain onthe news-server's computer. You can read newsgroupspostings by using a news-reader software or NetscapeNavigator. There are many thousand newsgroups onalmost every conceivable topic.

FTP stands for File Transfer Protocol but often it isused as a verb to represent the action of file transfer.You FTP to transfer a file from a remote computer onthe Internet to your own computer. Many distance edu-cation students FTP their assignments to the host

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computers of their lecturers or supervisors. Severaluniversities and software companies also make avail-able useful educational and computer software for pub-lic access through FTP. To FTP from your computeryou will need to run special software. NetscapeNavigator also allows you to do FTP.

Also known as the Web or WWW. The World Wide Webis the 'point and click' way of accessing informationover the Internet. The software that allows your com-puter to access the WWW is called a Web browser. Abrowser lets you take a virtual walk around theInternet or its sites, checking out what is available anddeciding whether you would like to see more, allthrough on-screen clickable links. Netscape Navigatoris the most popular Web browser; it allows access tohome pages, various Internet search facilities andnewsgroups simply by pointing and clicking.

There also are many other services such as Gopher,Telnet, Internet Relay Chat (IRC), Multi-user Dungeon(MUD) and more.

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If you are working within a university environmentand have access to university resources you can find anetworked computer that has access to Internet bycontacting your information technology departmenthelp desk. Ask for a computer that provides access toNetscape, Telnet and email programs.

If you are thinking of accessing Internet from yourhome computer you will need to purchase a modemand subscribe to Internet through an Internet ServiceProvider (ISP). Apart from a modem and an Internetaccount you will also need software to use Internet-based services such as email and the World Wide Web.

Your computer equipment should be from the upper-end of the range of Macintosh or IBM-compatible PCmachines (486 and higher) with preferably 8megabytes, or more, of RAM (Random Access Memory).You will need a high resolution colour monitor to makefull use of multimedia environment on the Web.

A modem is the translator between your computer(digital) and the phone line (analog). The higher thespeed, the better the performance. The best availablecurrently is 28,800 bits per second. A 28.8 kbps V.34modem from a reputable company would be a goodchoice for Web use.

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SOFTWARE NEEDS

Dialler Program

E-Mail Client

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The software allows your computer to speak theInternet language, TCP/IP. It also lets you perform thevarious facilities of the Internet: email, Web-browsing,file transfer and others. Software is commonly avail-able from the Internet Service Providers and alsocomes on disks enclosed with popular Internet books(see list later in this section). The most importantclient-software needed on your computer is:

This program lets your modem dial up your provider.Trumpet Winsock and Netmanager's Custom are twopopular diallers available as shareware. Macintoshusers will need MacTCP alongwith MacPPP orInterSLIP dialler.

Trumpet Winsock is available from:ftp: I I archie.au / micros I pc I oak / vendors / trumpet / winsock

Qualcomm's Eudora is the most popular and versatilee-mail program available as a `freeware' from Internet.Eudora has a similar interface for both IBM and Maccomputers.

Eudora for PC is available from:ftp: / I archie.au / micros 1 pc I oak / win3 1 eudoraEudora for Macintosh is available from:ftp: / I archie.au / micros / mac / mailers / eudora

Netscape Navigator is by far the best and most com-monly used. It is also available as a `freeware' for edu-cational use. Netscape is simple to use and its linksand layouts will seamlessly introduce the user to otherInternet facilities like Newsgroups, the databasesearcher gopher and FTP.

Netscape for PC is available from:ftp: / I ftp.netinfo.com.au /pub / netscape I windowsNetscape for Macintosh is available from:

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Books and Magazines

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This is important software for accessing catalogues ofvarious libraries from around the world. The telnetcommand is integrated in Netscape Navigator but youstill need a telnet client on your hard disk. NCSATelnet is available on Internet as freeware.

Telnet for Winsock is available from:ftp: / I ftp.dstc.edu.au I u2 I pub I pc / winsock / trumpet I twsk2lfzipTelnet for Macintosh is available from:ftp: / I archie.au /micros I mac I info-mac I comm I tcp / ncsa-telnet-26.hqx

There are quite a number of books on Internet current-ly on the market but be very watchful. These booksbecome outdated very quickly. Some of the useful onesare:On-Line in Oz - by Sue LoweUsing the Internet - by Que ( comes with a disk full ofInternet software)Internet Australasia - a monthly magazine that giveslatest information on Internet developments and pub-lishes a directory of Internet Service Providers.internet.au - another Australian monthly magazinecontaining useful information about WWW sites.

Once you have all the necessary ingredients for con-necting to Internet (ie, a computer, a modem, anInternet account, a telephone line, dialler software andsome client software such as Netscape Navigator andEudora) it's time to make a start. The setting up ofyour Internet connection is not a straight forward taskand unless your service provider has equipped youwith clear instructions and compatible software it isbest to get someone experienced to handle the configu-ration and setting up. Details of setting-up are beyondthe scope of this guide but if you want to know moreabout setting-up your connection, a book like InternetStarter Kit by Adam Angust is a good resource.

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CHOOSING AN

INTERNET ACCOUNT

Types of Account


If you are going to connect to the Internet through acommercial Internet Service Provider (ISP) there are afew important things to know before you make a choice.

Internet Service Providers offer two kinds of accounts:a shell account and,a SLIP or PPP account.

A shell account provides most basic type of Internetconnection. Using a shell account you cannot see pic-tures or graphics; your Internet connection has a 'textonly' interface. To work with a shell account you needto learn some basic Unix commands because with thisaccount you don't have a 'point and click' interface.Shell accounts are usually less expensive and preferredby computer nerds.

A SLIP or PPP account is more popular with theInternet and World Wide Web users. Most InternetService Providers are now offering PPP accounts whichprovide a graphical interface to the Internet allowingyou to run Windows-based software for Internet ser-vices such as email and the Web. This guide is based onusing the Internet with a SLIP or PPP account. Thistype of account is more expensive but allows a user-friendly interface and a direct access to Internetresources. Some large commercial on-line companiessuch as Compuserve and Skynet also allow their cus-tomers to access Internet through their own gateways.

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When choosing an Internet Service Provider it isimportant to find out:

Do they provide software compatible with your plat-form, for example Macintosh or Windows?What software do they provide? (dialler, e-mail pro-gram, web browser, ftp software, telnet etc.)How do they provide it? On disk or you have todownload it on-line? If the latter, will they help youover the phone?Do they have modem connections at your speed?Is dialling -up (connecting to them) a local call?What is the ratio of modems at that speed to users?What is the ratio of lines to users? ( For both, thehigher the better.)

Some ISPs have flat rates; others have a combinationof joining fee, monthly fees and per-hour charges, vary-ing at different times of the day. With some ISPs as lit-tle as $70.00 can buy you an Internet account and 20hours of access time. To get a fair idea of performanceof their services check local Internet magazines or aska friend with some experience.

