#1 : Teacher Resource Site Review

http://www.englishteacherwebsites.com/index.html

http://www.usingenglish.com/

If you search for the website providing English teaching materials at google, then you can find this website easily.  This website consists of various sections such as English Resources for Students of English, English Resources for teachers, English Teacher Webites, English Teacher Blogs, Almost a Blog : The teacher speaks..., English Language Schools, Skypes and Online English Courses, English Teacher Training and Planning your own teacher website. Among these categories, let's click "English Resource for Teachers" section.

As we can see above, there are several useful websites for English teachers.  This CALL class is for the Tesol students and teachers, I chose the following website, which provides materials for Tesol students and teachers. Now let's click http://www.usingenglish.com/ 

1. General Description of the Website

This website looks very simple and neat, so that teachers and students can find information they need very easily.

There are five categories in this website.

1) Tests & Quizzes

Language Tests

Reading Comprehension

Language Polls

2) For Teachers

Teacher Handouts & Printables

Lesson Plans & Worksheets

Teacher Training Handouts

3) Forums

Ask a Teacher...

Learning English

Analysing Language

Teacher Forum

4) English Reference

English Idioms

English Phrasal Verbs

English Irregular Verbs

Grammar Glossary

5) Articles

Language Articles

ESL Weblog

The Editor's Blog

6) Tools and Resources

Text Analysis

Grammar and Usage

Just clicking each section, we can access the  information and gain very hepful resources.

2. Assessment of the quality of the content and functionality of the website.

(I ) The Content
As a teacher, I can get good resources about English grammar quizzes because important grammar is listed in order and I can choose certain sections considering the level of students- beginner or intermediate. Moreover, there are lesson plans and worksheets that can be used by both ESL and EFL teachers. And this section is very impressive in that lesson plans and worksheets are veiwed by students' levels, grammar topics and themes. I think teachers can make the best use of this section.


(II) Functionality
Through this website, teachers can get access to information about English teaching materials and they can select them depending on students' levels. And just clicking the printables section, teachers can print out the materials immediately without editing.