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Energy Sources WebQuest
   In this lesson you will:
       Learn specific vocabulary relating to energy production
       Conduct web-based research to learn more about types of energy production
       Give a 10-20 minute presentation about how a certain type of energy is produced.
       Practice explaining a process and listening to understand a process
       Have a debate about renewable and non-renewable energy sources
       Write a 1,500 word essay about sustainable energy


          Pre-Task

What ways of producing electrical energy can you think of? How many ways are there to
produce energy? What are the names of the different types?

Work with a partner to brainstorm as much information as you can. You have 5 minutes. Use
the space below.




                                                                      Nuclear energy
                                      Energy types




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Vocabulary matching
            Match the pictures to the type of energy from the box. The first one has been done for you.




                                                                             Picture 3

                                             Picture 2
Picture 1




                                                                                         Picture 6


                                         Picture 5

      Picture 4


              5 fossil fuel        nuclear           geothermal      solar           hydro           wind

            Write a brief description of each type of energy production

            Energy Type               Description
            Nuclear power
            Geothermal power
            Solar power
            Hydro power
            Fossil fuel
            Wind power



            Use the space in the table to add any other types you hear about during the discussion.

            Your teacher will now give you a card which details the type of energy production you will
            research and produce a presentation about

            © RPinner 2010               Energy Sources WebQuest              Student Worksheet        2
WebQuest

You are now going to use the internet to research about energy sources

Write the name of your teams’ energy production method here: _______________________

You only have one session in which to use the computer to research. After that you will
prepare the presentation to give to your classmates. If you need to find any other information
you will have to use your own time outside of class.

Your presentation must include the following information about your energy type:

            You need to explain in accurate detail how it works. What is the process of producing
            energy in this way?
            You need to explain the advantages of producing energy in this way
            You also need to explain the disadvantages of this method
            If there is any new vocabulary specific to this method you will need to explain it for the
            class
            Is it renewable or non-renewable?

Additional – you should also attempt to learn in your research how efficient this source of
energy is. Does it produce a lot of energy from a small amount of effort? Is it expensive or
cheap? What are the dangers involved? Which countries are using this type of energy? Where
are the power stations located?


Here are some useful links:

http://www.darvill.clara.net/altenerg/index.htm
http://www.edfenergy.com/sustainability/index.shtml
http://www.re-energy.ca/
http://www.energysavingtrust.org.uk/
http://www.energy.gov/energysources/index.htm
http://www.ifpaenergyconference.com/
http://www.culturechange.org/alt_energy.htm


Be sure to make a note of any other useful sites that you use so that you can reference1 them
correctly.


Before you can go into the computer room to begin researching you should complete the
project timeline below to make sure you use your time effectively.




1
    Use the Harvard Referencing System. For more information see http://libweb.anglia.ac.uk/referencing/harvard.htm
© RPinner 2010                               Energy Sources WebQuest                             Student Worksheet    3
Project timeline




                                                  •Give
                 •Prepare for
                                                   presentation                       •Participate
   Day            project
                 •Begin
                                        Day        to class              Day           in a debate
    1             research               2        •Discuss and
                                                   give                   3           •Compose an
                                                                                       essay
                  online
                                                   feedback




This timeline is very basic and only outlines the main stages. With your partner use the back of
this sheet to add more detail to the timeline and decide who will be responsible for what in your
group. Use the questions below to help structure your project plan.

You do not need to include the items from day 3 in the plan.

       Who will research the procedure? Who will research the advantages and
       disadvantages? What other information will you include in your presentation and who is
       responsible for each bit?
       How long do you need to prepare a presentation? Will you be including a handout? Who
       will present which sections? How will you summarise your findings so that your
       classmates can easily understand them? How will you structure the presentation to
       ensure you have all the required information?
       How long will you spend researching, how long will you need to create the presentation
       on PowerPoint, how long will you need to rehearse and prepare the presentation. How
       much time will you need to spend outside of class?