Following is a sample list of Internet Service providersfrom Victoria and NSW:

Access OneAusnet Services

008-81839103-9602 4777 (Melbourne)02-241 5888 (Sydney)

Dialix 1902 292 004 (National)IBM Global 1800 645 336 (National)Ozemail 1800 805 874 (National)VICNET 03- 9669 9710 (Melbourne only)MiraNet 03-9882 8100 ( Melbourne only)Magnadata 02-264 7326 (Sydney only)Geko 02-439 1999 (Sydney only)

For more detailed listings of ISPs check AustralianInternet magazines.

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USING EMAIL

Email addresses


Email or electronic mail is one of the most popularmeans for communicating through the Internet. Emailworks a lot like ordinary, postal mail. You write a mes-sage, address it, and send it on its way. At the otherend, the person to whom you send it sees that a mes-sage from you has arrived. They can then read it. Emailusually takes only a few seconds to get through.

There are many different software programs for email.If you have an standard shell account your host com-puter may offer you Pine, Elm or Mail programs. If youhave a PPP or SLIP account you will have to load anemail software such as Eudora or Pegasus on your per-sonal computer. Eudora is a free software available onthe World Wide Web. Eudora is simple to use andallows you to read and write messages off-line, i.e youcan compose a message or read a previously down-loaded message without first connecting to Internet.

When you get an Internet account you also get an emailaddress so that others can communicate with you onthe Net.All email addresses have the following components:user's name@name of the computer. type of organisationfor example: [email protected]

Commercial organisations have the letters .com andGovernment computers have the letters .gov at the endof their addresses. And educational sites have the let-ters .edu. There are also .net for network and .org fornon-profit organisations. Net addresses commonly endin a country code such as .au for Australia, uk. forUnited Kingdom, .i/ for Israel and .in for India. MostUS addresses are an exception to this. rule.

There are never any spaces in an Internet address,and it is usually all lowercase. Email addresses arenot case sensitive which means writing in upper-case orlower-case will not make any difference.

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An email address can be long especially if theyinclude the name of the department or even the indi-vidual computer. For example an email address maybe long like: jsw%[email protected] short like [email protected]

After successfully loading Eudora on your PC or Macyou need to configure it for your Internet account. Inthe following section I will show you how to configureand use Eudora to compose and send email mes-sages.

1. Double click on the Eudora icon. [Eudora launch-es and is most likely to open with just a menu bar.]

2. From the Special menu, choose Configuration.[Eudora will present you with the Configuration dia-log box. See illustration below.]

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4. Write your name in the Real Name field.

5. Fill in the SMTP address for your email in theSMTP Server field. [The SMTP address is similar toyour email address but without the @ sign. eg. yarra.vic-net.net.au ]

6. You may leave the other fields at the default set-tings.

7. Click the OK button to close the configuration dia-log and save your changes.

8. From the Special Menu, choose Switches.[Eudora brings up the Switches dialog.box ]

9. Uncheck the Immediate Send checkbox in thesending options. [This ensures that you can composemail and queue it for sending without being connectedto the Internet the entire time.]

10. Click the OK button to close the Switches dialogbox and save your changes. [Eudora is now ready foruse.]

1. Make sure Eudora is running. From the Messagemenu, choose New Message. [Eudora presents youwith new message window, with the From fieldalready filled in with your email address and name.]

2. Make sure your insertion point is in the To field.Now type in the e-mail address of the person to whomyou are sending this message.

3. Press Tab, or click to the right of Subject field.Enter your subject , something like 'test message' or`Hello'.

4. Click in the large area of the window for typing thebody of your message. Type a short message.

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6. Make sure you are connected to Internet.

7. Switch back to Eudora and from File menu chooseSend Queued messages. [Eudora contacts your POPserver and starts transferring your message.]

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Make sure that Eudora is running and that you areconnected to Internet. [An easy way to do this is tolook at your modem lights. If a row of lights is on, youare connected. One or two lights indicate a lost connec-tion.]

2. From the File menu select Check Mail. [A win-dow will appear asking you for a password.]

3. Enter your password correctly and click OK.[Eudora will display logging on to your POP server andcollecting your mail. New mail will appear in window]

4. Double Click on the message line to Open and readit.

5. To reply to this message, choose Reply fromMessage menu.

6. Write a short reply by typing just above the originalmail which appears as <quoted mail>.

7. When your are finished click on Queue button.

8. Now go to File menu and select Send Queued mes-sages. [Eudora will start connection to your SMTPserver and send your queued message.]

9. To delete the message from the In box first high-light the message line and then select Delete from theMessage menu.

Eudora has many more useful features but unfortu-nately the freeware version doesn't come with a manu-al. There is good chapter on how to use Eudora in theQue publication, Using the Internet.

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MAILING LISTS

Joining a Mailing List

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Mailing lists are one of the most useful services ofInternet from an educational point of view. Mailinglists provide a forum for on-going discussion, informa-tion dissemination, sharing of ideas and seeking ques-tions and answers. You can subscribe to a mailing listusing your email program. Once you subscribe to a listany message posted to the list by any subscriber isduplicated by the Listserver computer and sent to allsubscribers at their email addresses. For language andliteracy teachers and researchers there are severalmailing lists providing instant access to hundreds oflanguage and literacy teachers worldwide. You canjoin a mailing list simply as an observer and watchover the discussion, or you can take an active role byresponding to postings.

Mailing lists are generally run by an automated com-puter program such as Listserv, Listproc orMajordomo. To join a mailing list you need to sub-scribe to it using your email program.

1. Find the name of the list and the address of its list-server.

2. Send an e-mail message to the listserver addresssaying subscribe listname yourname

For example, to subscribe to 'Literacy' mailing list runby the listserver at the [email protected] followthese steps:

1. Open your mail program and choose New Messagewindow.

2. In the To: address field type in the email addressof the listserver computer as: [email protected].

3. Leave the Subject line and other fields blank.

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Within a minute or two after sending this message youwill receive a reply from this listserver confirming thatyour name has been added to the 'Literacy' mailinglist. Usually this welcome message is accompanied bya set of instructions on how to post messages on thelist, how to leave this list, how to get a list of all thefiles available on this list etc. It is wise to print thisfirst message from the list for future reference.

If the Listsery is Majordomo the message should readas: subscribe Name of List. Note that with Majordomolistprocessors there is no need to include your name inthe subscribe message.

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One important thing you must remember is that thereare always two addresses associated with mailing lists:

the address where you send commands to a computerto join or leave a list. This address is usually

[email protected] address where you post your messages to the list.This address is usually [email protected]

When sending a message to a list you must send it tothe appropriate address to avoid embarrassment.

You might find that a particular mailing list is notreally what you want and a lot of junk mail may beaccumulating in your mailbox unnecessarily. You caneasily leave such a list by unsubscribing. To unsub-scribe you will need to send an email to the listseryaddress.

