Tuesday, 15 March 2016

Reflection #6 - Basic Criteria for a Good Language Learning Site

In a language learning classroom, students will expect the teacher to provide them an interesting approach to enhance their skills. Being able to utilize technological advancement provides broader spectrum in teaching language. Teachers may choose many websites and application tools from the internet to assist them. 

However, there is still a need for the teachers to carefully pick a good language learning site before using it. There are some criteria one must adhere to while doing so. One of them is to look at the origin of the site. Choosing a website is like buying your clothes. We most definitely will buy our clothes according to the brands. A brand tells a customer the validity and quality of the clothes most of the time. Similarly, by knowing the origin of the site, we can confirm the developer's credibility in assisting a language learning process. Besides that, the accessibility must also be easy. A good language learning site should not be complicated to access. Then, the teacher must also pick an appealing site's design. Utilizing a site that is visually appealing will enhance the learning process. The students are likely to grasp the contents of the site more as well. Another criteria for a good language learning site is to look at the content itself. A teacher must know how to differentiate a good website to a bad website. The contents should be suitable to the learners and it should comply to the teaching's educational needs and goals. Lastly, to have a good language learning site to teach is by using websites that are current. As the internet is a fast-moving contents provider, a teacher needs to use an up-to-date site to fulfill the current generation's needs.

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