LANGUAGE LEARNING RESOURCES

INTERNET – BASED

PROJECT WORK

BY:LIDA MARIA VALENCIA VINASCOCATALINA QUIMBAYA ESCOBARGLORIA BEATRIZ MARULANDA RAMIREZ

LANGUAGE LEARNING RESOURCES21ST CENTURY TEACHERS AND LEARNERS`SKILLS

REASONS

INTERNET INTO THE

CLASSROOM

REAL WORLD

INTERACTION

CRITICAL THINKING

WHY DO INTERNET-BASED

PROJECT WORK?

PREPARATION •Choose the project topic.•Make the task clear.•Find the resources.•Decide on the outcome.

FEAT

URE

S Three lessons periods – 45 minutes.

Internet (second, third lessons)

Microsoft Word, OpenOffice.

BASIC PROJECTSA LOW-LEVEL PROJECTMY FAVORITE ACTOR

Countries

Nationalities Places

Dates Past tense

Likes Opinions

Dislikes

PROJECT AIMS:

TO PROVIDE THE OPORTUNITY TO FOCUS ON THESE LANGUAGE AREAS

FIRST LESSON

Homework.

Known and unknown information.

No internet.

SECOND LESSONIdentify sites.

Complete mind map.

Model biography

THIRD LESSON

Information collected.

Their own.

Poster.

STEPS

MY FAVOURITE ACTOR

Mr. Johnny Depp

His name is Johnny Depp. He is 44 years old. He is American. He was born in Kentucky. He is an actor. He lives in France. He is married.

PRACTICAL ACTIVITYCOLOMBIA, A PARADISE TO DISCOVER

Task:• Students will choose a touristic place in Colombia, one that they like

the most or would like to know.• Learners should look for information on the web about the hotels,

and activities people can do there and take notes about that.• Finally students will design a brochure in order to present their places

and make them appear the most interesting one to visit.

A LOW LEVEL PROJECTCOLOMBIA, A PARADISE TO DISCOVER

First lesson:• Students will brainstorm ideas using a mind map about touristic places in

Colombia.• Students will make a list of places they do not know but they would like to

knowSecond lesson • Exploring the web• Model brochureThird lesson• Students will design their final product bringing together collected

information and model by the teacher

EXPLORING WEBSITES

• www.despegar.com• www.viajaporcolombia.com• www.colombia.travel/es• www.colombia.travel/en/where-to-go/caribbean/san-andres• www.goway.com/trips/dest/central-and-south-america/cntry/colo

mbia/reg/amazon/

HIGH-LEVEL PROJECTGLOBAL WARMING

FEATURES• Upper-intermediate level.• Giving opinions, agreeing,

dissagreeing.• Three lessons periods -45

minutes.• Internet (first, second sessions).• Video recording equipment

(third session).

STEPS

FIRST LESSON• Brainstorming.• Group work

(Wikipedia)• Class discussion.

GLOBAL WARMING

EVIDENCE FOR

EVIDENCE AGAINST

COUNTRIES INVOLVED

POSSIBLE EFFECTS

POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS

SECOND SESSION• DEBATE• Presenters.• Scientists.• Environmentalist.• Studio audience.

THIRD SESSIONSetting.

INTERNET-BASED SIMULATIONS

FEATURES

REAL LIFE CONTEXTS

SITUATIONS

WEBSITES

CONTENT

TASK, GOAL-

ORIENTED

GENERAL ENGLISH

TEACHERS

SIMULATIONS

BUSINESS GENERAL ENGLISH

PERSONAL ASSISTANT

• BENEFITS- Websites - Situations- Technology skills

• Occasional activities• Complex tasks.• Written forms

ADAPTATION

- Real life situations- Business-oriented example: A holiday, a school trip. • TASKS- Researching travel options- Accomodations- Things to do

WEBQUESTS(Bernie Dodge)

MINIPROJECTS

SHORT-TERM WEBQUESTS• Sites

LONGER-TERM WEBQUESTSDeep knowledge.Online, offline creation.

STEPSIntroductionTaskProcessEvaluation

WEBQUEST CREATION SKILLS

RESEARCH Resources

ANALYTICAL Check out

WORD PROCESSING Repositories

RESOURCEShttp://www.webquest.orghttp://www.fi.muni.cz/ICT4ELT/websites/webquests_nepouzivase.htmlhttp://www.the consultants-e.com/webquests/

POSSIBILITY STAGE

TOPICMacro/Micro

- Responsible consumerism.- Animal testing.- Child labour.- Sexism

IDENTIFY LEARNING GAPS

Advantages of webquests

INVENTORY RESOURCES

Collecting

UNCOVER THE QUESTIONS

Purpose

DESIGNING FOR SUCCESS

STAGE

BRAINSTORM TRANSFORMATIONS

IDENTIFY REAL WORLD

FEEDBACK

LINKS INTO ROLE

LEARNING TASK

CREATING YOUR WEBQUEST STAGE

WRITING THE

WEBPAGE

ENGAGING

SCAFFOLD THINKING

DECISION

• WEBQUEST PRACTICE

Sites.google.comhttp://www.webquestcreator2.com/majwq/ver/verp/17323https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/article/webquestshttps://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/al/people/harrison/elt_webquest/http://www.webquestcreator2.com/