Homework 3 - Evaluating Web Site

The site I will analyze is http://www.eslcafe.com/

This web site is made by Dave Sperling and for students and teachers to study ESL and EFL. and also introduce a job as a ESL teacher in abroad. Here is well organized and have enough information. They have many sponsored links, but because of so many informations, they need to provide some search function.

 •Authority

The author of this web site is Dave Sperling, and there are his information-address, number and e-mail. So, it is easy to contact him whenever we need to and he answers quite fast.

He made potcast for audience so, we can download his classes or mp3 files.

 

•Accuracy

This web site is appropriate to the site’s purpose-ESL, studying English. All the contents are easy to read and understand. This site included links relevant and many sponsor links. However, when I want to find some specific information, it is difficult because they have lots of categories. So, they need to provide some search function.

 

•Currency

They update many information and document everyday and the author upload his potcast often. “Grammer lesson”, “Idiom” list are not uploaded that often but they are enough to study.

And If we need more information, we can get them from sponsor links.

 

•Content & Functionality

This web site has interesting and neat graphic and all information is well organized and arranged.

Most of internet user can easy to navigate here and they don’t need any particular software or hardware requirements, so don’t need to be stressed to download any equipment.

 

•Feedback

There are particular sections called ‘Help Center’ to ask and have feedback between users and author. I think it is really essential and useful. We can share our opinion in this wall such as ‘Blogger’ or ‘Facebook’. Of course user can use e-mail but the but using ‘Help Center’ is faster and easier.

 

>>Conclusion

Based on these evaluation, I think this web site is a reliable source of information for intended audience to use ,so I recommend this web site to everyone who studying English.