Dave's ESL Café
We have decided choosing a website for EFL/ESL learners and
teachers. Website is http://www.eslcafe.com
Dave’s
ESL Café is maintained by Dave Sperling. He has a B.A in Psychology from
Pepperdine University, and an MA in Applied Linguistics from California State
University, Northridge. He had spent nearly a decade teaching EFL in Japan and
Thailand .Therefore we sure he is the expertise in his field especially
teaching English as second language. This website basically “teaches” English
as second language through different kind of approaches such as
grammar lessons-giving notes about idioms-
pronunciation-tutorial-forums – quizzes- World Culture –Writing- topics like
geography,
You can know more information…
In general…
Dave's ESL Cafe is a Web site aimed at a general audience of
ESL/EFL teachers and students. The purpose of the site is to provide English
language resources and discussion forums for ESL/EFL students as well as job
announcements, professional development opportunities, instructional
strategies, and discussion forums for ESL/EFL teachers.
Dave’s ESL Café, which mainly relies on interaction, is made up of
3 sections. Stuff for teachers, stuff for students, stuff for everyone – the
fourth section, Jobs. Stuff for students features a help Centre, which is
actually a forum where learners can post language related questions of any
kind. Dave Sterling himself, or some other learner, will answer them. There are
also subsections on Idioms, Slang, Quizzes on different topics, and a wide set
of student Forums, ranging from Computers and Sports to Science, Learning
English and even The Strange and Mysterious. Stuff for everyone, on the other
hand, contains a Chat Central, to which learners can register if they wish to
experience a chat in English in a protected environment, a section on
Podcasting and a wide collection of EFL links
Suggestion…
The website is very useable for the teachers
and also the students.
The content of the website can also be improved by adding
more options like listening and speaking activities. Currently, it only focuses
on grammar, idioms and verbs. If possible, it is better if the Pronunciation
Power can be access by everyone without the need to pay for it. Other than that
I am quite satisfied with this website.
I would recommend this website to the English teachers as one
of the references for their teaching plan and also for students to improve
their English language.
I would positively use this application in my future work. As a future
teacher I definitely will need some help in planning for my lessons in class.
This website gives opportunity for me to exchange information about teaching
with other people around the world. It also provides notes, ideas for
activities, and other material that I can always make use in my class. I would
also recommend my future students to access this website.
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