Introduction
This is a webquest about general UK culture in general and study in higher eduacation.
Task
Work in pairs or small groups and use the internet to find the answers to the following questions.
Questions
- What is the difference between the United Kingdom, Great Britain and England?
- What are the floral emblems of Scotland, England, Wales and Northern Ireland?
- Who is the current Prime Minister of the UK?
- Where does the Prime Minister live?
- What is the shadow cabinet?
- Scotland and Northern Ireland are devolved. What does this mean?
- What is the Union Jack?
- What is a Bachelor's degree?
- What is an undergraduate?
- How are you expected to learn at university? Click for a link
- What is independent learning?
- What are 2 important aspects of independent learning?
Process
The process of the task
*work in pairs or small groups
*read through the questions and check for understanding
*ask about any questions you are unsure of
*go to a search engine (preferably an English one such as google.com or bing.com)
*find the answers to as many questions as possible
*make a notes of the answers you find to fill in the answer table (in evaluation)
* complete the answer table
*complete the task evaluation
Evaluation
For the evaluation summarise the information you've found and add it to the table below.
Complete the table with the answers for questions 1-12 in the task.
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Conclusion
Take some time to reflect on the task.
As you think, consider the following questions
- Was it easy to find the information?
- What was easy?
- What was more challening?
- Was there a lot of information to choose from?
- Did you have to read more than one website for some questions?
- Are you 100% sure that you have the right answer?