Once you have completed the Project timeline ask your teacher to check it before going into
the computer lab to begin researching the project.




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Presentation Task

Use this sheet to help structure your presentation. Your presentation should be between 10
and 20 minutes in length.


       Give an overview of your presentation
       Explain any new vocabulary
       Explain the process of producing electricity from this type of energy
       Explain the advantages of producing energy in this way
       Explain the disadvantages of this method
       Is it renewable or non-renewable?

Use as many visual aids on your presentation as possible.
Think about giving a handout to your audience
Think about who will present what information
Think about the timing of your presentation.

Be careful, even if you know the concepts well, make sure you have thought about how you
will explain them in English. Write a prompt card for yourself and be sure to do at least one
rehearsal before the lesson.

Use the space below to add any notes.




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During Presentation task – listening

Use the sheet here to make notes as your classmates give their presentations. Make notes of
the following:

       Type of energy
       How it works (process)
       Advantages
       Disadvantages
       Any new vocabulary
       Is it renewable?

Organise your notes carefully, you will need this information for the next task.

Use this space for your notes. If you need more space use the back of this sheet.




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Teacher’s Notes and Answer Key
              Energy Sources WebQuest
Lesson plan by Richard Pinner

                                                                 OVERVIEW

                 Level:    Upper-Intermediate +

              Students:    EAP students, young Adults

                  Time:    3 x 3 hour classes + students independent work
                           Conduct web-based research to understand and practise explaining a complex process (energy
                   Aim:    production), Give a 10-20 minute presentation, Write a 1,500 word essay about sustainable energy,
                           negotiate and express opinion within the context of environmental issues while learning some
                           specific vocabulary
              Materials:   Worksheets2, computer lab, internet access and presentation materials, projector& laptop/IWB,
                           PowerPoint or other presentation software installed


                                                               PROCEDURE

Day 1
         1. Presentation: Setup the project and explain to the students that they are starting a project which they will work on
              for the next three days. Explain each of the main steps involved. It might be useful at this point to use the diagram
              from the Project Timeline worksheet to ensure the students know exactly what is required of them.



                                                         • Give
                           • Prepare for
                                                           presentation                 • Participate in
                  Day        project
                           • Begin
                                                 Day       to class            Day        a debate

                   1         research
                             online
                                                  2      • Discuss and
                                                           give                 3       • Compose an
                                                                                          essay
                                                           feedback




         2. Pre-task: energy types brainstorm : Give the students no more than 5 minutes to brainstorm as many different
              types of energy as they can and confer with a partner. Encourage them to engage their partner in a discussion about
              what they already know and the types of energy common in their country.
         3. Vocabulary matching: Have the students work through the first activity either individually or in pairs. This should
              take no more than 1 minute. After they have checked with a partner go through the answers
              picture 1 –             picture 2 –       picture 3 –           picture 4 –                  picture 5 –      Picture 6 –
              solar power             nuclear power     geothermal            hydro power                  fossil fuel      wind
                                                        power                                                               power


              At this stage, students should be pre-taught some of the vocabulary they will need to write the descriptions. Useful
              words are:
              Combust                         Turbine                       Dam                                  Release (energy)
              (energy) reserves               Convert (energy)              Photovoltaic cells                   Uranium




2
  Worksheets consist of both Student Worksheets and Teacher Handouts. Worksheets are given to students to work
through on their own or in groups; Teacher Handouts are for Lock Step class-wide procedures or possible expansions.


