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5. The teaching of English at ESB Axes English and Communication English and the Use of Technological Resources English and Literature Contextual Dimension Textual Dimension Communicative Situations Lexical Aspect Grammatical Aspect Phonological Aspect
6. What approach? Literacy based instruction Intercultual Perspective Grisolía, C. (2008): Exploring the usefulness of incorporating the WebQuest as a motivating strategy to learning English at Secondary School. Universidad de Jaén. España CLIL Project Work Task-based Approach
16. WQ Model to teach English as Foreign Language (Grisolía, 2008) Pre- Reading phase INTRODUCTION TASK PROCESS Prior knowledge activation Reading phase Reading and vocabulary workshop Task preparation Writing Fase de Post-Lectura Task completion workshop EVALUATION CONCLUSION
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20. Factors to bear in mind when designing a WebQuest to teach a FL (Grisolía, C. 2008) Learners: Level, age, Vocabulary needed Didactic unit linguistic knowledge. Strategies to be in which the WQ practised. is integrated. Text genre, etc. Resources Linguistic and non-linguistic objectives. Contents. FACTORS
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22. The WebQuest … constitutes one of the pedagogical strategies that can offer a great value to the educational use of the Web…
23. Taller : “Construyendo una WebQuest” Objetivos WebQuest Clasificación Elementos Junín,2008
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25. No es la única ni principal manera de trabajar para logar el desarrollo del pensamiento crítico de los alumnos, pero sí una nueva estrategia de este momento que brinda un valor agregado más a los recursos de los docentes, y permite la transformación y la construcción del conocimiento, utilizando la Web . La WebQuest
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It possesses an instructive structure that favors a good use of time and resources, and it also favors organization. It is an activity generally done in groups which promotes cooperation and collaboration among learners. It has highly motivating elements such as: the use of authentic material, solving creative tasks, autonomy development, personal satisfaction since the work is appreciated and evaluated. It possesses within it the idea of interdisciplinary work as contents from other areas are worked with. It helps to the development of cognitive processes as the students have to: analyse, organise, compare, induce, deduce, etc., to transform the information and create something new.
As we said before, a WebQuest is a pedagogical activity based on the completion of tasks and the learning of contents from different areas. So, learners are required to carry out a project which promotes interdisciplinary work by taking on roles from real life (something to be created, problem to be solved, position to be debated, creative work, something that requires thinking!) . let’s say that two methodological approaches that integrate the four macroskills in foreign language teaching could be applied through the use of the WebQuest. They are: 1. Task-Based Learning 2. Content-Based Learning And another approach could be added: 3. Project-Based Learning from the Web.
Having in mind the elements of the WebQuest referred to before, we might say that the pre-reading stage relates to the introduction, the task planning section and the beginning of the process. The reading stage has to do with the instruction in reading strategies while consulting the web resources selected by the teacher in order to obtain the necessary information to do the final task. Finally, the post-reading stage is related to the completion of the task when the learners transform the information into something different, and also related to the evaluation and conclusion. It can be added that this model takes into account intensive as well as extensive reading. Perez Torres proposes to include a reading workshop during the reading stage.
The acquisition of vocabulary might occur both accidentally, when the learner is reading and looking for information; or through explicit instruction by solving lexical tasks proposed by the teacher. Both types of acquisition are favored by the online environment. In order to promote vocabulary acquisition, Pérez Torres (2006) also proposes the inclusion of a vocabulary workshop within the WebQuest in the process step. The purpose of this decision is to assure an efficient pedagogical value to the WebQuest in foreign language teaching and learning.
Among the factors we should bear in mind when designing a WebQuest we might mention: The learner: level, age, linguistic knowledge. The vocabulary needed. The didactic unit in which the WebQuest is integrated. Strategies to be practised. Text genre. Contents. Linguistic and non-linguistic objectives Resources found on the Web.
As regards the steps to design a WebQuest, it is important to consider the following aspects: Explore the possibilities and define the WebQuest topic Establish the roles. Define the task Describe of the process Select the resources Describe learners’ evaluation Complete the other sections and create the web page Finally, the WebQuest should be placed on the Web. It is not necessary to be a Web Page Designer since there are lots of webpages that help teachers to create the WebQuest following easy steps