My TV Guide in Britain

A WebQuest for Spanish Students Travelling to Britain

Designed by

Amparo, Bego and Juan Carlos

 

Introduction | Task | Process | Evaluation | Conclusion | Credits


Introduction

You have spent one week in Great Britain and you have watched British television. You are going to recommend the best programmes to watch at different times of day to your classmates.

What is on TV this week?

 


The Task

You will work in groups. Each group will be based in a different part of the country watching TV at different times.

  • Group A: You are in England.
  • Group B: You are in Scotland.
  • Group C: You are in Wales.
  • Group D: You are in Northern Ireland.


Task for each group:

  • Group A: What soap opera can you watch in the afternoon?
  • Group B: What films can see in the evening?
  • Group C: What talk shows can you watch in the morning?
  • Group D: When can you watch cartoons?


You can find all this information on the websites of the different TV channels.


The Process

To accomplish the task, you have to visit the following websites:

  1. www.bbc.co.uk/tv/
  2. www.itv.com/
  3. www.channel4.com

Visit the web pages of the TV channels and find what your group has been asked to look for.


Evaluation

 


 The rubric below is intended for self and pair evaluation.  Naturally, your aim is the best, that is exemplary quality of work.
Beginning

1

Developing

2

 Accomplished

3

 Exemplary

4

 Score

 

 

Web search and planning

 

 

Passive role in team work

Shows little effort or interest

Random,  last-minute activity 

 

 

Shows more effort and interest 

but  should improve research, planning and collaboration skills 

 

Demonstrates an ability to effectively use  many sources of information.

Contributes useful ideas to team work and  assumes a responsible and  encouraging role

 

Assumes full responsibility for his/her own work and contributes  a lot of original ideas to team effort.  Is good at summing up ideas and  presenting arguments and solutions to problems 

  

Brochure: Contents and design
 

 

Work  

barely meets the minimum requirements 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Work includes a few important ideas but the contents are superficial and disorganized  Copy-and-paste activities dominate

Work includes many good ideas clearly and logically presented   Text and picture ratio well balanced  Shows attention to language and visual impression

 Score

 

 

 

Conclusion

As you can see there are a lot of TV programmes that you can watch while you are in Britain. You just have to look for them in a TV guide.

If you access to cable TV, try to watch English channels. By doing so your English will improve.


Credits & References

Remember that you have visited the TV channels websites (BBC, ITV, Channel 4) to do this activity. You can also visit them when you want to watch British television.

Last updated on August 9, 2007. Based on a template from The WebQuest Page