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Online Writing Lab

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Reviewed:: Feb 18, 2019 by English

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Overview:: Online, interactive writing assistance that is rhetorically based. Contains sample student papers, self-correcting quizes, as well as informational pages."
Type of Material:: Simulation
Recommended Uses:: The content can be self-study, but it is not dynamic enough to be in-class materials.
Technical Requirements:: reliable internet connection
Identify Major Learning Goals:: This website helps its users to enhance their English writing skills and includes informational webpages about writing techniques, and self-correcting quizzes to ameliorate the syntactic forms.
Target Student Population:: College General Ed, High School
Prerequisite Knowledge or Skills:: High proficiency in English

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The readings are good. The guidelines for writing and citation help are very useful.

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Integrating Multiple Texts section could not be accessed.

The content did not provide adequate examples that explain the explained points. That could be an obstacle for some users to understand the whole content.

Potential Effectiveness as a Teaching Tool

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Strengths:: The quizzes help the website users know if he process of their comprehension of the content is efficient or not.
Concerns:: The website does not mention any information about the level of the English language that the website users have to possess to be able to learn the content. Some of the content seems to be for intermediate users while other content seems to be for advanced level users.

Ease of Use for Both Students and Faculty

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Instructions are clear.

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Section 5 link is not working.

The website designer's contact information is invalid.

Other Issues and Comments:: The website has not been updated since 1999.
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