© RPinner 2010                             Energy Sources WebQuest                            Teachers’ Notes               7
To increase the chances of students learning the words you could have them look them up in a dictionary. Ensure
              they are comfortable with the pronunciation of each word as well. Alternatively you could give one word to each pair
              of students and have them teach it to the rest of the class after checking in a dictionary.
              Now allow the students 5-10 minutes to complete the table with the descriptions. Each student will have slightly
              different answers.
              Suggested answers:
Energy Type                           Description
Nuclear power                         Uranium atoms are split to produce large amounts of energy
Geothermal power                      Deep holes are dug in the earth’s crust where it is hot enough to turn water into steam
Solar power                           There are many ways to get electricity from the sun. The picture shows photovoltaic cells
                                      which convert solar energy (energy from the sun) into electricity directly
Hydro power                           Dams are built to harness natural power from the flow of water, which turns a turbine as it
                                      flows through the dam.
Fossil fuel                           Oil, coal and gas are the product of geological pressures over millions of years on organic
                                      matter. Huge energy reserves are contained in them and they can be easily refined and
                                      combusted to turn turbines.
Wind power                            Using propellers to catch the power of the wind and use it to turn a turbine to generate
                                      power


              Other possible energy types might be:
              Biomass, wave power and tidal power. At this early stage, do not worry too much about the level of detail that the
              students know about each energy type as they will develop this knowledge throughout the project, but it is important
              to identify any problems and ensure the students have a reasonable knowledge to begin with.
              Go through the answers with the class together.
         4. Setting up the project – assigning groups: Put the students into groups of two, three or four depending on
              numbers and resources. Assign each group one of the energy types from above.
              For the project to go well it is important to cover the major types of energy. A minimum of four groups is best, one
              covering fossil fuels, another covering nuclear, another covering solar and the final one covering perhaps hydro or
              wind. There could be up to 9 groups giving presentations about any of the following:
                      Fossil Fuels                                     Wind Power                                     Wave Power
                      Nuclear                                          Tidal Power                                    Geothermal
                       Power                                                                                             Power
                                                                        Hydro-electric
                      Solar power                                       Power                                          Biomass

         5. Project timeline: For this step it is advisable to first give out the WebQuest instruction sheet, so that students
              have a clear idea of what is expected of them throughout the project. After the students have read the WebQuest
              sheet, give them the Project timeline sheet and tell them to create a thorough plan. Once the students have
              completed this they should be allowed to go to the computer lab and begin researching. You may want to check the
              students’ plans before allowing them to leave class to go to the computer lab.
         6. WebQuest: As noted above, the students will have read the WebQuest instructions before making a project timeline.
              Now they should go to the computer lab and work independently with their group. The students should have clear
              instructions and a clear idea of what they need to know and how long to spend researching.
              The students should finish off the day’s classes in the computer lab, being aware that they will not have much time the
              next day to finish preparing before giving their presentation. Ensure students are aware that they should finish things
              off in their own time.
              Note: You may want to give students the Presentation task worksheet at the end of the first day of class
              or the beginning of the second day, depending on how familiar the students are already with creating a
              presentation.
         7. Evaluation: Conduct a quick evaluation of the lesson aims and summarise the learning process with the students at
              the end of the days’ classes. You may choose to use the Mid-Project Evaluation Teacher Handout for this.




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Day 2
          8. Presentation task: At the start of the class give the students perhaps 30 minutes to finish off their presentations.
               At least this way the students who did nothing in their own time can quickly create a presentation so that they can still
               participate. Students who have finished their presentations will have a chance to rehearse and ask questions. They
               may also need time to print out any handouts they intend to give.
               Students can use the worksheet to structure their presentations. Before students begin giving the presentations the
               teacher should go through some tips about presenting. Things to cover might include:
                         Eye contact
                         Voice projection
                         Visual aids
                         Clear language
                         Explaining important vocabulary.
          9. During Presentation task: As the students give their presentations ensure the other class members are completing
               the During Presentation task worksheet. Encourage classmates to ask questions and clarify points. Presentations
               should involve the whole class, not just those giving a presentation.
               Presentations for each group should last between 10 and 20 minutes each.

