Monday, March 21, 2005

A Helpful ESL Site for Students : a4esl.org

Today's words :
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Activities for ESL students (http://a4esl.org) is a project ESL site of The Internet TESL Journal (iteslj.org). The internet TESL Journal is the very famous site that it is for Teachers of English as a Second Language. This site consists of Grammar, Vocabulary, Crosswords, and Bilingual activities. Every activities for students is written by reliable volunteer teachers, so we can study English efficiently and joyfully. As a matter of fact, there are a great number of web sites about ESL. However, a4esl.org has conspicuous differences that make a4esl.org superior to the others. Let’s look into a4esl.org.

Aim
At first, the objective of this site is to help students study English as a second language. At the home page, its aim is clearly stated. Even if someone entered this site by mistake, he or she can know what this site is. Yes, it’s a kind of educational site.
To improve the efficiency, this site presents various contents to us. Furthermore, every contents was grouped by level. Because of this kind support, we can study grammar, vocabulary, crosswords, and so on easily.
As you know, this site is a project ESL site of The Internet TESL Journal (iteslj.org). ITESLJ is a famous web site for students and teachers. So we can trust this site. However, it is hard to find detailed information about ITESLJ.

Accuracy
I’ve surfed this site for 3 days but I couldn’t find any misspelled word and wrong expression. But I am not able to assert that there is no mistake. If I find some mistakes someday, I will tell you. :-)

Authority
I mentioned ITESLJ is a famous web site for students and teachers. We can trust its credibility more or less, but the credibility of each contents depends on its author. They are volunteers. However, in my opinion, it’s OK. We can find information about the author. We can believe this site. Just study hard.

Currency
Actually, there is no date. I’ve tried to find the date, but I couldn’t. Even if there is a way to know when a post is updated, but it’s true that it’s hard to find it.

Design
It is stated at the home page of this site that a4esl.org is optimized for speed & ease of use. So, there is no advertising, nonessential images, CGI, SSI, PHP, ASP, CFM, etc. This is one of the conspicuous points what makes it better than the others. This site is fast and concise. On the other hand, it is also true that this site is not beautiful and easy to read.
I wrote this report to make a presentation. I've examined this site for 3 days and I recommend you to study joyfully via lots of quizzes.

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