World Englih- online quizzes

Website of the day: world English -- online quizzes  

What is this?

It is a great website with not only quizzes but loads of learning resources. The website is particularly useful for those teachers who do not have time to make quizzes for every lesson and grammar rules.  

Why is the content good for language learning?

•  There are variety of quizzes which are categorized systematically based on the language skills such as vocabulary, grammar, reading, and writing.  
•  There are different kinds of quizzes such as crosswords, riddles, word grouping and so on.     
•  In addition to quizzes, there are also grammar and vocabulary references, useful language learning links, and much more resources. Teachers can find many teaching materials from the links provided.
• Teachers as well as students can sign up for a free monthly newsletter containing grammar/vocabulary exercises, English jokes, e-learning resources and man more.  

Classroom use

• Teachers can use the vocabulary quizzes as games to spice up the class. Students don't need to use the computers since teachers can project the screen to the blackboard. Then teachers divide students into small groups and have them compete with other teams on guessing what the answers are. The team which gets the highest score can win a prize. Click here to see an example vocabulary quiz.




Have students guess the words beginning with "E"


•   After teaching vocabulary, teachers can find suitable quizzes for students to practice what they have just learnt. Take the quizzes about antonyms of common adjectives for example, teachers can use the quiz as a wrap-up activity in the end of the vocabulary class. Click here to see the website.

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  Teachers can have students read an article from the website first and then have students do the comprehension questions online. Click here to do a quiz based on a reading provided by World English.  

 

 Limitations

• The answers to theses quizzes mostly are just underneath each question. Students can easily see the answers without really doing the quizzes.  

        

• The layout of these online quizzes are plain and less motivating.  
• Some quizzes, particularly designed to familiarize students with grammar, are mechanical practices without meaningful contexts. Therefore, it makes little difference whether students do online quizzes or paper-based quizzes.
• Only some quizzes are specified the levels of difficulty. Teachers might have to try out many quizzes to find a suitable one for their students.