Webquests usage in language education

Webquests usage in language education

Reasons for using webquests

·         There are many compelling reasons for using webquests in the classroom, including:

·         They are an easy way for teachers to begin to incorporate the Internet into the language classroom, on both a short-term and long-term basis - no specialist technical knowledge is needed either to produce or use them.

·         They encourage critical thinking skills, including: comparing, classifying, inducing, deducing, analysing errors, constructing support, abstraction, analysing perspectives, etc. Learners are not able to simply regurgitate information they find, but are guided towards a transformation of that information in order to achieve a given task.

·         They can be both motivating and authentic tasks and encourage learners to view the activities they are doing as something 'real' or 'useful'. This inevitably leads to more effort, greater concentration and a real interest in task achievement. (https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/article/webquests)

And also;

Students get engaged in collaborative activities and they share learning experiences and new knowledge.

In webquests, students can integrate four language skills. These are writing, speaking, listening and reading.

Students gain awareness of responsibility.

As a teachers, we can use some of the webquests in worksheets so students don’t spend their most of times in internet.

Thanks to webquests, lessons are enjoyable and interactive so students don’t get bored in the learning process.

DİLARA AYDEMİR

ECE ÇAKIR