ESL Website (1)- John's ESL Community

I googled for esl websites and found lots of esl websites. http://www.google.com.my/search?hl=en&q=esl+websites&meta=
In this posting, I will talk about John's ESL Community website http://www.johnsesl.com/
which i found at Tower of English ESL Sites http://towerofenglish.com/eslsites.html .
The Tower of English ESL Sites has a list of ESL websites.



This website has 2 categories of users which are the Students category and the Teachers category.
I browsed through the Students category.
The Student category has 5 sub-categories which are Language skills, Quizzes, Games, Riddles and Holidays.

Under the language skills category, there are 7 sub-categories which are Vocabulary, Reading, Writing, Listening, Grammar, Idioms and Quotes.
The Listening sub-category is interesting, There is a section on minimal pairs /b/ and /v/, it's quite hard to differentiate the /b/ and /v/ and i scored 11 correct out of 16 questions (68%)
The Grammar section is divided into two parts which are Beginning Grammar and Intermediate.
This category is suitable for beginner students. Secondary students can benefit a lot in the writing, listening and grammar sections.

Under the Quizzes category, there are 9 sub-categories which are Short answer, Cloze, Yes/no, Multiple choice, Vocabulary, Scramble text, Flash Cards, Matching and Listening.
This category is suitable for primary and early secondary students ( Form1-3).

Under the Games category, there are 6 sub-categories which are Hangman, Maldlibs, Scrambled Text, Matching games, Action mazes and Never ending story.
This category is suitable for beginner students. Besides testing ones vocabulary, one can have fun at the same time. Learning becomes interactive.

Under the Riddles category, there are 4 sub-categories which are Logic, Math, What am I? and Words.
This category is very mind boggling.... it's perfect for those who loves riddles.
It is suitable for anyone who wish to have their thinking cap on!

Under the Holidays category, there are 4 sub-categories which are New year, Christmas, Valentine's day and More.
This category is more of an information section. In this section are brief information and history of well-known and celebrated occasions and people such as Thanksgiving day, President's day and Martin Luther King.
This category is suitable for anyone who wish to read up some information or history...

Overall, this website is suited best for beginner level students.
It is a site recommended to all beginner students.