For example to unsubscribe from the 'Literacy' mailinglist follow these steps:

1. Open your email program.

2. Choose New message from your menu.

3. Type in [email protected] in the To: addressfield.

4. In the first line of the body of the message write,`unsubscribe Literacy'

5. Leave all other fields blank and send the above mes-sage.

After you send the unsubscribe message successfullyyou will receive a reply within a few minutes confirm-ing that your name has been removed from the list.

In the Directories section of this guide there are namesand addresses of some language and literacy mailinglists.

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CAPITAL LETTERS


Dealing with Internet you will come across differenttypes of addresses such as:

email addressesWorld Wide Web addressesFTP addressesListsery addresses

In general the following rules apply to these addresses:email addresses are case insensitive. This means

that the address [email protected] worksthe same as RAYA @MELBOURNE.DL4LIX.OZ.AU [email protected]

Commands sent to automatic mailer (such asListsery or Listproc or Majordomo) are case insensitive.Thus the command SUBSCRIBE TESL-CA MichelleDixon works the same way as subscribe tesl-ca MichelleDixon.

World Wide Web addresses are case sensitive afterthe Internet address. For example consider the URL:http: / / www.surrey.ac.uk / ELI / research.htmlPermissible:http: / / www.surrey.ac.uk / ELI / research.htmlPermissible:HTTP: / /WVVVV.SURREY.AC.UK/ELI/research.htmlIncorrect:HTTP:/ /WWW.SURREY.AC.UK/ELI/RESEARCH.HTMLIncorrect: http: / /www.surrey.ac.uk/eli/research.htm

Login names, user ID and passwords are all casesensitive. They must be keyed in exactly as assigned.For example if user ID is Djap=T, then typing djap=Twould not work.

If you are choosing your own password try to make itat least 7 to 8 characters long and include some non-standard keystrokes such as %, * I etc. Such pass-words are not easily de-codable by hackers.

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WIDE WEB

Netscape

An Internet Guide

This is the fanciest and the fastest growing part of theInternet. Actually it is the World Wide Web that haspopularised the Internet and brought the technology toordinary computer users. The WWW is a hypertextenvironment which allow users to access informationwith just a click of a mouse. Netscape Navigator is themost popular software for using WWW. It allows usersto access WWW, FTP, Newsgroups and Email from asingle piece of software. Using Netscape you can followhypertext links that take you from one site to anotheron the Web.

When you double click on Netscape icon it will open ahome page with a window similar to the one shownbelow:

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Forward: Takes you to the next page. This only worksafter you have gone back at least one page.

Home: This takes you to the default home page loca-tion configured for your Netscape.

Reload: Reloads the current page. This is useful incases where the page doesn't load properly in the firsttry or if bits of the page are distorted as a result ofprinting the page.

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Images: Turns off/on images for a page. Turning offimages helps a page to load faster.

Open: Opens a dialog box for you to enter the URL ofthe location you wish to go to.

Print: Prints the current page.

Find: finds any text on the current page.

Stop: Aborts the current download. A useful buttonwhen the download of a page is too slow and you nolonger wish to wait for that page.

Location: Also called the URL. This is the address ofthe document you are seeing on your Netscape screen.You can save this address so you can come back to it ata later date by choosing Add Bookmark from theBookmark menu. The buttons Welcome, What'sNew, What's Cool, Netsearch, Net Directory arelinks to pages developed by the programmers ofNetscape. These are general information home pages.

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WWW ADDRESSES

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A typical WWW address is known as a UniversalResource Locator (URL). There are three componentsto a URL:

The type of the transfer being made. It could behttp: / / or ftp: / / or gopher: / / or mail: / /

The location the computer information is comingfrom. This part is very similar to the second part of anE-Mail address.

Where on that computer the information is stored.

Example of a URL:http: / / adhocalypse.arts.unimelb.edu.au/ -atellwhere

http: / / is the type of transferadhocalypse .arts.unimelb.edu.au / is the location of

the computer, and-atell is the name of the file.

The above address is the URL of the home page ofAustralian Technology Enhanced Language LearningConsortium. If you read this address from the left toright you will find that there are several parts to it:http: / / indicates the type of transfer of information; inthis case it is hypertext transfer protocol. The partafter the two forward slashes / / is the part that tellsthe location of the computer: adhocalypse is the nameof a computer; arts is the location of computer; unimelbis the organisation where this computer is; edu is thethe type of organisation (in this case an educationalorganisation); and au is the country where this com-puter is located (in this case Australia). The next bit ofaddress / -atell is the name of the file which is openedat this address.

It is important to remember that the part of URL afterthe first forward slash following the location of com-puter is case-sensitive and has to be correctly enteredor you will not get a response.

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If you have the URL address of a selected home pageyou can access that home page in a matter of seconds.Say for example you want to find some informationfrom Monash University and you have the URL ofMonash as http: / / www.monash.edu.au:1. Make sure you are logged-in to Internet.2. Launch Netscape.3. Click the Open button from Netscape Tool Bar.

Type in http: / /www.monash.edu.au in the OpenLocation box and click Open.

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Configuring Netscape

What you need toknow


The Netscape browser needs to be configured accordingto your service provider's settings before it can do its-many add-on things such as e-mail, access toNewsgroups, Telnet to various libraries and performseveral other sound and animation related tasks.

Note: The configuration part is best handled by techiesor computer support people. What you need to tellthem is what your requirements are and what applica-tions you need to work with your Netscape. In mostcases if you don't ask them you won't get these things.

To send email through Netscape you need to tellNetscape your SMTP server and e-mail address. Thisinformation is put in the Mail and News box ofPreferences under the Options menu.

To access Newsgroups via Netscape you need to tellNetscape where your NNTP news server is. This infor-mation is also put in the Mail and News box ofPreferences under the Options menu.

To access local and overseas libraries and databasesthrough Netscape you need another piece of softwarecalled Telnet. Netscape needs to be configured properlyto be able to identify Telnet on your computer. This isgenerally done through the Application andDirectories box of the Preferences under theOptions menu.

To listen to sound files and view video images youshould have appropriate sound and video cards onyour computer. You will also need sound and videodecompression softwares on your hard disk and yourNetscape browser needs to be configured properly toidentify these helper applications.

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Note: There are two important windows to be config-ured for using Netscape smoothly. They are Stylesand, Mail and News windows.1. Launch Netscape by double clicking on its icon.2. Choose Preferences from the Options menu.3. Click on Styles to open the Styles window.4. In the home page Location dialog box type the URLof your favourite site.5. Click on Mail and News button in thePreferences dialog box.6. Type in the name of your SMTP Server in Mail[SMTP] Server window eg. yarra.vicnet.net.au for VIC-NET connections or werple.net.au for Mira Net connec-tions.7. Type in the name of your NNTP Server in the NewsNNTP Server dialog box. eg news.rmit.edu.au for aVICNET connection or news.mira.net.au for MIRANETconnection.8. Clock OK at the bottom of the window to save thesesettings.9. Netscape is now ready for Newsgroup browsing.

