Does the software meet each criteria?
1. Origin
The teaching aid chosen is a blog written by an English teacher of a Malaysian secondary school on the Blogger website. The details of the author are provided in the sidebar of the website.
2. Accessability
Since the teaching aid is a blog, it allows visitors to have an easy and free access. The help feature provided is in the form of a comment section where visitors are encouraged to comment on any enquiries regarding any posts. Since the site is quite straightforward with it being a simple ordinary blog, there are no specific rules given on how to navigate through the website. It is rather easy to go from one page to the other because there are a multiple links which takes you to them. However, the site is only a source of reference for language learning rather than an activity-packed teaching aid, hence it does not have any passwords nor registration.
3. Design
The blog is quite plain in design and features. On the positive side, this makes navigating through the site much easier.
4. Content
The site is aimed at helping students have a better understanding on how to answer their English Language examination and also to aid teachers in making the teaching process more enjoyable. The materials provided are all categorized according to level of study. Being an English Language aid for teachers and students, the site is free from any types of spelling mistakes, grammatical errors and typos. One of the perks of this site is it provides link to other relevant sites after each post to further aid visitors' teaching and learning process. Each post also includes graphics and some others have videos and sounds.
5. Currency
The blog is constantly updated with major exam tips and tricks for scoring well in English Language Examination.
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