Website Evaluation - EWE

      As prospective teachers, we usually get benefit from websites that we can use for improving ourselves in terms of both English language and teaching. Since there are many websites and sources on the internet, we should be capable of choosing which websites are appropriate and know how to use for better learning and teaching.
     This week we are asked to choose an ELT website and evaluate it. For that reason, I would like to evaluate EWE which stands for Easy World of English. Here is a photo of the website.

      This website was designed by a group of teachers for English learners and teachers. Its founder Marco Costillo has more than 12 years experience in The United States and abroad which gives us a sense of that the website is safe and trustworthy. The website includes grammar part, pronunciation part, reading texts with their voice recordings that you can also listen to and a picture dictionary. When you click to one of them you see a small welcoming post and instructions that tell you how to work with it which is very nice. It also includes a link in each section where you can buy books that may you would like to get. All English learners whose proficiency is either beginner or advanced can get benefit from this website. Also, all English language teachers can use it for both young learners and adult learners. All they need to do is to select the appropriate level and continue.

     As it is stated in the 'our mission' section on the website, the purpose of it is to facilitate learning and teaching English. The website is well designed and simple for both teachers and learners. In the main page, the pictures are selected appropriately but they are a bit ordinary. In the picture dictionary section, you can see more appealing and descriptive pictures. Additionally, as far as I see, there is not any error, even it can improve general knowledge while learning English.
   I am glad that I discovered this website because I can use it as a material in my future classroom to help my students improve their pronunciation, listening and reading skills.
   Here's the link of the website. :)

padlet wall - refugees

Hello everyone!
I would like to share a post related to refugees which is a global problem. As you know many people from different countries are leaving their countries for several reasons such as persecution, war or conflict. This is a serious problem for the world. Therefore me and my friends collaborated and we created a page using this website. We were asked to describe the problem, share some public opinions and find out its causes and effects. We made some research about the refugee problem and combined our findings to present it to you. This was a nice experience for us to prepare this and give information about such a serious problem. While we were preparing this, we also learn new things about the refugee problem and saw a different point of views towards refugees. You can visit our padlet from here.