GIP 6 Secretary - Languages

Christ Bosmans

Scenario | Task | Resources | Product | Evaluation | Credits| Logbook GIP-6ST

Introduction / Scenario

You are ambassador of an English speaking country (as mother tongue).
But where is it?  What cities should you visit?  What's the climate like?  What can you do there?  What are the people like? ...

You have reached an advanced level of English and have learned a lot of skills that prove your are qualified for secretarial work.
(Critical thinking? Creative production? Creative problem-solving? Observation and categorization? Comparison? Teamwork? Compromise?)

Task

You attend a meeting of ambassadors from other countries / nations.
Welcome the visitors and present your country, give them an idea of what to expect when they visit it.
Prepare your presentation by learning about your nation.
The project is to be done individually or cooperatively (collaborative learning)

Locate your nation on a world map, on the atlas

Reading activity - collect information

Writing activity

• an invitation for your guests
• make a questionnaire, quiz, game, ...
• write letters (formal / informal)
• write faxes, memos
• compose, send & receive, print e-mails
  • e-pals project : exchange letters with students or a class from your country
  • communicate by e-mailing, chatting, sending e-cards, ...
• write a report of activities, the meeting

Speaking activity

• presentation for the group in English

Use of technology tools

• computers
  • wordprocessor, presentations, ...
  • make a website (optional)
  • graphs, diagrams, charts, pictures, sounds, ...
  • electronic dictionaries, encyclopaedias
• www, e-mail, chat,
• laptop
• LCD-projector
• e-learning  ('Lotus LearningSpace' or 'SmartSchool')

Arrange & decorate your meeting room

Interaction with your visitors

• Test their knowledge of your country f.i. by means of a quiz, 
• Make them explore your country online ==> search the internet

Resources

Useful web resources

Maps & Encyclopaedias

Tips

• Canadian Embassy Brussels
• Canadian Embassy in the Netherlands
• Travel Canada
• example http://www.lizardpoint.com/fun/geoquiz/canquiz.html
• test your knowledge of Canada http://canada.gc.ca/canadiana/quiz/quiz_e.html   
• quiz http://atlas.gc.ca/site/english/quiz_form  
• http://www.statcan.ca/english/edu/canquiz/cquiz2.htm
• 'Canada's best' webquest http://www.k-lschools.org/webquest/canada/canada.htm  
• Canadian studies : http://www.plainfield.k12.in.us/hschool/webq/webq118/  

  A Tribute to Canada Canada Comprehensive Canada Let's Explore- WebQuest Canada's Netdays Passport

  Canadian Facts.com Canadian Flag Clip Art Gallery CIA World Fact Book- Canada Countryreports

Product / Process

process skills

checklist

Evaluation

How the students' performance will be evaluated.
A rubric with criteria for evaluation (both product as well as process)

The skills your teacher will most likely to be looking for are in these areas:

showing that you can get information and give information in writing
(collect, analyze and organize information)
showing that you can give and read instructions in writing
showing that you can explain how to do or organize something
(plan and organize activities)
showing that you can talk through a problem or issue with other people
showing that you can use maps to find places and calculate distances
use technology

Conclusion

It is important you cooperate, respect the schedule and deliver a 'finished product' (orally and written) at the 'English Day' and at end of the schoolyear.

Credits & Bibliography

List here the sources of any images, music or text that you're using.
Provide links back to the original source.
Say thanks to anyone who provided resources or help.
List any books, encyclopaedias, brochures and other analog media that you used as information sources as well.

English Around the World

http://t he_english_dept.tripod.com
Based on a template from The WebQuest Page