Randall's ESL Cyber Listening Lab http://www.esl-lab.com/ is an online,
multimedia listening website that is designed to assist Second Language students
around the world to practice and enhance their English listening and
comprehension skills. This website has been created by Randall Davis who
graduated from Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah, with an undergraduate
degree in Spanish education and a master's degree in TESL. However, Every Site
Has a Reason for Being There and Randall Davis site there
to enhance listening comprehension, as well as
improving the teachers and students communication skills with authentic and
interesting audio.
On the other hand, the
design of the website presents the information on easy way to find and use, it
has been organized according to the different levels with supplementary links
such as, vocabulary exercise. Also, there is a developed quizzes to test the
audience knowledge based on their levels .Moreover, The page on the websites
load in a reasonable amount of time and it is consistently available and load
without problems, but the main problem with the site is its background colors
as well as the smallest size of the font that may cause problem to people who
has vision problems.
The content on the website is easy
to read and understand by the audience. Also, it has enough information to make
visiting the site useful and informative. Moreover, the title of the site
appropriate to its purpose, as well as, the voice in audio records very clear and each lesson have
activates promote the listening skills; each audio has pre-listening, while
listening, vocabulary and post- listening exercise. In addition, each lesson
clarifies the learners’ level, topic, and type of audio record, speakers, and
length. And users can easily download the audio record while it found in
website as written form also. There are a lot of links in a website as Randall’s
other site where it is clear and easy for learner to move from one website to
another.
In conclude, the site
grade level is appropriate as an extra
activity for the audience and they are able to choose
the listening records according to their levels, needs and interests. Although the site is not that much interactive
and engaging for them, because its design does not
attract
them; it looks
very formal; whereas, the content look attractive for them
and cover all their
needs for the different real life situations.
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