A Proposal of Evaluation Criteria for the Quality of ESL/EFL Websites for Autonomous Learning-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

A Proposal of Evaluation Criteria for the Quality of ESL/EFL Websites for Autonomous Learning

Published:2020 Issue: Volume: Page:102-117
ISSN:2372-109X
Container-title:Advances in Linguistics and Communication Studies
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Author:

Aguayo-Arrabal Natividad¹^ORCID,Ramírez-Delgado Cristina de las Montañas¹^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Sevilla, Spain

Abstract

In the current digital era, autonomous learning outside formal education has become a significant context for languages. In view of the huge number of websites for the study of foreign languages and their popularity due to the advantages of autonomous online learning, the authors' main goal is to evaluate the technical quality of a free online resource for the self-study of English: ESOL courses. For this purpose, this chapter presents the design of the evaluation tool: a checklist through which aspects concerning functionality and usability have been analyzed as essential characteristics of the technical dimension of a website, based on an extensive literature review and the initial technical analysis within LinguApp. The results show that non-compliance with the evaluated items leads to a deficient experience for independent users, unable to exploit all possibilities of the website due to the technical limitations they may encounter.

Publisher

IGI Global

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