A WebQuest for Teachers
Group 4 Tasksheet
1. First you need to make and save a copy of this worksheet so that you
can write in it. Do it like this:
- Select this whole page (Click on this page. Hold down Ctrl and press A)
- Now make a copy of it (Hold down Ctrl and press C)
- Now open Word (Click on
 on the bottom left of
your screen or via the Start menu)
- Paste the Tasksheet into Word (Hold down Ctrl and press V). This
should now appear on your screen as a black and white document.
- Save the document according to your tutor's
instructions
2. Read the first situation and the question/task.
3. Click on the link (and follow any instructions given with it) to go
to the website and try to answer the question or complete the task. You
can write or paste the answer into the Answer box (it will expand to fit).
4. Go back to the same website and spend a few minutes exploring it.
Make notes on the following:
- What else can you find there that may be useful in your teaching?
- Does it make you think of any ideas for teaching with this material?
- Anything you have to bear in mind? (eg American English)
- What's your general evaluation of this site?
Write your comments in the Comments box of your worksheet.
5. Now do the next two tasks following instructions 2-4 above.
Task 4A
| Situation |
Visual aids are invaluable for eliciting and
clarifying vocabulary. You are teaching prepositions to a
beginner's group in the morning and food to an advanced group in
the afternoon. |
| Question/Task |
Copy and paste two images into the answer box. One of
the preposition "next", and one of "toad in the
hole" . |
| Answer: |
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| Link: |
http://web.uvic.ca/hcmc/clipart/
(look in the Topic Gallery there) and in Google
click on the
Images tab. Then go to Advanced Image Search. Several
people have called their house "Toad in the Hole" -
how can you avoid getting pictures of those? |
Comments about these sites
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Task 4B
| Situation |
Your intermediate students are interested in the news, but
they find the newspapers too difficult to read. There's
just too much vocabulary that they don't know. |
| Question/Task |
Click on the main
story. What are the advantages of students doing this
online rather than printing it off for them to do in
class? And why is it better than an ordinary newspaper? |
| Answer: |
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| Link: |
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/newsenglish/witn/index.shtml |
| Comments about this site |
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Task 4C
When you have finished ask your tutor if there's time to try some
more. If so, go to All Tasks, and
investigate some more sites (you don't have to write about them) | 