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To unsubscribe from any of these newsgroups, select the matching toggle buttons and click the"Unsubscribe from selected newsgroups" button. To subscribe to a new newsgroup, type in thename of the newsgroup in the "Subscribe to this newsgroup" field and press Return or Enter.

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SEARCHING THE WEB

What does a searchengine do?


Finding what you are looking for could be a very diffi-cult task on Internet. Thanks to some very efficienttools known as search engines finding information onWWW has become relatively simple.

In essence there are two simple ways of finding infor-mation on the WWW. You could either use a searchengine to do a keyword search or use a subject-basedlisting to search for information. A good example of asearch engine is Lycos whereas Yahoo is a hierarchicalcategory-based listing of resources. Apart from Lycosand Yahoo, there are many other search engines andcategory listings that do the same job. Until now Lycoshas been the most comprehensive search engine cover-ing more than 90% of Web sites in its catalogue.

When you type in a key word in the query form of asearch engine and specify your search options, thesearch engines scans thousands of Web pages lookingfor the keywords specified by you. Then it returns alist of Web addresses in the order of relevance or occur-rence. You can then click on any of the search resultsto see if the home page contains the information youare looking for. On occasions you would need to makeintelligent guesses in choosing which site to try.

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Lycos is available at http: / / www.lycos.com Lycos canalso be found on Netscape's Netsearch Page. Click onthe Netsearch button of the Netscape window to go tothis page and scroll down to see links to a number ofsearch engines.

Lycos is just one amongst many useful search engines.At times you will find that the information you arelooking for may not be available through Lycos andusing another search engine may produce betterresults. It is true that no single database or searchengine can possibly cover all the information that isavailable through the WWW.

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Use the Lycos search form to make your search morespecific. You can:- Make your search more narrow, or wider- Have the search match all words in your queryrather than the default 'ANY words'.- Search for a number of terms which is DIFFER-ENT from the number you entered. (eg. to search forseveral possible spellings of a word).

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By default Lycos will find all documents matchingany word you type in the query. For example, ifyou type "Bengal Tigers" as your query, Lycos willfind all documents containing either "Bengal" or "Tigers". This is the 'Match any Term' search optionand by default Lycos does this search on keywordsentered in the query box.

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If you want to find only those documents that matchALL the words in your query, you will need to selectthe 'Match All Terms (AND)' search option. For thesame keywords 'Bengal Tigers', this time Lycossearch will return only those documents that con-tain both keywords.

In a situation where you don't know the correctspelling of the keyword, it would be a good idea totype the word in two or three different possibleways and run a search for 'Match Any Term'. Othersearch options ' Match 2 Terms', 'Match 3 Terms'and 'Match All Terms' give additional flexibility insearching.


`Display' Option


A search engine may also give you options in choosinghow you want to see the results of a query. Lycos forexample has a default setting for returning 10 hits oneach results. You can change this value if you want tosee more than 10 results on a single page. SimilarlyLycos also returns a summary of each hit and from thedisplay option you can change this setting to standard,detailed or summary. In most cased it is best to leavethese settings to default.

Some more popular search engines on the WWW:

Lycos http: / / www.lycos.com

Webcrawler http: / /www.webcrawler.com

Info Seek http: / / guide.infoseek.com

Excite http: / /www.excite.com

YAHOO http: / /www.yahoo.com

Opentext http: / /www.opentext.com

Magellan http: / / www.mckinley.com

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NLLIA DATABASE SYSTEM

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Developed by Language and Technology Centre (LAT-TICE) of University of Queensland and available forpublic access via Internet and Telnet. It providesaccess to two databases:

NLLIA Course DatabaseX-Credit Database

The NLLIA Course Database contains searchableinformation on various aspects of language and litera-cy courses taught in the Australian higher educationsector including: addresses and phone numbers ofinstitutions, courses, and information on the peopleinvolved, various language and literacy resources, bib-liographic listings and language scholarships.

The X-Credit database is a searchable listing of insti-tutions offering post-graduate courses and subjects inApplied Linguistics and related disciplines. The data-base can be used to generate search queries based oncourse details, institution details or unit/subjectdetails.

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The NLLIA Database system provides on-line details of over 31,000 records on matters of interest to people working in thelanguages and literacy areas. Select a database from those listed below.

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Accessing the NLLIADatabase

WWW Access

In 1996 the NLLIAwill review its

Database and infor-mation technologyservice to languageand literacy educa-tors. Your views willbe sought on theaccessibility of systemand the usefulness ofthe information. Lookforward to majorimprovements in thesystem in 1997.


The NLLIA database is accessible via the World WideWeb and it can also be accessed via Telnet. WWWaccess is hypertext based and relatively easy to use.Telnet access is an older method of access. With Telnetyou can search the database more quickly but you needto follow menu-based commands to use the database.

The address for WWW access is:http: / / www.cltr.uq.oz.au:8000 / nllia/ nllia_db /db_index.htm

You can find links to this database from other homepages as well. NLLIA home page athttp: / / www.cltr.uq.oz.au:8000 / nllia also provides alink to this hypertext database system.

To access the database using your Netscape browser:click on the open button and type in the URL :

http: / / www.cltr.uq.oz.au:8000 / nllia/ nllia_db / db_index.htmin the Open Location box.

The browser will load the NLLIA - HYPERTEXTDATABASE SYSTEM page for you. The page containslinks for Course Database and X-Credit Database.

Categories available include:Resources

- BibliographyScholarships

- Language and Literacy Research- Adult Language and Literacy Courses- Language and Literacy Professionals

Institutions - Including LanguagesThe categories available under Xcredit Database are:-Institutions-Course- including xcredit-Subjects- Xcredit

Follow the hypertext links to go deeper in the data-base and find information from your selected category.

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An Internet Guide

To use Telnet to access NLLIA databases you musthave a Telnet software program on your computer. Youcan use the Telnet program directly or via yourNetscape browser. There is a home page on WWW thatallows you Telnet access to the database. Find it athttp: / / www.willamette.edu / -tjones / languages / NILLA.html

Follow the steps below to access the database viaTelnet:

Click on the Open button in your Netscape browserand type in : telnet: / / lingua.cltr.uq.oz.au in the OpenLocation dialogue box.The Netscape will open a telnet session window show-ing a sketch map of Australia as shown in the picture(below).

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The ERIC Database

ERIC's Web Address

An Internet Guide

The Educational Research Information Centre (ERIC)is a US-based information system designed to provideusers with ready access to an extensive body of educa-tion-related literature.

