Website Evaluation

After a few days of searching, i had come up with this website that i found interesting enough to be evaluated and maybe one day use in a classroom:

http://www.eslgold.com/index.html

it has everything from grammar down to listening and speaking which i think personally would help students as well as teachers.

the website teaches not only English but also other languages such as Chinese and Indonesian. so the website is not only to be used to learn English but also third languages (for Uitm students) for those who needs help with the subjects they are learning.

the website consists of lessons on listening and speaking, grammar, writing essays, vocabulary and also idioms. the website is also easy to navigate as everything is clear where you want to go and what you want to do. you wont even need to be computer literate to navigate in this site. the lessons are also easy to understand and there are also practices where the students could easily access for free. the website also prepares an audio visual explanation for those who would prefer to listen rather than just read the explanations.

the practices are depends on your level. it starts with beginner level and move up to advanced level. you dont have to worry about the the levels of the practices where you can always take your time to do the practices and learn slowly. it reminds me of my days of school where the teachers would help me every step of the way. the website does the same where we could always refer to the notes while doing the excercises.

it is not just for the students, teachers also could use the website to find new ideas on teaching certain topics. the ideas are also interesting to be used and also it is applicable to any level of learners.

basically the website is for students who wants to self-learn the languages and on topics they have problem with, so it is quite hard to pinpoint on the theories used on the website.

according to question no.6 it is quite applicable in terms where the students(and even teachers) could gain knowledge from various sources. the students could use the website to search for extra excercises and learning could take place as the students are introduced to hands on activities complete with answers so the students could check their answers. the only setback is that the website does not allow the students to write the answers directly on the site and the excercises and notes are not printable.

the website allows the students and teachers to browse through for free, and learn whenever , wherever. but nothing could compete with the explanations of a teacher where the students could relate and ask questions directly if they dont understand and they would get immediate feedback without wasting time to look for the answers. in my opinion, the computer is just a servant to the students and nothing could compete with a teacher.

in the future would rather use this website as guidence to teach where it is accessible and more importantly its FREE. not just for teaching but also grammar references for other future work where English in concerned. i would suggest that the teachers use this website also as guidence as it would help them greatly and may also save their time to find solutions to their problems in teaching certain topics.