Website evaluation

ELLLO

Who authored the website?

His names is Todd Beuckens, and he is the creator of elllo.org. He is an English teacher in Japan. Each week he publishes two new, free listening lessons.

What is the content of website?
It is about learning languages. There are lots of information about target language.
Who is the target audience?
This website is for people from every age. There is no restriction. Every kind of people who wants to learn language is  the target audience.

What is the purpose of the website?

The aim of the site it to make learning English fun, effective, and free and to provide teachers and students with materials that you cannot find in traditional textbooks

Is there a date that the site has last been updated?

New lessons are published each Monday.


Accuracy of the information- are they any errors?

Actually there is no information about this but Author has been teaching English for over twenty years. Also he has taught in Thailand, Taiwan, and Japan. Namely he is multilingual and experienced. Maybe some times coz he is a human

Are there any broken links?

Elllo is free and author create it in his spare time because he is a full-time teacher, so the site is basic, but he tries to modernize it from time to time.


Are the images of high quality and appealing to the target audience?


He created elllo.org in 2003 as part of a MA TESOL graduate school project. Since then, elllo has published more than 2,500 free activities featuring more than 300 speakers from over 100 countries.
It seems that yes it is appealimg to the target audience

How it can be applied to EFL teaching?


Students can use the site to practice English by working on listening, reading, vocabulary and even pronunciation and speaking