My Evaluation of an ELT Website: one stop english

Hey everyone! Today I will be evaluating an ELT webside called “one stop english”. You can visit the website from here.

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Main Info About one stop english

one stop english was created in order to help English learners and mainly English teachers. There are currently over 700,000 users in more than 100 countries around the world. You can subscribe for £42 for a year.

It’s a teacher resource site, part of Macmillan Education which is one of the world’s leading publishers of English language teaching materials. Also resources are clearly marked by age and level.

Unfortunately I couldn’t find any information about the founders of the website but I found out that Rachel Slatter is the managing editor and Erica is the development editor. I would’ve liked if they informed the visiters of the website about who founded it; however, there is detailed information about two editors, about what their duties and purposes are, what school they graduated from etc.

You can learn more about the website here!

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The Content of one stop english

There are more than 9,000 resources, including lesson plans, worksheets and flashcards and, moreover, all of them are searchable by age and proficiency level.

There are many lessons including audio and video lessons, comics about grammar skills and they may be enjoyable to young learners, poems and novels, lessons about news from around the world, exams, etc. I think it’s good to use various methods to teach English because very age group, even every person learns English differently.

The picture below is taken from one of the comics about grammar rules. Click here to see more.

Target Audience of one stop english

Altough one stop english was created spesifically for EFL teachers, English learners can also benefit from the website. It is accessible to every age group and every proficiency level.

The Purpose of one stop english

As I said, the website was created both for teachers and learners. Learners can improve their English thanks to various methods, such as video lessons, comics, poetry or news. Teachers can create lesson plans that are available in one stop english. 

Updates

According to the “about” section of the website, there are regular content updates and new and updated resources are published every month. In my opinion it’s important that the content is updated and most of the time new.

Errors

I tried the free trial version and checked as much information as I could. As far as I saw, there were no false information. And there were no broken links therefore I didn’t encounter any errors or mistakes.

Quality of one stop english

There are lots of visual aids in lesson plans that teachers can use. For example, there’s a lesson plan and audio lesson about a story in which a girl travels through time and goes to a rain forest. Many pictures of animals and trees were used and I liked all of them very much. And yes, I think they are appealing to the target audience.

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Applying to EFL Teaching

In my opinion, one stop english must be used by all EFL teachers. The lesson plans in the website look very useful and enjoyable for especially young learners. There are speaking, listening, reading and writing exercises that every level of students can benefit from. Even I’m thinking of using one stop english in the future, when I become a teacher.