Introduction
Hello people!
Welcome to our new webquest: English-speaking countries around the world and you will learn more about these countries where English is spoken.
Which countries have English as a first or second language?
What do you know of these countries?
Have you visited one of these countries?
What kind of information would you need to decide on a visit to the country and why?
Let's go together to prepare a wonderful trip!
Imagine that our class should prepare a school trip in an English-speaking country. You and three of your colleagues will be assigned to one of six possible destinations: Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, South Africa, and India. You should find basic information about your country and its main attractions to convince the rest of the class that your destination is the most interesting and exclusive to visit!
Through this webquest, you will learn more about the different English speaking countries besides the UK and US and you will organize how to plan a trip using all the features provided on the net.
Task
It is your job to convince your classmates that your country would be the best place to visit.
- The class will be divided into groups of 05 students. As a group you will work together to explore your country and find basic information about it.
- You will surf on English web pages to find information about your English-speaking country.
- Once you have all the information, your group will have to design and create a travel brochure of its English-speaking country using the presentation editor Prezi and present it in front of the class.
Process
1- Make groups of five and read the following instructions to fulfil the mentioned tasks.
2- Each group will find information of one of these countries and each member will have to fulfil a task.
- America: Canada
- Europe: Ireland
- Africa: South Africa
- Asia: India
- Oceania: Australia; New Zealand
3- Each member of the group will take a role and carry out the required task to plan the best trip to one the English-speaking counties. So the first thing you need to do is to distribute and organize the following roles:
1. THE AMBASSADOR will be the person who provides the general facts of the destination: localization in a map, official language, capital city and other important cities, flag and symbols, climate, the population and the currency.
2. HISTORIAN is responsible for giving travel advice and providing cultural and historical facts of the destination: the most important traditions, the most popular sports and music, the typical food, etc…
3. TOUR GUIDE needs to find at least 3 tourist attractions or events at the desired destination. Remember that you need to research different activities, maps, schedules, prices…
4. TRAVEL AGENT will organize the trip: transportation to destination from Vitória/ES and booking accommodation (detail this information and final price using the following charts).
5. THE COOK will prepare a typical dish of the English country chosen by the group and to serve to all classmates tast it.
ALL MEMBERS will help each other to find out the specific information, collect some images, discuss their ideas and talk about what they have found. Decide how you are going to design your presentation and create it.
Suggested Sites to Search:
English speaking countries around the world:
https://www.google.com.br/?gws_rd=ssl#q=english+speaking+countries+around+the+world
English speaking countries and their cultures:
https://www.google.com.br/?gws_rd=ssl#q=english+speaking+countries+and+their+cultures
English speaking countries tourism:
https://www.google.com.br/?gws_rd=ssl#q=english+speaking+countries+tourism
English speaking countries travel:
https://www.google.com.br/?gws_rd=ssl#q=english+speaking+countries+travel
English speaking countries trip:
https://www.google.com.br/?gws_rd=ssl#q=english+speaking+countries+trip
Prezi (free): https://prezi.com/signup/public/
Evaluation
For thi
- For the group mark, your teacher will assess:
- The quality of the information in the Prezi presentation.
- The correct use of English (vocabulary, grammar, spelling,…)
- The appearance of the Prezi presentation (images, videos…)
- For the individual mark, your teacher will assess:
- Your participation in developing the task.
- Your participation in the forum in the Facebook Group.
- Your speaking performance during your presentation: preparation, fluency, pronunciation, etc.
- Moreover, you will have to assess yourself and your team work using the rubric provided. The teacher will also consider this as another point in the final mark.
- At the end of this activity, the class will vote for the best presentation and will choose the country where they would go.
Conclusion
After doing this WebQuest, you will have learnt a lot about English- speaking countries and the importance of learning English at school.
You will also have learned how to find information on the Internet and put it into a Prezi presentation so that you will have improved your digital writing skills.
Finally, you will have prepared an oral presentation so that you will have improved your speaking skills!
Credits
por Macson Pontes
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