Introduction

Year ten students have been learning about phonology and pronunciations. Two lucky students were nominated to conduct a one week teaching program for the ESL class in the school. The program which will be taught by the students and supervision of the school ESL teacher has to include something about alphabets, syllables, vowels, consonants, diphthongs, word and sentence stress, rhythm and intonation. The two students have to carry the teachings them selves as young teachers. Therefore they will have to go through lot of preparations and practise before hand. They have to gather the information needed, put it all together as little units to be taught to the ESL class in the school for duration of one week.

The Task

The two year ten students has to search for information on the internet and put it together in small units , ready to be taught on daily basis for one week to year seven ESL class. The two students also have to prepare how to deliver these lessons. They can obtain help from teachers, friends, internet and other sources in order to make their lessons as successful as possible.

Introduction

Those lessons are designed for year ten students who will go on school experience shortly. These two students whishing to become ESL teachers in the future were lucky enough that the school is able to cater for their needs and help them gain experience in that field.

Learners

This web Quest is designed for advanced year ten students. It is geared to improve student’s research skills, putting information together, planning ESL lessons, being able to deliver lessons to ESL students and report writing. This is the areas which the students will improve at.

Process

This task needs lot of preparations and research and good English skills, therefore it was only offered to advanced year ten students. Students will be working on their task with the support of the ESL teacher in the school.  She will be monitoring them closely because it is new hard experience for them. Students have to have good grasp of the topic pronunciation and phonology. They also have to gather information from the internet and work out what is suitable for their students; put this information together the way it’s going to be taught. They also have to have some skills of classroom managements. Then they will deliver the lessons in one week time. They have to keep a record of their experience as new young teachers. Finally they have to write a report about their experience working with ESL learners and advise fellow year ten students whether to choose an education career or look for other directions in life.

Resources needed

 Students mainly will be using the internet for their research. They could use hard copies as well. Seeking teachers help would be another great input to them especially with classroom management. Any difficulty arises, the ESL teacher who is supporting them will be there to offer help.

Evaluation

These young teachers will be evaluated according to their age and experience. Therefore evaluation guidelines are kept very simple. Good preparation with some research and seeking help from teachers would be enough. Report writing would be the other area looked at a bit more seriously because year ten students are expected to know how to write reports for different purposes.

Conclusion

By completing the task students reinforced their research and writing skills and strengthened their ability to research on the Internet and use information.

This task incorporates many modes of learning as well as focusing on several skill areas needed to increase overall language comprehension.

Students has gained knowledge in the following areas, effective use of the internet, putting information together, lesson planning, skills for classroom management, record keeping and report writing.

Credits & References

Thanks to Dr. Bernie Dodge and his Web Quest page.  It’s a very good source of help to people who like to know more about web Quests especially beginners.

Images and graphics through Animation Factory.