Thursday, January 25, 2007

Web Review #2

Fun, Fun, Fun :)


Personally I totally enjoyed my time on EnglishLearner.com at http://www.englishlearner.com/tests/tests.html


It offers a multitude of interactive activities for the Beginner ESL learner all the way to the Advanced Level. One can participate in activities ranging from traditional English Language Grammar, Vocabulary and Comphrehension Lessons, completed and corrected on-line; play the alphabet and word game "Hangman"; read and fill-in an "Are You Psychic?" survey; or review samples of the TOEFL Test.


There are various commercial advertisements on the EnglishLearner website. However they are not intrusive, they relate directly to the field of ESL and TESL, and most of the ads are from credible sponsors such as Amazon, Oxfam and the Oxford Language School. The website does not explicitly teach English but rather is a good site to practice English as it is being learned. Lessons at the Advanced Level may be difficult for a non-native English speaker. And not all of the hyper links are programmed to enable the user to return to the previous activity or home page. Any inadequacies in lesson design are throughly compensated for by the variety of activities and skill levels. There is enough of interest to keep even a casual visitor engaged for an hour or so per session. This is a site I would visit again.



Suzan's rating: *** stars

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