LANGUAGE LEARNING

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LIDA MARIA VALENCIA VINASCO
CATALINA QUIMBAYA ESCOBAR
GLORIA BEATRIZ MARULANDA RAMIREZ

LANGUAGE LEARNING
RESOURCES

21ST CENTURY TEACHERS AND LEARNERS`SK

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PREPARATION

Choose the project

topic.
Make the task clear.
Find the resources.
Decide on the
outcome.

FEATURES

BASIC PROJECTS
A LOW-LEVEL
PROJECT
MY FAVORITE
Three
lessons
ACTOR
periods 45
minutes.

Internet (second,
third lessons)
Microsoft Word,
OpenOffice.

PROJECT AIMS:
TO PROVIDE THE OPORTUNITY TO FOCUS ON
THESE LANGUAGE AREAS
Countri
es

Dates

Past
tense

Dislikes

Nationalit
ies

Places

Likes

Opinio
ns

STEPS
FIRST
LESSON

SECOND
LESSON

THIRD
LESSON

Identify sites.

Information
collected.

Homework.

Complete mind
map.

Their own.

Known and
unknown
information.

Model biography

Poster.

No internet.

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 ACTIVITY
COLOMBIA, 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 PROJECT

COLOMBIA, 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 know
Second lesson
Exploring the web
Model brochure
Third 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/s
an-andres
www.goway.com/trips/dest/central-and-south-amer
ica/cntry/colombia/reg/amazon/

FEATURES
Upper-intermediate level.
Giving opinions,
agreeing, dissagreeing.
Three lessons periods -45
minutes.
Internet (first, second
sessions).
Video recording
equipment (third
session).

HIGH-LEVEL
PROJECT
GLOBAL
WARMING

STE
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FIRST LESSON
Brainstorming.
Group work
(Wikipedia)
Class discussion.

GLOBAL
WARMING
EVIDENCE
FOR

EVIDENCE
AGAINST

COUNTRIE
S
INVOLVED

POSSIBLE
EFFECTS

POSSIBLE
SOLUTION
S

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

THIRD
SESSION
Setting.

INTERNET-BASED
SIMULATIONS

GENERA
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ENGLISH
TEACHE
RS

REAL
LIFE
CONTEX
TS
SITUATI
ONS
FEATURE
S

TASK,
GOALORIENTE
D

WEBSIT
ES
CONTEN
T

SIMULATI
ONS

BUSINESS

GENERAL ENGLISH

PERSONAL ASSISTANT

ADAPTATION

BENEFITS
Websites
Situations
Technology skills

Occasional activities
Complex tasks.
Written forms

- Real life situations

- Business-oriented example: A
holiday, a school trip.

TASKS
Researching travel options
Accomodations
Things to do

WEBQUESTS
(Bernie Dodge)
MINIPROJECTS
LONGER-TERM
WEBQUESTS
Deep knowledge.
Online, offline creation.

SHORT-TERM
WEBQUESTS
Sites
STEPS
Introduction
Task
Process
Evaluation

WEBQUES
T
CREATION

SKIL
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RESEAR
CH

Resources

ANALYTI
CAL

Check out

WORD
PROCESSI
NG

Repositorie
s

RESOURCES
http://www.webquest.org
http://www.fi.muni.cz/ICT4ELT/websites/webquests_nepou
zivase.html
http://www.the consultants-e.com/webquests/

POSSIBILIT
Y STAGE

TOPIC
Macro/Micro

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

IDENTIFY
LEARNING
GAPS

Advantages
of
webquests

INVENTORY
RESOURCES

UNCOVER
THE
QUESTIONS

Collecting

Purpose

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BRAINSTORM
TRANSFORMATI
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IDENTIFY
REAL
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FEEDBAC
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LINKS
INTO
ROLE

CREATING YOUR WEBQUEST

STAGE
WRITING
THE
WEBPAGE

DECISION

ENGAGIN
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 WEBQUEST PRACTICE

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