The ERIC database is the world's largest source ofeducation information. It contains more than 850,000abstracts of documents and journal articles on educa-tion research and practice. You can access the ERICdatabase via the Internet through World Wide Web orvia Gopher. ERIC databases are also available inprinted and CD-ROM versions.

ERIC Database:http://ericir.syr.edu/ERIC/eric.html

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Doing an ERIC Search


Full texts of ERIC documents are not yet availablethrough Internet. However, you can get two-pageresearch syntheses in the form of ERIC DIGESTS.There are more than one thousand digests and approxi-mately 100 new titles are produced each year.The WWW address for ERIC Digests is:http:/ / gopher.indiana.edu:2002/eric_recl gopher /ericdigs

ERIC clearinghouses collect, abstract and index educa-tion materials for the ERIC database. They respond torequests for information in subject specific areas andproduce special publications on current research, pro-grams and practices. The ERIC clearinghouse onReading, English and Communication provides educa-tional materials, services and coursework to parents,educators, students, and others interested in the lan-guage arts.

The WWW address for ERIC Clearinghouse onReading, English and Communication is:http: / / www.indiana.edu:80/ --eric_rec/

ERIC's clearinghouse on Reading, English andCommunication is a great place for finding classroomresources for adult learners. Their Family Learninglink provides access to a rich source of read-along sto-ries.

Before you begin make sure you are logged-on toInternet and your World Wide Web browser make sureNetscape is running. To do an ERIC search you mustgo the ERIC Query Page and compose a search queryby filling in the query form on your screen.

Follow these steps to compose a search:Open New Location window and key in the address

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The ERIC database search by the author 'Lemke'(see below) resulted in 18 records including anabstract of a paper by Jay Lemke titled Education,Cyberspace, and Change' published in ElectronicJournal on Virtual Culture; vl n1 Mar 1993 (see fig-ure below).

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NCELTR RESOURCES

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NCELTR is the National Centre for English LanguageTeaching and Research based at Macquarie University,in Sydney, Australia.

NCELTR Services and Databases can be accessed on-line via the World Wide Web and also through directremote login.The WWW address of NCELTR home page is :http: / /www.nceltr.mq.edu.au

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The NCELTR home page offers links to information onits courses, research programs and related services. Its`NCELTR in Action' link takes you to pages that pro-vide details of these services. From these pages NCEL-TR also offers access to its ELSIWEB bulletin boardservice. Some of its on-line services such as access toELSIWEB and DELTAA database are restricted tomembers only. Some of these services are fairly recentand still being developed. For more current informa-tion visit the site yourself at the above WWW address.

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Direct access to NCELTR on-line resources is avail-able to authorised users through its on-line librarysystem. Users can also access this library service bydialling direct through their modem. The number todial is 1800 656 831. Sydney users are expected touse the local number which is 02-878 5900. You willbe prompted to give your login name and password.After verifying your identity the system will bring upsome latest announcements before taking you to itsmain menu. The main menu offers you choices toaccess Bulletins, Files Area, Message Area, Today'sCallers List, Info Plus and the DELTAA Database.This system uses DOS-like menu-based commands.There is a lot of information about NCELTRresources, recent acquisitions, conference announce-ments and other related items.

Using the direct dial-in access system requires morecomputer skills compared to the on-line Web homepage. With time as more resources are put to theNCELTR web site the direct access system mightbecome redundant.

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An Internet Guide

AUSTRALIANLANGUAGE &

LITERACY INTERNETSITES

In the recent times many Australian Language andLiteracy related sites have made their appearance onthe Internet. Many more are about to go on-line. Asthese sites are continually changing, especially in theWWW environment and adding new information, it isnot possible to accurately describe the structure andthe content of a site.

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URL: http: / /www.cltr.uq.oz.au:8000The CLTR is the Centre for Language Teaching andResearch, located at University of Queensland,Brisbane. This page provides links to a number ofCLTR resources. The link to On-CALL Journal takes



you to the home page of the Australian Journal ofComputers and Language Education. You can viewarticles from previous volumes and see calls for arti-cles and guidelines for submitting manuscripts.Articles from volumes 4, 5 and 6 are available for on-screen viewing and printing.

The CLTR home page gives information on their acad-emic program and language laboratory. It also pro-vides links to NLLIA and LATTICE home pages.Through CLTR's home page you can access the direc-tory of staff phone numbers and email addresses, aswell as some home pages developed by them. The sitealso provides access to the FTP and Gopher archiveswhere you can find loads of software and other CLTRresources.

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NLLIA-SATCC HomePage

URL: http: / / 203.17.136.22/publichilliasatccinllia-satcc.html

The SATCC (South Australian Teaching andCurriculum Centre) home page fills the screen withtheir logo alone.

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There are four main links from this page. If you wantto find out more about the history and background ofSATCC click on their about NLLIA-SATCC link. Youcan also find information about their current projectsfrom their projects link. This centre is involved in anumber of projects including LOTE Pathways Project,Graduate Certificate in Professional Practice Project,Distance Education and Languages Project andAborginal Literacy Project. The hypertext link to theProjects page provides information about some of theirimportant projects.

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The next link takes you to information about LLEIS-SA which is the Language and Literacy EducationInformation Services of South Australia. LLEISSA isa database; to access it contact the Manager of theclearing house. There is no link to the databasedirectly from the home page but you can email themanager or download a request form.

The last link on the SATCC home page takes you to apage of Language and Literacy Links; a handy collec-tion of pointers to important sites such as AustralianTechnology Enhanced Language Learning (ATELL),Centre for Advanced Research on LanguageAcquisition (CARLA), Centre for Language Teachingand Research (CLTR), NLLIA Database and VirtualCALL library among others.

The site is useful not only for the information it pro-vides on the South Australian scene but also for thelinks it provides to some of the most releventAustralian language and literacy sites.

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The National Languages and Literacy Institute ofAustralia (NLLIA) has centres in each of Australia'sStates and the ACT. They are mainly engaged inresearch and professional development activities forlanguage and literacy education.

The NLLIA home page provides a comprehensive listof links to most of the NLLIA centres and research net-works spread throughout Australia. There are point-ers to NLLIA on-line database systems, ARIS, theNLLIA publications catalogue and a link to a detailedlisting of language and literacy related sites on theInternet.

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URL: http: / / adhocalypse.arts.unimelb.edu.au / atell

One of the aims of ATELL is to make the teaching andlearning of modern languages (including ESL) moreproductive and efficient by harnessing modern technol-ogy.

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There are links to the LATTICE database, the NLLIAdatabase on Pegasus and ATELL's database of CALLbibliography. The site is still developing and its linksfor the ON-CALL journal and demonstration languagelearning software are potentially very useful.

