Website evaluation

 
We have chosen http://www.pearsonelt.com/; the Pearson Education's English Language Teaching division, that produces a wide range of innovative titles that support teachers and motivate students as they develop the language skills needed to communicate successfully in English. This website is owned and operated by Pearson Education Limited, a registered company in England. It is considered as a company of learning that provides innovative textbooks, online testing, software solutions and integrated services. Textbooks, courses and resources are available in print, online and through multi-lingual packages distributed to teachers and students all over the world.
The Pearson ELT portfolio caters for Primary and Secondary level students, adult learners and students taking English exams, in both American English and British English. There is a wide range of dictionaries and reference titles, as well as courses in English for specific purposes, such as English for business.
The website has an organized design with categories and section of elements which make the search and work on it easier. The information and data are organized and ordered which facilitate to the learners to search and learn. It provides the ability to search individual sections of the site, and also the data are written correctly without mistakes by the author and others who owned this site. The design, color, graphics, and categories are useful, nice, and appropriate to the information they provide. The author picks out the information, links, and data carefully that will be benefit to the all participants of this site. Another point of this site that there are no advertisements which may distribute you.
There is also a site map to help you navigate around the site and it is easy to go around it and quickly loaded. This site has its terms and conditions and everyone register has to follow them. For example, users haven't the right to modify the content of this website or reproduce links without take a permission of Pearson Education Limited. They may not allowed to remove or trend any trademark of the website, or distribute, transmit, reproduce or publish any part of the data without a permission because all rights are reserved. It is really useful fantastic website that provides what you need and attract you with the great information it provides, we advise teachers and learners to go through and enjoy it.



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The role of WeQuests in learning a foreign/second language?

I took long time to understand what is wequest and how can we as learners take benefit from it because it is something new for me and I have never heard before.

 

 According to the creator of Web quest it is defined as : an inquiry-oriented activity in which some or all of the information that learners interact with comes from resources on the Internet. Web Quests are designed to use learners' time well, to focus on using information rather than looking for it, and to support learners' thinking at the levels of analysis, synthesis and evaluation. I see many advantages of using a web quest in classroom such as, integrating technology into the curriculum, including appropriate links to the subjects, multiple sources of information, students are more autonomous, different and interesting way of learning, etc. Web Quests are also a wonderful way of capturing students' imagination and allowing them to explore in a guided, meaningful manner.

 

The teacher's role is to design a good and attractive Webquest which is appropriate to the students and to their levels. On other hand, most of the work depend on the students. They will be working in groups to accomplish their tasks on the Webquest and divide the work among each other. They have to become experts on a certain topic and share this information with their group. It is a time where they can learn something important, but they get to show off their creativity and their ability to work with others. The questions posed to students require more than just finding and spitting back information. They must take the information they research and transform it into something else. Often students have to evaluate a variety of information sources that contain multiple opinions.

 

As a teacher , I will use the webquest with my student after I make sure that they really understand it , see its value and like it. This because WebQuests contribute to increasing student motivation When students are motivated, they are likely to put in more effort, and their minds are more alert and ready to make connections, and help them to be a collaborative learner. In my opinion the new useful teaching methods will attract the students to the courses, will help them to be interested with their studying. So , if the students will enjoy, learn, and work on webquest, I will use it definitely.