Another website that has been chosen is an interactive learning to read

website that offers short stories, comics and games in a fun manner. The website is

(http://www.starfall.com/index.htm) with the slogan “Where children have fun learning

to read!”. This site focuses on teaching children how to read.

The website offers mailing system for the users such as parents or educators

to give feedback to the site’s admin (attachment). It also contains short stories and

stories from different countries and region, which serves the users that, may have

come from different part of the world. The books are grouped in its own genre and

the purpose of the user so that it is easy to browse it. Genres of the books vary to

folktales, Greek myths, fiction, non-fiction, Chinese fables, poetry and even comics

(attachment). Although the books offered may not be an award winning books, some

of the stories are widely known by the children or actually familiar for them to relate

with.

What was liked on the website is, it is colourful (attachment) and fun to use,

plus it is easy to use. The website is a very good interactive website that could

actually fulfil its purpose of teaching children to read. There are features such as

read-aloud section, graphic animation, printable exercises, reading and writing

games (attachment). The website is a surprise for those who may not know how to

use it, because the first page may seems like a common old website. Once used, the

website actually offers more than what was first expected of the website. Even

though the website was fun, there was a little problem with the pronunciation, such

as that it could have happen because the speaker is probably little children.

Teachers could use the website when doing reading activities such reading aloud,

playing the games and the usage of technologies in classroom environment. When

in a classroom, the teacher can show the website to the pupils and use it with them.

While doing the activities, the teacher can print out the printable activity sheet and

use it together (attachment).