          10. Post presentation task: Give the students each one copy of the Energy Sources Chart worksheet and have them
               complete it based on their notes from the other presentations. The chart contains enough space for very large classes
               where up to 9 groups have presented, however the first four on the first page may be used if only a small number of
               groups were presenting.
               Alternatively, students could complete the chart for all 9 energy types in their own time, again using the internet to
               research energy types not covered in class.
          11. Evaluation: Ask the students to reflect on what they have learned so far and ask if they were able to stick to their
               project timeline. You may choose to use the Mid-Project Evaluation Teacher Handout for this.You could also have a
               general discussion about energy sources in preparation for the debate in the next class.

Day 3
          12. Debate: Use the role cards3 in the teachers’ handouts to help structure the debate. Each group will be debating in
               order to win funding for the energy type they presented on. The idea is that one person or group takes the role of a
               government official who has money to invest in one type of energy production. Each group must argue for their
               energy type.
               Explain the task and give the students a few minutes to prepare and make notes after the role cards have been given
               out. For large numbers of students you could split the class to make the debate more manageable.
               After the structured debate you could allow the students to continue in a more informal manner if they are keen to
               continue the discussion.
          13. Essay: Give the students the Essay worksheet. The essay should be around 1,500 words although this can be
               altered. Take the students through each of the steps in order to compose their essays.
               Ensure the students know that a thesis statement should include all the information that the reader should expect
               from the rest of the essay. It is a good idea to monitor the students’ as they complete the preparation steps before
               they begin writing. For more information on structuring essays refer the students to
               http://www.uefap.com/writing/writfram.htm
               Students could either compose the essays in class or in their own time. Students should be encouraged to help each
               other to improve their essays before completing the final piece.
               The steps on the essay worksheet will take the students roughly 1.5 to 2 hours to complete, although this could easily
               take even more time if you ask your students to type their essays up on the computer.
               Alternatively, the essay could be done in exam style conditions, in which case 1.5 hours should be set as the time
               limit.
          14. Evaluation: Conduct a more in-depth final evaluation. You may want to use the End of Project Evaluation Teacher
               Handout for this.


3
 The debate is actually more like a role-play in that it uses role-cards and features a scenario which students act out. However, it is referred to as a
debate to emphasise that the main focus is about sharing ideas and expressing opinions than playing a character



© RPinner 2010                               Energy Sources WebQuest                                    Teachers’ Notes                 9
Alternatives
            For non EAP classes the essay could be submitted for a letter to a government official about concerns regarding
            sustainable energy sources.
Follow up
            A good video to follow this lesson could be ‘The End of Suburbia’ which is available in full on YouTube
            (http://videobomb.com/posts/show/19899) and is a documentary about peak oil and the future of the current
            economical climate. This lesson would also feed in well to another project about the environment, in which case ‘An
            Inconvenient Truth’ is another possible follow up video and comes with lesson activities
            http://oneplanetfundraising.com/teacherresources.aspx.




© RPinner 2010                       Energy Sources WebQuest                            Teachers’ Notes            10
Role Cards



 Government Official                                        Energy Company Representative

 You work for the British Energy funding department.        You work for an energy company. You have to
 You have been told to give £10 billion to an energy        persuade British Energy to give you £10 billion to build
 company to provide more power for the future. You          new power stations and provide more power for the
 need to consider:                                          future. You need to explain:

         The cost of the stations                                  The cost of the stations
         The amount of power each station will                     The amount of power each station will
          produce                                                    produce
         The environmental impact                                  The environmental impact
         The sustainability of the new station                     The sustainability of the new station




 Energy Company Representative                              Energy Company Representative

 You work for an energy company. You have to                You work for an energy company. You have to
 persuade British Energy to give you £10 billion to build   persuade British Energy to give you £10 billion to build
 new power stations and provide more power for the          new power stations and provide more power for the
 future. You need to explain:                               future. You need to explain:

         The cost of the stations                                  The cost of the stations
         The amount of power each station will                     The amount of power each station will
          produce                                                    produce
         The environmental impact                                  The environmental impact
         The sustainability of the new station                     The sustainability of the new station