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NLLIA-ARISHome Page

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URL: http: / / www.cltr.uq.oz.au: 8000 / nllia / aris

ARIS is the Victorian-based Adult and Basic EducationResource and Information Service. ARIS serves as aclearinghouse for adult literacy, language and numera-cy resources and materials. It maintains a large collec-tion of adult basic education resources which are avail-able for borrowing. ARIS keeps up-to-date informationon the developments of state and national literacy andnumeracy projects.

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URL: http: / / yarra.vicnet.net.au / wmit / alrnnv.html

The Adult Literacy Research Network Node forVictoria. (ALRNNV) is a consortium of threeMelbourne-based institutes namely Victoria Universityof Technology, Western Melbourne Institute of TAFEand Kangan Institute of TAFE. ALRNNV aims toenhance and promote research and development activi-ties within the field of adult literacy and basic educa-tion. It is also involved in organising research semi-nars and sponsoring research projects.

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ALRNNVVictoria University of TechnologyFooiscray, Victoria 3011Email: [email protected] edu.auPhone: 03-9688 5086Fax: 03-9688 4646

The ALRNNV home page provides more informationabout its activities and has links to several languageand literacy research sites. The site also provides linksto home pages developed by language and literacyteachers from around the world. These home pagescontain links to a wealth of resources for classroomteachers.

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Australian EducationalResources - AERES

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URL: http:/ / www.gu.edu.au/aeres/edsw/edsw.htm

This is a great site for Australian EducationalResources. The educational shareware section of thissite offers a large collection of Macintosh and PCshareware developed by teachers and parents. There isa good collection of languages and mathematics soft-ware.

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CELIA Software LibraryURL: http: / / www.latrobe.edu.au/ www / education/ celia/ celia.htmlFTP: ftp.latrobe.edu.au Directory: /pub/CELIA

CELIA is the archive of Computer Assisted LanguageLearning (CALL) software located on the LatrobeUniversity server. Originally CELIA was maintainedat City University of New York. CELIA is a huge lan-guage and literacy shareware archive. Most of the pro-grams are developed by language teachers from aroundthe world. There are programs in the categories ofReading, Writing, Speaking, Vocabulary, Grammar,Communication and Teacher Resources.

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National Adult LiteracyDatabase (NALD)

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URL: http: / / www.nald.ca

NALD is a Canadian website and provides access toinformation about adult literacy programs, resources,services and activities from around Canada. The linksavailable from this page include: NALD NetworkNewsletter; Networks' Datebook; Learners Corner;Resources for Learners; Network News; the LiteracyBookshelf and Features. NALD acts as a 'one stop' lit-eracy information centre providing links to home pagesof provincial adult literacy centres.

URL: http: / / litserver .literacy .upenn.edu / default.html

NCAL is a US Department of Education-sponsorededucational research and improvement centre. It is

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involved with applied research and development in thefield of adult literacy and seeks to improve the qualityof adult literacy programs through promotion and dis-semination of research information.

The NCAL home page provides links to NCAL mainactivities and publications. There are links to relatedliteracy organisations: the International LiteracyInstitute and the Literacy Research Centre. It is a goodsite for researchers and policy makers who have to keepin touch with the developments across the Pacific.

URL: http:/ /www.cogsci.ed.ac.uk/hcrc/home.html

The Human Communication Research Centre [HCRC] isan interdisciplinary research centre based at the uni-versities of Edinburg and Glasgow. The centre carriesout basic research using an interdisciplinary approachand employs experts from the field of Linguistics,Congitive Science, Psychology and ArtificialIntelligence. This home page provides information onsome of the current research projects undertaken by thecentre.

URL: http: / /carla.acad.umn.edu

The Centre for Advanced Research on LanguageAcquisition [CARLA] is a University of Minnesota-basedcoordinating office for research and program develop-ment in second language teaching, learning and assess-ment. Currently the centre is coordinating research pro-jects on Assessment Learning Strategies, Immersion,Language and Technology, Less Commonly TaughtLanguages and Intercultural Studies. The page does notoffer many links but provides an email link for moreinformation.

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URL:http: / / www.libertynet.org / literacy / Literacy.html

CFL is a Philadelphia-based adult literacy organistionthat provided free literacy instruction in reading, writ-ing, math and English language to thousands of adultlearners each year. This home page offers informationon the activities of the CFL and programs run bythem. There are links to samples of students' writingand other literacy organisations in the US. The homepage also offers you access to LibertyNet home page, anon-profit community based Network, and a range ofother literacy resource centres from different states ofthe USA.


Adult Basic Education,Literacy and

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URL: http://www.ccn.cs.dal.ca/Education/ABEL/literacy_home.html

This is a home page developed by Elaine Litwin fromHalifax Literacy Services, Canada. The page providesuseful information about Literacy and Upgradingresources from Halifax Area region. There are links toworldwide literacy resources including some links toAustralian sites such as Council of Adult Educationand World Times Home Page. The site is still underdevelopment.

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ELI Home Page

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URL: http://www.liv.ac.uk/tonyl/linguistics.html

This site from the University of Liverpool offers accessto a collection of papers written by Berber Sardinha,H.Collins, S. Thompson and G.Thompson. Liverpoolworking papers in applied linguistics are also availablefrom this site along with a link to Linguistics VirtualLibrary. If you are interested in the University ofLiverpool linguistics materials this site will be useful.

URL: http: / /www.surrey.ac.uk/ELI/eli.html

This home page of English Language Institute (ELI)from the University of Surrey offers a range of usefulinformation for prospective students and languageteachers. The ELI offers a postgraduate diploma andan MA in Linguistics (TESOL) for language teachers.The diploma and MA are run on a distance learningbasis, and the program boasts students from all overthe world.

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EFL Links forResearchers

URL: http: / / info.bris.ac.uk / limdw / eflres.htm

Linguistic Fun land

This page has been developed by an M.Ed. student ofBristol University who is involved with educationalresearch in language learning. The page has been puttogether with a view to helping the language researcherwith some useful links in the ESL/EFL area.

There are more than thirty links from this page thatlead to a variety of useful resources of the Internet. Thelink to the University of Liverpool archive of linguisticspapers on discourse analysis gives access to many differ-ent papers on lexical cohesion, business English plusmany more which can be downloaded to disk. There arelinks also to TESL-EJ, an electronic journal onTeaching English as a Second Language, EnglishTeachers Electronic Newsletter and The TimesEducational Supplement.

URL: http: / / math.unr.edu / linguistics / kristina.html

Linguistic Funland home page is another popular sitefor language teachers on the Internet, This page ismaintained by Kristina Pfaff-Harris who has puttogether a collection of interesting links for languageteachers. From this page there are links to eight associ-ated pages offering a wealth of resources.

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Linguistics Departments, Programs andOrganisationsResources for TESLComputer Mediated CommunicationAnnotated and Lexical Databases; Tagging, CorporaResources for Languages other than EnglishComputational Linguistics LinksLinks to More Linguistic ResourcesLinks to Electronic or Online Journals, WorkingPapers etc.

