The role of WeQuests in learning a foreign/second language

 

 

 

 

A Web Quest is an inquiry-oriented activity in which some or all of the information that learners interact with comes from  resources on the internet, optionally supplemented withvideoconferencing.                                                                           

A Web quest provides a means of supplying to students a topic-oriented hotlist of Web sites as a starting point for gathering information or ideas. Usually Web quests are group activities with an end goal of creating a document that collects. Web quests tend to be student-oriented and collaborative, with students engaged in constructivist activities resulting in shared learning experiences and new knowledge.

 

The web quest is important and useful for students. Students who is using web quest, they think together and they compare the information.web quest In the process, the students learn how to search effectively, evaluate what they find, and write it. They can search in group or individual about the information that they need in the web quest.the teacher is to help the students to understand the topic and to give them a clear idea and information about the topics. In web quest, the students can explore the materials, activities, information and ideas that they need it and search about it.

In our school , they don't use web quest too much because no internet available or technology.

      In my opinion, the web Quest, it provides information and a specific ideas  of the topics that the students need it in their study or in their life.     

 

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website evluation:

 

   URL: http://a4esl.org/      

Title: Activities for ESL Students.

It is a website to help students learn English as a Second Language (ESL),or as

 a foreign language(EFL). It is contain Quizzes, tests, exercises and puzzles to

 help students learn English. This website has thousands of contributions by

 many teachers. 

Website general evaluation:

 

The website is very useful for the students to learn English, also it

has a lot of quizzes and exercises that can the students test

themselves. In addition, it has a quizzes for all the level for the

students (easy, medium and difficult).

Advantages:

 

There are a many advantages in this website, it is easy to use and it is  a clear, accuracy and meaningful for the students.  Also, it is interactive website and all the information and ideas links to each other.

On the other hand, the students can use this website free and they

don't need to pay for it. They can know the correct answer in this

 website. It has a good choice of colors that help and encourage the

 students to learn better.

 

Disadvantages:

There is not a pictures or graphics that can help the students to

learn better. Also, no sounds found in the website.

In the end, I think it is very useful website that the

students can learn from it.

 

 

Done by: Razan badawi-Reem salem