Name of the site: Real English
Site´s URL: http://www.real-english.com/
Author(s): American and British ESL teachers of the Marzio School
Last update: June, 2dn, 2010.
Purpose of site: The main purpose of the site is to provide students of ESL and EFL with some videos the way to use a real English language in different contexts.
Site´s URL: http://www.real-english.com/
Author(s): American and British ESL teachers of the Marzio School
Last update: June, 2dn, 2010.
Purpose of site: The main purpose of the site is to provide students of ESL and EFL with some videos the way to use a real English language in different contexts.
Skills the site builds: grammar, listening, vocabulary, cultural knowledge.
Objective: The main objective of the site is to show the grammatical structures, lexical items and social functions of the English language through some videos providing language tutorials based on real people’s particular situations of their everyday lives.
Scope of audience: Worldwide.
Target level: beginners to intermediate level.
Sensory input: Effectively.
Type of feedback: Semi-intelligent and intelligent feedback.
Interactivity: Some.
Communicativeness: Some.
Context: Lots.
Content: 1 hour or more.
Revisitavility: Once a year or less. The first videos were published in 1993.
Objective: The main objective of the site is to show the grammatical structures, lexical items and social functions of the English language through some videos providing language tutorials based on real people’s particular situations of their everyday lives.
Scope of audience: Worldwide.
Target level: beginners to intermediate level.
Sensory input: Effectively.
Type of feedback: Semi-intelligent and intelligent feedback.
Interactivity: Some.
Communicativeness: Some.
Context: Lots.
Content: 1 hour or more.
Revisitavility: Once a year or less. The first videos were published in 1993.
Appearance: Average.
Navigation: Fairly easy.
Load speed: Somewhat slow.
Brief description of the site: The Web site Real English is directed for ESL and EFL students which levels go from beginners to intermediate level. The Real English site provides lots of different videos which contain the use of real vocabulary, grammar structures, lexical items and functions of the English language in an easy way. The videos present the English language structures in different contexts and the participants are real people (not actors) who are just walking around the street, these are the interviewees and the teachers are the interviewers. There is also a set of activities for each lesson, these activities are tested by a system in which the student has to put an answer and at the end of the exercise there is a check button to get a semi-intelligent feedback. Another important characteristic of these exercises is that students can record themselves in order to make comparisons with the original audio of the video and in that way they can improve their pronunciation. Besides if the students have some doubts they can send a comment to the teachers via facebook. Another way to receive feedback is going to their channel on Youtube or on their blog, students can ask what they need to know and the web administrators will clarify any doubt. The authors of the site offer some extra links about ESL/EFL Language Resources like: Purdue University Online Writing Lab (OWL), learn english feel good.com, A Byte of Language, Le Centre de Linguistique Appliquée, Université de Franche-Comté, Webhead Teresa Almeida d'Eca's bilingual site, in Portuguese/English, English4u, Everyday English, Cybrary Man's Educational Web Sites, Aulas Particulares de Inglês, The "OOPS" ESL/Foreign Language Page, CESOL, TuitionPlaza.com , The Language Training and Testing Center
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Navigation: Fairly easy.
Load speed: Somewhat slow.
Brief description of the site: The Web site Real English is directed for ESL and EFL students which levels go from beginners to intermediate level. The Real English site provides lots of different videos which contain the use of real vocabulary, grammar structures, lexical items and functions of the English language in an easy way. The videos present the English language structures in different contexts and the participants are real people (not actors) who are just walking around the street, these are the interviewees and the teachers are the interviewers. There is also a set of activities for each lesson, these activities are tested by a system in which the student has to put an answer and at the end of the exercise there is a check button to get a semi-intelligent feedback. Another important characteristic of these exercises is that students can record themselves in order to make comparisons with the original audio of the video and in that way they can improve their pronunciation. Besides if the students have some doubts they can send a comment to the teachers via facebook. Another way to receive feedback is going to their channel on Youtube or on their blog, students can ask what they need to know and the web administrators will clarify any doubt. The authors of the site offer some extra links about ESL/EFL Language Resources like: Purdue University Online Writing Lab (OWL), learn english feel good.com, A Byte of Language, Le Centre de Linguistique Appliquée, Université de Franche-Comté, Webhead Teresa Almeida d'Eca's bilingual site, in Portuguese/English, English4u, Everyday English, Cybrary Man's Educational Web Sites, Aulas Particulares de Inglês, The "OOPS" ESL/Foreign Language Page, CESOL, TuitionPlaza.com , The Language Training and Testing Center
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What I liked about the site: The most interesting aspect for me about the site was the way they made the videos. They are very creative people; they just ask a question to native English speakers related to a specific structure and function of the language in real contexts that makes lessons more interesting for the students instead of being in a classroom learning technical terms or grammar formulas. This way of teaching English is a good way to motivate ESL and EFL learners. There is also another aspect that attracted my attention, the site also gives the opportunity to the students to record themselves and in that way they can compare with the original video and take into account their pronunciation weaknesses in order to work on them.
What I don´t like about the site: The only aspect that I did not like about the site was the distribution of the content and the videos, sometimes it tends to be confusing and the options for recording the learners’ voices in some lessons do not work.
What I don´t like about the site: The only aspect that I did not like about the site was the distribution of the content and the videos, sometimes it tends to be confusing and the options for recording the learners’ voices in some lessons do not work.
ESL/EFL Pedagogical implications of the site: The Real English site is very helpful for people who have difficulties to express themselves in English. Most of English learners just know how to use grammar structures and some vocabulary, but when they go to the real world and need to communicate in a natural or normal way, they just get stuck. This site provides the possible situations in which the English language is used in a natural way, being fluent and at the same time being coherent in order to encourage learners to feel free to speak.
Evaluation score for
Content usefulness: 6/6
Interface design: 2/4
My overall evaluation grade: 8/10
Content usefulness: 6/6
Interface design: 2/4
My overall evaluation grade: 8/10
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