Introduction
Getting to Know Barcelona is an activity designed to provide a general overview of the city and create a lively environment in which students can learn and share their ideas with their mates, and gain motivation at the same time they improve their foreign language skills.
This webquest aims to allow students to practise a foreign language and combine new technologies with traditional means of communication. Besides we offer our students an opportunity to analyse different ideas about Barcelona and Europe, so that they learn to be more tolerant and open their minds to a multicultural society.
This is part of PBL. The didactic methods are focused on action and the subjects of learning are the students themselves.
Process
- Students will work in groups of 3.
Each group will choose a name (Famous people born in the city of Barcelona) and will be givean a Padlet page which you can modify from the folowing:
https://padlet.com/luzmariasantama/snswzkb2jol7
The new padlet boards should be protected protected since the students can write their answers on them. If you want to use this webquest, you just have to remake the template (just change the name of the group and the fotograph)
There they will find a series of questions about Barcelona and will have to answer them searching for information at http://meet.barcelona.cat/en/
After completing the webquest, groups will be given marks for right answers, but they will also be punished if grammar is not correct.
Listening comprehension:
Listen to these songs and complete the missing words in the lyrics: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5F96eG0WrL7dTlNWXJKT0x3NWM/view?usp=sharing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Wi1d0FNgdQ
To conclude, students will try to find out information about the characted they were given a the beginning of the webquest and complete a biography following he steps suggested in the followng template:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5F96eG0WrL7eksxUnlmVXpIbG8/view?usp=sharing
Evaluation
Students will be assessed following the Rubric they will be given in the classroom, bearing in mind the following:
- Directions-
- Cooperative work
- Use of Resources
- Completion of the project
- Presentation of the project