 Energy Company Representative                              Energy Company Representative

 You work for an energy company. You have to                You work for an energy company. You have to
 persuade British Energy to give you £10 billion to build   persuade British Energy to give you £10 billion to build
 new power stations and provide more power for the          new power stations and provide more power for the
 future. You need to explain:                               future. You need to explain:

         The cost of the stations                                  The cost of the stations
         The amount of power each station will                     The amount of power each station will
          produce                                                    produce
         The environmental impact                                  The environmental impact
         The sustainability of the new station                     The sustainability of the new station




© RPinner 2010                        Energy Sources WebQuest                      Teachers’ Handouts              11
Essay Worksheet


You will write a 1,500 word essay in answer to the following question:

To what extent do you feel renewable energy sources can provide a sustainable future? Will society
need to change in order to accommodate renewable energy? How important do you feel it is to
move towards renewable energy sources?

Steps:

   1. First brainstorm your ideas

   2. Now create an essay plan or outline

   3. Now write your thesis statement

   4. Now write your essay on separate sheets of paper.

Once you have composed the first draft, check your essay for spelling, punctuation and
language.

Exchange essays with your partner. Can you understand their main line of thought? Are the ideas
clearly presented? Is the essay structured in a logical way? Does the essay answer the question?

Provide feedback for your partner. Give them comments using the above questions as a guide.

Make the changes to your own essay based on your partners’ feedback and then proof read it one
final time.

Now submit the essay to your teacher.




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Mid-Project Evaluation

Review the lesson aims:

   Lesson aims:
      Learn specific vocabulary relating to energy production
      Conduct web-based research to learn more about types of energy production
      Give a 10-20 minute presentation about how a certain type of energy is produced.
      Practice explaining a process and listening to understand a process
      Have a debate about renewable and non-renewable energy sources
      Write a 1,500 word essay about sustainable energy

What are your personal aims for this lesson?
   ____________________________________
   ____________________________________
   ____________________________________
   ____________________________________

To what extent have you achieved these aims so far?
What have you found easy to accomplish so far?
What difficulties have you overcome?
What would you do differently next time?
What do you feel you need to improve on in order to achieve these aims more effectively?
How do you plan to review what you have learned so far?

                                               

          End of Project Evaluation

Review the lesson aims:

   Lesson aims:
      Learn specific vocabulary relating to energy production
      Conduct web-based research to learn more about types of energy production
      Give a 10-20 minute presentation about how a certain type of energy is produced.
      Practice explaining a process and listening to understand a process
      Have a debate about renewable and non-renewable energy sources
      Write a 1,500 word essay about sustainable energy

To what extent have you achieved the aims of the lesson and your own personal aims?
What did you find easy to accomplish?
What did you find difficult?
What would you do differently next time?
What do you feel you need to improve on in order to achieve your aims more effectively next time?
How do you plan to review what you have learned so far?
How will what you have learned or achieved be useful to you in the future?
What have you learned or improved that you can apply in the future?




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ENERGY SOURCES -CHART4..             NAME________________ DATE ___/___/____


                                              How it works                           Advantages          Disadvantages   Renewable?
                                                                                                                           [yes/no]
Fossil Fuels
(coal, oil, gas)




Nuclear Power
(uranium)




Solar power




Wind Power




       4
           Adapted from http://www.darvill.clara.net/altenerg/
       © RPinner 2010                        Energy Sources WebQuest                              Teachers’ Handouts           14
How it works              Advantages          Disadvantages   Renewable?
                                                                                       [yes/no]
Tidal Power




Hydro-electric
Power




Wave Power




Geothermal
Power



Biomass




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Richard S Pinner                                                         MA ELT & Applied Linguistics
Materials Development                      Assignment 8                                    09 Jul. 10



