Elllo

Screenshot 1: EllloEnglish home page

Description

This is a website filled with activities that suit all type of learners with all different levels provided targeted to help improve listening skills. This website has 5 different main columns, Views, Mixer, Games, News and Scene. Let's first try to understand the function of each column.

a) Views

When you open the Views column, you wil come across audio files with speaker talking about some issue and expressing their views. You will find lots of interesting issues and different type of speakers from all over the world expressing their views.

Screenshot 2: Various audios in the View section

b) Mixer

In the column Mixer, you will come across audio files with 6 speakers talking about the same issue. The speakers might varied from native speaker to other foreign speakers as well. Here you will get to listen to the discussion and debate over the same issue by 6 speakers with different views.

Screenshot 3: Various audios in Mixer section

c) Games

In the Games section, you will come across audio files with a speaker expressing their view on something with games and fun activities to do in regards to the speakers dialogue. You will get to test your skills by playing the games and fulfilling the instructions.

Screenshot 4: Various audio files in Games section

d) Videos

The Video section offers various type of videos with different type of speakers speaking about different things. Here you get to listen and watch the speakers' facial expression at the same time. 

Screenshot 5: Various videos in the Videos section

e) News

Lastly in the News section, you will come across news audio files with different topics and current updates from time to time for the purpose of listening.

Screenshot 6: various news up for listening in News section

Advantages

This website offers different type of audio files, single speaker, group speaking, audio or video and with fun activities for users to choose from. It will not stop to entertain frequent user in many ways too with all the current updates of news and activities. It also has twitter accounts for user to follow to new updates. Furthermore it expose learners to various accents of speakers from around the world. Some of the audio in the new version is also downloadable.

Disadvantages

1. Some topics might not be appropriate for young learners.

2. The accent might make it a bit difficult for young learners to understand.

Suggestions to improve

This website will be able to be more suitable for younger learners if it has automatic under-18 filter function. Apart from that, it will be very much useful for learners to improve their learning skills.