-One-hour PowerPoint lessons, with audio feature, are each followed by a summary outline and practice exercises in an exhaustive coverage of English language usage, organized in six levels.
Type of Material:
Tutorial
Recommended Uses:
Independent support
Technical Requirements:
n/a
Identify Major Learning Goals:
Students will increase their writing competence through the review of English grammar, sentence structure, paragraph development
Target Student Population:
High School, College General Ed, College Lower Division, ESL
Prerequisite Knowledge or Skills:
Basic knowledge of the English language
Content Quality
Rating:
Strengths:
-Excellent coverage of all aspects of writing, including tutorial on use of Microsoft Word.
-Well organized: each lesson includes one or more audio-accompanied ppt presentations,
a lecture summary of the ppt, practice exercises, and a writing component.
-Incrementally challenging practice exercises.
Concerns:
Links at the top of the page are irrelevant to the instructional material.
Potential Effectiveness as a Teaching Tool
Rating:
Strengths:
-Complete coverage of all aspects of writing; objectives are clearly defined.
-Lessons can be used for classroom or independent online instruction.
-Instructors can use lessons as entire program or as supplement for classroom teaching.
-Quick Reference gives outline of material presented in each lesson.
-Table of Contents for each level, for ease of use.
Concerns:
-Several writing practice exercises require evaluation by the teacher.
Ease of Use for Both Students and Faculty
Rating:
Strengths:
-Multimedia, modularized, and interactive elements.
-For some practice exercises, two answers are possible and this is recognized by the feedback.
-Audio feature accompanies, but does not duplicate, the material of the ppt lessons.
-Use of animation lends an interesting element.
Concerns:
-For some of the practice exercises, two answers are possible responses –this may be confusing for English language learners.
-Spell Check tutorial did not work.
-Certain practice exercises are not self-correcting and must be completed on paper and evaluated
by the teacher (i.e. when students are prompted to compose their own sentences ).
-Certain audio segments are not consistent with the usual volume and clarity of the site; some
ppt audio effects are excessive and tend to compete with the audio information presented.
-Some of the print material does not contrast well with the screen, but tends to blend with the
background.
-Links at the top of the home page are irrelevant.
-Link to Test-Prep for Reading is inactive.
-For individual writing exercises, the user cannot respond online; sentences must be recorded
elsewhere.
-Indexing would be useful, to facilitate location of specific materials.
Other Issues and Comments:
n/a
Creative Commons:
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