Energy Sources WebQuest Justification
and Rationale
Aims
The aims of this lesson5 are to prepare students on English for Academic Purposes (EAP) courses to
embark on a research task and to prepare a ten to fifteen minute presentation and 1,500 word essay
on a topic requiring quite specific knowledge and vocabulary, yet also relevant and present in
current affairs discussions. The students work in groups and at times individually. The project is
designed to be similar to what would be expected of them on many university degree programs.
A WebQuest is described as “an inquiry-oriented lesson format in which most or all the information
that learners work with comes from the web.” (Dodge, 1995) By doing a WebQuest it is hoped that
the students would have greater freedom and autonomy when conducting the research thus helping
them to improve their digital literacy while simultaneously allowing them to develop other skills
(such as researching, presenting and essay writing) which they will need in the future as they
continue their studies.

An additional aim of this lesson is to improve the students’ awareness of the issues surrounding
sustainable and renewable energy sources. Not only is this an important theme in many debates
surrounding current affairs, but also an ethical issue which I believe is important for people to know
about. It is also my intention that due to the subject being important to current affairs it would be
more engaging for students and also broad enough for the whole class to find relevant and
interesting. The project begins with reasonably easy tasks such as vocabulary matching and
brainstorming, before building up to more cognitively demanding tasks such as presenting and essay
writing. This is intended to increase retention and is based on findings which support the
Involvement Load Hypothesis (Laufer & Hulstijn, 2001; Hulstijn& Laufer, 2001)
Another reason behind choosing a project based lesson in the form of a WebQuest is that it allows
for greater autonomy because the students are working more independently with the teacher
merely operating as a facilitator, which Tomlinson (2003) lists amongst one of the positive trends in
materials development.

A major factor in the choice of the lesson format is that by doing a WebQuest, students will be
exposed to authentic language in context, which again has been linked to increased motivation and
autonomy. WebQuests are understood to expose students to authentic material (Barahona Durán
2006). Siekmann states that “WebQuests are sources of linguistically and culturally authentic
materials” (2008:144). Peacock (1997) found that authentic materials are more motivating for
students, and thus it is hoped that the students would be more engaged in the lesson. Dörnyei
(2001) lists autonomy as an important factor in motivation, and again the lesson is designed to foster
autonomy with the students by allowing them to manage the project and choose much of the
content from within a clear framework provided by the lesson aims.


Context
This lesson was designed to be taught as part of an EAP course taking place in a school in Britain,
although this project could be adapted or used as it is in a broader range of contexts. I have

5
  I have chosen to refer to this WebQuest project as one lesson even though it spans three days of
classes. The reason for this is that I believe, since the aims are the same throughout the project, the
term lesson is appropriate.


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Materials Development                       Assignment 8                                   09 Jul. 10


attempted in the teachers’ notes to account for varying class sizes in particular, as this can have a big
influence on lessons where a number of groups are presenting, both in this context and wider
contexts.

The course for which this lesson was designed runs for a ten week term period, and students are
continually assessed as part of the course. All of the final marks are from summative assessment,
and as such, due to the short length of the course and large number of assessments, motivation and
task engagement are perceived as problematic by many of the teachers on the course. This is
something I found in my own experience when teaching on the course. It is very hard to fit in longer
projects which are not directly related to the assessments as there is a syllabus which covers pages
from course books that need to be completed each session. However, when teaching on the course I
found that working purely through the syllabus was not engaging for the students and as such meant
that students were often not satisfactorily prepared for their assessments, especially as they have
very little time to practice for their assessments in an authentic way. For this reason I began ‘cherry
picking’ the most important features of the course and designing tasks and projects which I felt
would better enable the students the opportunity to learn and practise the skills needed for their
assessments and, more importantly, their future studies at university. Although I have never
formally quantified this, I strongly believe these projects to be of great benefit to the students. In
contexts where the syllabus is more rigid, this may not always be possible however.
Another feature of this context is the availability of computer labs and projectors for in-class use.
There are a lot of technical requirements for such a project, so again this lesson would need to be
adapted for use in a wider context. Another issue here would be the teachers’ own efficacy when
using web or computer based applications for teaching, not to mention the students’ level of digital
literacy. For this reason I have tried to keep the focus on the tasks themselves and not on the
technology used to facilitate them.
The classes consist of roughly fifteen students of mixed nationality and sex, between the ages of 17 –
35. They are expected to have a good level of English already (Upper-Intermediate to Advanced,
Council of Europe (2001) B2-C2) and to be already quite familiar with the use of computers. In
addition, from earlier in the course they would have been introduced to many academic
conventions, such as referencing, avoiding plagiarism and structuring an academic essay or
presentation. However, the aim of this lesson would be to strengthen and build on this knowledge,
although the lesson is not designed to present this information for the first time.


