WE ARE TEACHERS OF ENGLISH FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION IN HO CHI MINH CITY - VIETNAM.

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Showing posts with label Website evaluation. Show all posts

Monday, 28 January 2008

Criteria to Evaluate Good Websites For Language Learning


1. Language-learning potential
2. Learner fit
3. Practicality
4. How well the site design facilitates student learning
5. The quality of feedback, record keeping, and other management aspects
6. Support for human-human and computer-human interactivity
7. Meaningful and contextualized presentation
8. Content is culturally appropriate
9. Degree of adaptivity to users’ history and preferences
10. Accessibility to persons with physical disabilities
An example of a good website for language teaching and learning is onestopenglish
Although our class have different ideas of the top ten criteria, we mostly agree that language-learning potential and learner fit are the most two important ones. Because good websites must enhance the process of language learning and be suitable for students. In our group's opinion, the third important criterion is practicality, which enables students to apply what they study in their real life.
To sum up, all the criteria mentioned above are necessary. The role of the teacher is to be aware of those things and make a good choice for their teaching and learning.