Introduction
Welcome to our new webquest, English-speaking nations throughout the world, where you will discover more about these countries.
In which countries is English spoken as a first or second language?
What do you know about these nations?
Have you traveled to any of the nations on this list?
What type of information would you require in order to determine whether or not to visit the nation, and why?
Let us get together and plan a fantastic trip!
Consider the following scenario: our class is planning a school trip to a place where English is spoken. You and three partners will be allocated to one of six destinations: Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, South Africa, or India. To persuade the rest of the class that your location is the most intriguing and unique to visit, you must gather basic knowledge about your country and its major features.
This Webquest will teach you more about English-speaking nations other than the United Kingdom and the United States, as well as how to plan a vacation utilizing all of the internet's capabilities.
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 5 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 PowerPoint Presentation and present it in front of the class.
Process
1- Divide into five groups and read the directions below in order to complete the tasks.
2- Each group will research one of these countries and assign tasks to each member.
- America: Canada
- Europe: Ireland
- Africa: South Africa
- Asia: India
- Oceania: Australia; New Zealand
3- Each group member will take on a role and complete the necessary tasks in order to design the perfect trip to one of the English-speaking countries. As a result, the initial step is to allocate and organize the following roles:
1. THE AMBASSADOR will present general information on the destination, including its location on a map, official language, capital city and other major cities, flag and symbols, climate, population,, and currency.
2. HISTORIAN is in charge of offering travel advice as well as cultural and historical information about the area, such as the most important traditions, popular sports and music, traditional cuisine, and so on.
3. TOUR GUIDE must locate at least three tourism sites or activities in the desired location. Remember to look into different activities, maps, schedules, and pricing...
4. TRAVEL AGENT will plan the vacation, including transportation from Vitória/ES to the destination and hotel reservations (detail this information and final price using the following charts).
5. THE COOK will create a traditional English food chosen by the group and serve it to all classmates to sample.
ALL MEMBERS will assist each other in researching for specific information, collecting images, considering their ideas, and discussing what they have found. Make a decision on how you want to design your presentation and then start working on 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
Evaluation
- You are required to evaluate yourself and your teamwork using the criteria supplied. This will be factored into the teacher's final grade as well.
- At the conclusion of this activity, the class will vote on which presentation was the best and which country they would visit.
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Beginning |
Developing |
Accomplished |
Exemplary |
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Content of PowerPoint Presentation |
Presentation reflects little research, and makes few points about the chosen country. |
Presentation reflects some research, and makes some points about the chosen country. |
Presentation is accurate, reflects, research, and makes good points about the chosen country. |
Presentation is accurate, reflects thorough research, and makes significant points about the chosen country. |
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Creativity |
Student’s writing is not engaging. They rarely if at all use the format of the presentation creatively to convey the concepts to the class. |
Student’s writing does little to engage the audience. They sometimes use the format of the presentation creatively to convey the concepts to the class. |
Student’s writing is mainly engaging. They mainly use the format of the presentation creatively to convey the concepts to the class. |
Student’s writing is clever and engaging. They use the format of the presentation creatively to convey the concepts to the class. |
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Presentation Content |
Poorly chosen, media is not visually appealing with little if any graphics and no use of color or font style. Text has no sequence. |
Somewhat visually appealing with few graphics and some use of color and font style. Sequence of text is difficult to understand. |
Media is visually appealing with use of graphics, color, and font style. Text is sequential. |
Well-chosen media, professional looking and visually appealing with illustrative graphics, use of color, and use of font style. Text follows a logical sequence. |
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Presentation Delivery |
Presentation does not grab the audience’s attention. |
Presentation does little to grab audience’s attention. |
Presentation mostly grabs the audience’s attention. |
Presentation grabs the audience’s attention from the start, and maintains it throughout. |
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Documentation |
Used only few sources and visuals in their work. Failed to document mostly all sources including visuals. |
Used some sources and visuals in their work. Failed to document a few sources including visuals appropriately. |
Used sources and visuals in their work. Documented all except one or two sources including visuals appropriately. |
Used several sources and visuals in their work. Documented all sources including visuals appropriately. |
Conclusion
You have learned a lot about English-speaking countries and the importance of learning English at school after completing this Webquest.
You also have enhanced your digital writing skills by learning how to acquire content on the Internet and put it into a PowerPoint presentation.
Finally, you will have produced an oral presentation, demonstrating your increased speaking abilities!