Choice of materials
As this is a lesson designed for an EAP course, it can be assumed that the teachers using it would be
reasonably well experienced already, thus the procedure is not too prescriptive. Teachers who work
on the EAP course for which this lesson was designed are usually required to be TEFL-Q or DELTA
qualified. However, I have tried to keep the teachers’ notes as simple as possible for such a long
project and accessible to less experienced teachers.
Throughout the stages of the lesson the students are engaged in Evaluations which are designed to
increase their self-assessment and autonomous thinking while also focusing them back on the task.
Presentation
The students are given the lesson aims at the beginning of the lesson so that they know exactly why
they are doing this project. I believe it is important to include the students as much as possible in the
decisions behind undertaking a certain task in order to facilitate independent and autonomous
thinking. It also helps the students to prepare for the lesson. By showing the students the project
timeline diagram they are aware that more is expected of them as they have longer to work on it
than perhaps a usual stand-alone lesson.

Pre-task: energy types brainstorm



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Materials Development                       Assignment 8                                    09 Jul. 10


The purpose of this task is to activate the students’ existing schematic knowledge and also to allow
the teacher time to gauge the students’ current level of vocabulary knowledge and competence with
the subject.

Vocabulary matching
This task is designed to enable concept checking and to ensure that the students already know
enough to begin the more in-depth research task.

Project timeline:
The decision to feature a project timeline comes from the fact that one of the aims of this lesson is
to allow the students to experience a sense of responsibility and to understand the stages involved
in preparing a presentation and doing research. This is an integral part of EAP courses and as such I
believe project work such as this is very useful in preparing students and giving them practice in this
area.

WebQuest:
The WebQuest section features quite structured sets of questions which the students need to find
answers to, but it also features additional and more detailed questions for more motivated or
capable students who would quickly work through the initial questions. This was an attempt at
allowing the students more freedom and control over the content of their research task, while still
providing enough structure to have coherent and achievable outcomes.
Presentation task:
The presentation task is supposed to happen on the 2nd day of the project, thus allowing students
the opportunity to use their own time to finish preparing. Again, this is what happens at university
level. In addition, it is hoped that this extra time would give students the opportunity to work more
autonomously.
During Presentation task:
The purpose of this task is to ensure that the full class is engaged in the activity and not just those
presenting. It is also to encourage a sense of collaboration and community.

Post presentation task:
This is a consolidation task which could be done either as homework or part of the class.

Debate
The purpose here is to begin thinking about the issues surrounding energy use and electricity
production.

Essay
This is the main EAP focus of the lesson and would hopefully involve the most cognitive effort. It is
intended to be both consolidation and EAP literacy development. As this lesson is intended to be
taught in the middle of an EAP course it is designed to allow students to put what they have
previously learned about essay writing into practise.


Rationale
The main reasons behind choosing to prepare a WebQuest are the opportunity to expose students
to authentic materials, foster greater student autonomy and allow students to work together in a
way which is student centred and not too dependent on the teacher. It is also hoped that the lesson
would help the students to improve both their academic literacy and digital literacy. In addition, by
making the task a project length set of goals it is hoped that the students would have more
ownership and thus task engagement, thereby facilitating greater motivation and learning.



