Implementing the change

Having identified my students' current need, that is - to enhance their listening and comprehension skills, I thought about the possible solution of this problem with the help of technology.

First, I considered our IE Class Blog as a possible option, but Robert suggested creating a resource web page and that was exactly what I did   and started implementing the change.

Last Monday (February,13) I introduced the idea to students, took them to IE Listening web page:
https://www.sites.google.com/site/ielistening and explained that apart from listening during class time they would practise by themselves and that would be an essential part of their homework.

The work is organized this way:
For self-study:

1. Students go to IE listening resource  web page. (There are five great resources for listening there:
Australiannetwork  http://australianetwork.com/learningenglish/xml/businessenglish.xml
Listen A Minute http://l.wbx.me/l/?p=1&instId=f0103d52-afdb-447b-b05d-4bd152521a6a&token=38a5d4713326ebbe20133df4fc89e2f9b68e2e3a000001352b0b783e&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.listenaminute.com%2F
Business at Work. British Council http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/business-and-work
TalkEnglish http://www.talkenglish.com/speaking/Business/Meetings.aspx
Randall's ESL Cyber Listening Lab http://www.esl-lab.com/index.htm

2. Students choose 2 different listening materials there, do all the tasks.

3. Post their reflection on what they did (specifying the materials they worked with) on our IE Class Blog (http://ieclassblog.blogspot.com/).

In that way, I think, it will be easier to monitor the progress, moreover, students will reflect on their results and one more additional big advantage - we won't neglect writing.

I hope we are on the right track.

Helen