Evaluating Websites

Hello everyone

This week our task was evaluating an ELT websites. So I find a useful website for English language learners. Let’s look at what kind of exercises and information this website contains. Website’s name is “englishpage.com”.

 Q1- Who authored the website? Is there any information about their qualifications or credentials?

-          There is no information about the author in the website.

Q2- What is the content of the website?

-           It is a grammar teaching and exercising website for English language learners. In the main page there is list on the right side of the screen. In the list there are sections of grammar subjects (modals, gerund& infinitives, tenses etc.), listening lounge and reading exercises, games, dictionary and vocabulary. Also there are tutorials for learners.

Q3- Who is the target audience?

-           Target audience is English language learners

Q4- What is the purpose of the website?                 

-          Purpose of the website is giving opportunity of teaching grammar subjects and supporting learning process with pop quizzes, tests and games to learners. 

Q5- Is there a date that shows when the site has last been updated?

-          There is no date showing when the last time the website is updated was.

Q6- Accuracy of the information- Are there any errors?

-          The information I’ve checked is accurate as far as I checked. I couldn’t see any errors.

Q7- Are there any broken links?

-          I’ve tried to check all possible links and all of them worked.

Q8-   Are the images of high quality and appealing to the target audience?

-          Actually there is almost no image in the website. And the existent ones are low quality. The website is not appealing too much for the learners. There is so many writings but few images.

Q9- How can it be applied to EFL teaching?

-          There are lots of exercises in the website. After teaching in the class, students can make exercises with the tests in the website to enhance their grammar, vocabulary and listening& reading skills.