Review #1

Name: Learning Resources
http://literacyworks.org/learningresources/4_networked_indiv/lr_networked_indiv_home.html

Level and Skill: I think this website would be most useful for Adult Learners levels 4-5. While this site emphasizes vocabulary understanding and use, the actual material could be applied in as wide a range as the teacher could imagine.

Interactive: Yes, There are evaluation exercises available upon reading, viewing and listening to the various articles that practice vocabulary, word order, word choice, and comprehension of article. There is also an open forum that allows all participants to review the article.

ESL/Non-ESL: Learning Resources is specifically designed to "help adults improve basic skills like reading and spelling using real-life stories on topics of interest to adults."

What makes it good?

This website uses current, interesting material with a higher level vocabulary that make it very useful for an advanced, adult class. The site is very easy to use and the stories make use of authentic language and provides it in a full version, abridged, and outline format. The applications of this material for an instructor to use in the classroom are manifold. The interactive activities included within the website are useful in practicing and testing vocabulary, reading and listening comprehension. The added feature which allows the users to comment on the article also provides a useful writing component. Overall, I would rate this website highly for the learner/teacher group it targets.