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URL: http://www.bbk.ac.uk/Departments/AppliedLinguistics/VirtualLibrary.html

This link provides ready access to selected papers andjournals on applied linguistics. The main page provideslinks to teaching and research institutions in the USand many European countries. There is a link to elec-tronic journals and mailing lists and another link tothe data archives of some mailing lists. To find usefulinformation be prepared to dig deeper into the maze ofconnected home pages and indexes. Addition of asearchable index would greatly enhance the value ofthis site.

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URL: http: / /www.sussex.ac.uk /langc /CALL.html

Offered by the University of Sussex Language Centre,this sites boasts of providing a central access point to adiverse range of Computer Aided Language Learningsoftware from all corners of the world. Most of thematerial available for downloading is either sharewareor freeware. There are also quick jumps to selectedsites for CALL software for learning English, French,Chinese, German, Russian, Spanish, Italian,Multicultural and other languages.

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WEB SITES


The following address/URL list is a small collection ofweb sites particularly relevent to ESL and literacyresearcher. It is not a comprehensive list of all the lan-guage and literacy sites on the Internet. New sites areemerging on the WWW almost daily and sometimes oldsites are moved or cease to exist. Readers may findthat some of the addresses/URLs may change withoutnotice.

(Many sites and addresses listed below are taken fromthe list of languages and linguistics sites compiled byPeter White of Centre of Language Teaching andResearch, University of Queensland.)

Adults Learning Mathshttp: / / www.gold.ac.uk / alm / welcome.html

AGFL Home Pagehttp: / / www.cs.kun.n1 / agfl/Affix Grammars over a Finite Lattice, University ofNijmegen, Netherlands.

Applied Linguistics at Birkbeck College, University of Londonhttp: / / www.bbk.ac.uk / Departments /AppliedLinguistics /

Australian National University Social Science Pagehttp: / / coombs.anu.edu.au /

Bill Daly's Home Page on Writing and Computershttp: / / cougar.vut.edu.au/ --dalbj /

Carnegie Mellon University Language Learning ResourceInformation Centre.http: / / ml.hss.cmu.edu /11rc

CELIA Software Libraryhttp: / / www.latrobe.edu.au / www / education / celia/ celia.html

Centre for Textual Studieshttp: / / info.ox.ac.uk/ --ctitext2 /The home page of CTI Centre for Textual Studies atOxford University.

Chris Corbel's Home Page on On-line Literacyhttp: / / www.arts.unimelb.edu.au /Dept / AppLing / chris.html

Chronicle of Higher Educationhttp: / / chronicle.merit.edu /

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An electronic journal of higher education policy anddevelopment issues.

Computer Mediated Communication Bibliographyhttp://shum.huji.ac.il/jcmc/rudybib.html

Contagramhttp:/ lallserv.rug.ac.be/dnoellindex.htmlContrastive grammar site at the University of Ghent,Belgium.

De Proverbio Electronic Journalhttp:/ /info.utas.edu.auldocs/flonta/DPbooks

Department of Foreign Languages Home Page, VirginiaCommonwealth Universityhttp://www.fin.vcu.eduOffers links to LOTE resources and links to locallyproduced teaching materials in hypertext format.

Dept of languages and Linguistics, University of Essexhttp: / / www.essex.ac.uk /linguistics

Dept of Linguistics Home Page, Melbourne Universityhttp:/ ladhocalypse.arts.unimelb.edu.au/Dept/Linguistics/home.html

Dept of Linguistics, University of Potsdam, Germanyhttp:/ /www.ling.uni-posdam.de/

Dr. Robert Peckham's Home Page, University of Tennesseehttp: / /www.utm.edu/departments/french/french.html orhttp: / /www.utm.edu:80/departments/french/french.html

EdNA Home Pagehttp://www.edna.edu.au/

Electronic Journals on the Webhttp://info.anu.edu.au/elisa/elibrary/ej.html

Electronic Serials at Australian National Universityhttp:/ /coombs.anu.edu.auThe Coombs site is a comprehensive listing of lan-guage resources and sites including Aboriginal lan-guages.

English for Science and Technologyhttp://www.wfi.fr/est/estl.html

English Teachers Resourceshttp://www.tcom.ohiou.edu/OU Language/lang-english.html

Exchange: An ESL Electronic Journalhttp://deil.lang.uiuc.edu/exchange/From University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Foreign language Learning Centre, Southern Methodist University

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http:/ / 129.119.20.11Links to sites pertaining to language and culturestudy.

Head-Driven Phrase Grammar Structurehttp: / /ling.ohio.state.edu/ HPSG /hpsg.htmlFrom Linguistics at Ohio State University.

History of Languages Home Pagehttp:/ / adhocalypse.arts.unimelb.edu.au /Dept / Linguistics /

Hyperglot Software Publisherhttp:/ /www.learningco.com/

Indo-European Home Page, University of Frankfurthttp: / / www.rz.uni-frankfurt.de /home/ ftp /pub /titus /public_htmlCentral web site for comparatists, Indo-Europeanistsetc.

Institute for the study of Adult Literacyhttp:/ /www.psu.edu /institutes /isalFrom Pennslyvannia State University

Intercultural e-mail Classroom Connectionshttp: / / www.stolaf.edu/ network / ieccPostings from teachers seeking international e-mailconnections for language classrooms.

Kristina Pfaff s Linguistic Funlandhttp:/ / math.unr.edu / linguistics / kristina.html

Languages Link Homepage, University of Wisconsinhttp: / /polyglot.lss.wisc.edu/lss/lsspage.html

LEO Lab English Pagehttp: / / www.aec.ukans.edu / leo / English.html

Library Catalogueshttp: / /www.vicnetnet.au/uicnet/libs.html

Life-Long Learninghttp: / / www.otan.dni.us /cdlp / cd1p.htmlCalifornia distance learning project

Linguisthttp: / / www.ling.rochester.edu / linguist/ contents.htmlThe Linguist is a mailing list on the Internet withmore than 7000 subscribers.

Linguist Databasehttp: / / engserue.tamu.edu / files /linguistics /linguist / dbasehelp.html

OR http: / / tam2000.tamu.edu/ linguist/ dbasehelp.htmlLinguistics Association of Great Britain

http: / / clwww.essex.ac.uk / LAGB/From the University of Essex.

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Linguistics Bibliographic Search Facilityhttp: / / clwww.essex.ac.uk/ search/

Linguistics Dept. Home Page, University of Edinburghhttp: / / www.ling.ed.ac.uk

Linguistics Home Page, University of North Carolinahttp: / / www.unc.edu/ depts / ling.html

MIT Linguistics Home Pagehttp: / / web.mit.edu/ linguistics / www /home

Open University of UK HomePagehttp: / /hcrl.open.ac.uk/ ou/ouhome.html

Oxford Univesity Language Centrehttp: / / info.ox.ac.uk/ departments /langcentre/

Ruth Vilmi's Home Pagehttp: / / www.hut.fi / ruilmi /

Self-Access Centre Home Pagehttp: / / www.cuhk.edu.hk/ilc /From Chinese University of Hong Kong.

