ICT 4 ELT Portals

Webquests for intermediate students and their teachers

Compiled and annotated by
Mgr. Andrea Daňková,
Gymnázium Dr. E. Holuba,
Holice.

This webpage contains links to ELT webquests resources for teachers of / and intermediate students.

• WebQuest Portal

  http://webquest.org/

  Matrix of examples, categorized by subject area, grade level – top (good examples) / middling (some good features) / new (not yet evaluated); the huge repository of WebQuests is also searchable by topic, subject area, or grade level.

• WebQuest – The Truth about the Brits

  http://www.theconsultants-e.com/webquests/WebquestMonicaMorcillo.doc

  Your class team is going to help you find out more about the Brits. Your task involves researching about British habits, and reaching a few well-founded conclusions. Then you will have to create a brief report in order to justify why your friends should not make sweeping statements about other cultures.

• Ellis Island WebQuest

  http://www.ardecol.ac-grenoble.fr/english/ellisislandwebquest.htm

  Most people in America today are from families that came from somewhere else. The United States is a nation of immigrants and the immigration process is part of their heritage. How would you feel if you decided to leave your homeland forever? What you would have to do to get through the immigration process on Ellis Island? Worksheets, vocabulary exercises, teacher?s notes included.

• Exploring Mars WebQuest

  http://www.ardecol.ac-grenoble.fr/english/mars/marswebquest.htm

  What if we could slowly change the atmosphere and surface of Mars, to make it more like Earth? It would be a huge engineering problem, but some people think it is not an impossible obstacle. Your job is to explore the given links, according to the role you have been given, to find out more about Mars and to devise a logical plan of action for the future.

• WebQuest – The Press

  http://www.ardecol.ac-grenoble.fr/english/enqust12.htm

  An easy task to begin with... Find more about English magazines and fill in the worksheet.

• My Dream Trip

  http://www.amalnet.k12.il/meida/english/engi2097.htm

  Some day you might go on a trip to the places you really want to see. But until then, why not start planning your dream trip! If you can't get away yet, then let your imagination fly there through cyberspace.

• On the Road Again

  http://www.call-esl.com/samplewebquests/lesson-template2.htm

  You and a friend (a partner in class) are moving from Washington, DC to San Diego, California. You will travel by car on a cross-country "road trip" and give details about the exciting parts of your trip as well as how you dealt with some problems during your travels. You will also have the job of offering advice to future travelers.You will create a visual journal of your trip and make recommendations for future travelers.

• Mission: Possible

  http://www.call-esl.com/samplewebquests/lesson-template1.htm

  Your group is now an American family with an international student living in your home. How does your culture in the American family compare to the culture of the international student? How can you find ways to live together?

• What's New at Our Zoo?

  http://personalweb.smcvt.edu/sdunn/

  Your zoo has just received a generous $3 million donation to build a new animal habitat. Now they can afford to house, feed, and care for new species. Which animal will they choose? The zookeeper and zoo board members need your help to decide.

• Discovering Vermont

  http://personalweb.smcvt.edu/halashwal/

  While working with a group to decide the places they would like to visit, the activities they would like to try, and how they will get there, students will, besides improving their reading , internet navigation, English listening and speaking skills, be learning about the people and culture of Vermont.

• Vermont Housing for International Students

  http://personalweb.smcvt.edu/hchen/Default.htm

  The purpose of this web quest is to offer a lesson plan with activities and exercises for English as a Second Language (ESL) teachers for helping their students gather the linguistic, social and cultural knowledge about housing in Vermont.

• Getting Hitched: Exploring Wedding Customs in Other Cultures

  http://cdussaultrun.tripod.com/gettinghitched/

  You as planners from Double Happiness International Wedding must come to an agreement with the bride's family and the groom's family as to what would make the best and fairest wedding ceremony. How are you going to prepare a wedding ceremony that satisfies the two families with their very different cultures?

• Juergen Wagner's Webquests

  http://www.wagner-juergen.de/englisch/quests.htm

  A collection of webquests – London Dungeon, Guy Fawkes, Eating in America…

• Dr. Alice Christie's Webquests

  http://www.west.asu.edu/achristie/wqmatrix.html

  A matrix of 320 webquests.

• Ohio ESL Webquests

  http://www.ohiou.edu/esl/project/webquest.html

• Webquests (www.techtrekers.com)

  http://www.techtrekers.com/webquests/

• Louisiana State University Webquests

  http://asterix.ednet.lsu.edu/~edtech/webquest/