Swarthmore College Language Lab on the Webhttp: / / www.swarthmore.edu / Humanities / langlab /

TESL-EJhttp: / / cc2000.kyoto-su.ac.jp / information / tesl-ej / index.html

The List of Language Listshttp: / /info.ox.ac.uk/ departments /langcentre / langlists.htmlFrom Comrie and Everson, Oxford University. A com-prehensive list of Language related mailing lists.

The On-line Books Pagehttp: / / www.cs.cmu.edu / Web / books.html

The WELL Conferenceshttp: / / www.well.com / confA focal point of information for WELL conferences.

WordNet Lexical Reference Systemhttp: / /www.cogsci.princeton.edu/ wn /An on-line lexical reference system from PrincetonUniversity

World Wide Web Consortiumhttp: / / www.w3.org

Yamada Language Centre at University of Oregonhttp: / /babel.uoregon.edu / yamada/ guides.html

A comprehensive guide to language resources on theWeb.

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MAILING LISTS

[email protected] Adult Education Network. A broad world-wide discussion group.

[email protected] unmoderated mailing list of adult literacy practi-tioners mainly from Victoria, Australia.

[email protected] international network of individuals interested inadult education. An electronic journal on adult educa-tion is distributed through AEDNET.

[email protected] approaches to learning discussion.Concerned with learning strategies.

[email protected] students general discussion list.

[email protected] Net. A very active list of educational profes-sionals interested in exploring the potential of internet.

ED [email protected] Styles Theory and Research List. Discussesall forms of information on learning styles.

[email protected] students discussion list on environmental issues.

[email protected] students discussion list on current events.

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[email protected] moderated general discussion group for peopleinterested in adult literacy. US based.

[email protected] students discussion list on the cinema.

[email protected] students list on discussing music.

[email protected] active discussion list of techers of English inter-ested in using technology and Internet.

[email protected]

Based at Pennsylvania State University this listfeatures discussion about workplace literacy issuessuch as marketing, instruction, curricula, assess-ment, evaluation, research and policy.

[email protected] list on National Literacy Advocacy (US publicpolicy issues). Created to help advocates informedabout national public policy issues.

[email protected] electronic mailing list is for adult educa-tion practitioners interested in sharing ideas onadult basic maths instruction. US based.

[email protected] students discussion list on Human Rightsissues.

[email protected] students discussion list on Sports issues.

[email protected] teachers with e-mail class projects.

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[email protected] sub-list of TESL-L on issues of computer assistedlanguage learning and educational technology.

[email protected] very active international discussion list of teach-ing English as a second language. Has manybranches or sub-lists. To join a sub-list you mustfirst join the TESL-L list.

[email protected] sub-list of TESL-L on issues of adult educationand literacy.

[email protected] sub-list of TESL-L for material writers of ESL.

[email protected] sub-list of TESL-1 on issues of teaching Englishfor Specific Purposes.

[email protected] students discussion list on travel.

[email protected] for discussion on innovative workplace liter-acy and training programs. US based.

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GLOSSARY


account When you are registered to use a particularcomputer system, you are given an account.Associated with the account are a unique user nameand a password. You must enter these to show thatyou are authorised to use the computer system.

address A unique name or number identifying a com-puter user or computer. Addresses are used in net-work communication in transmitting messages to aparticular person or machine.

archive Collection of files related to a particular sub-ject, which are stored on computer and made avail-able to the network community via world wide webor FTP.

bps Bits per second. A measurement used to describehow fast data is transmitted. Often used for describ-ing Modem speeds.

browser An application program that provides easy-to-use tools for exploring and retrieving informationfrom servers. Netscape and Mosiac are popularbrowsers for world wide web.

client A computer that uses the services of anothercomputer to access information. A client computerdials a server computer and accesses Internet ser-vices provided by the server.

domain name A structured name for a computer in anetwork. eg dingo.vut.edu.au

download The act of transferring a file from a serverto a client computer.

email An electronic mail that can be sent on computernetworks.

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editor A computer program designed for creating andmodifying text and hypertext files. Web Editors areused in creating world wide web pages.

edu. Standard letters used to identify educationaldomains.

Eudora A software program used for managing elec-tronic mail on client computers.

file A collection of data capable of being handled as asingle identity and referred to by a single name.

FTP File Transfer Protocol. The standard method fortransferring files between different computer sys-tems connected to the Internet.

gopher A browser tool developed for retrieving textbased data using on-screen menu. A precursor toworld wide web browsers.

host A computer system usually a server where datais stored. Every host on the Internet is identified bya unique address.

IP Address A unique set of digits identifying a com-puter connected to a network and used by the com-munications programs. eg. 203.10.72.1 is an IPaddress for a server maintained by VICNET.

IRC Internet Relay Chat. A form of 'party line' thatenables many Internet users to take part in a real-time group conversation by typing messages.

login To correctly identify yourself to a computer sys-tem as an authorised user and begin an Internetsession. Normally to login you need to give a validuser name and password. To disconnect from thesystem is termed as log-off.

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Newsgroup A subdivision of network news whereitems covering particular field of interest are postedand stored. eg. misc.kids.computer is a newsgroupfor discussion on use of computers by children.

PPP Point to Point Protocol. A form of connecting tothe Internet in a live, active mode, such as across amodem. PPP is an official engineering standard forthe Internet and offers data compression and secu-rity checks on link.

protocol An agreed set of rules by which messagespassed from one computer system to another areencoded and interpreted.

SLIP Serial Line Internet Protocol. A live Internetconnection similar to PPP which lack some of thePPP's more advanced features like data compres-sion.

TCP/IP Transmission Control Protocol/InternetProtocol. These represent two most important proto-cols used on the Internet. They ensure that mes-sages passed from one computer to another areinterpreted correctly.

Telnet A software program on a client computer whichenables you to connect from that computer to anoth-er one on the Internet.

URL Uniform Resource Locator. A unique address forlocating a Web or FTP based document. URLs com-monly begin with the letters http.

WWW World Wide Web. A system for transmittingpages of multimedia information across the

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Internet, which are accessed through a browser likeNetscape or Cello.

MUD Multi-User Dungeon. A 'dungeon and dragons'type of game that many people at a time can play.It involves text-based real-time conversations.

AcknowledgementThis glossary was compiled with the informationobtained from the following sources:

John Levine and Carol Baroudi's title, Internet forDummies, 2nd Edition, published by IDG Books, 1994.

AUSNET Internet Service Provider's InternetPublicity Pack.

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