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Richard S Pinner                                                      MA ELT & Applied Linguistics
Materials Development                     Assignment 8                                  09 Jul. 10


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Energy Sources WebQuest

  • 1. Energy Sources WebQuest In this lesson you will: Learn specific vocabulary relating to energy production Conduct web-based research to learn more about types of energy production Give a 10-20 minute presentation about how a certain type of energy is produced. Practice explaining a process and listening to understand a process Have a debate about renewable and non-renewable energy sources Write a 1,500 word essay about sustainable energy Pre-Task What ways of producing electrical energy can you think of? How many ways are there to produce energy? What are the names of the different types? Work with a partner to brainstorm as much information as you can. You have 5 minutes. Use the space below. Nuclear energy Energy types © RPinner 2010 Energy Sources WebQuest Student Worksheet 1
  • 2. Vocabulary matching Match the pictures to the type of energy from the box. The first one has been done for you. Picture 3 Picture 2 Picture 1 Picture 6 Picture 5 Picture 4 5 fossil fuel nuclear geothermal solar hydro wind Write a brief description of each type of energy production Energy Type Description Nuclear power Geothermal power Solar power Hydro power Fossil fuel Wind power Use the space in the table to add any other types you hear about during the discussion. Your teacher will now give you a card which details the type of energy production you will research and produce a presentation about © RPinner 2010 Energy Sources WebQuest Student Worksheet 2
  • 3. WebQuest You are now going to use the internet to research about energy sources Write the name of your teams’ energy production method here: _______________________ You only have one session in which to use the computer to research. After that you will prepare the presentation to give to your classmates. If you need to find any other information you will have to use your own time outside of class. Your presentation must include the following information about your energy type: You need to explain in accurate detail how it works. What is the process of producing energy in this way? You need to explain the advantages of producing energy in this way You also need to explain the disadvantages of this method If there is any new vocabulary specific to this method you will need to explain it for the class Is it renewable or non-renewable? Additional – you should also attempt to learn in your research how efficient this source of energy is. Does it produce a lot of energy from a small amount of effort? Is it expensive or cheap? What are the dangers involved? Which countries are using this type of energy? Where are the power stations located? Here are some useful links: http://www.darvill.clara.net/altenerg/index.htm http://www.edfenergy.com/sustainability/index.shtml http://www.re-energy.ca/ http://www.energysavingtrust.org.uk/ http://www.energy.gov/energysources/index.htm http://www.ifpaenergyconference.com/ http://www.culturechange.org/alt_energy.htm Be sure to make a note of any other useful sites that you use so that you can reference1 them correctly. Before you can go into the computer room to begin researching you should complete the project timeline below to make sure you use your time effectively. 1 Use the Harvard Referencing System. For more information see http://libweb.anglia.ac.uk/referencing/harvard.htm © RPinner 2010 Energy Sources WebQuest Student Worksheet 3
  • 4. Project timeline •Give •Prepare for presentation •Participate Day project •Begin Day to class Day in a debate 1 research 2 •Discuss and give 3 •Compose an essay online feedback This timeline is very basic and only outlines the main stages. With your partner use the back of this sheet to add more detail to the timeline and decide who will be responsible for what in your group. Use the questions below to help structure your project plan. You do not need to include the items from day 3 in the plan. Who will research the procedure? Who will research the advantages and disadvantages? What other information will you include in your presentation and who is responsible for each bit? How long do you need to prepare a presentation? Will you be including a handout? Who will present which sections? How will you summarise your findings so that your classmates can easily understand them? How will you structure the presentation to ensure you have all the required information? How long will you spend researching, how long will you need to create the presentation on PowerPoint, how long will you need to rehearse and prepare the presentation. How much time will you need to spend outside of class? Once you have completed the Project timeline ask your teacher to check it before going into the computer lab to begin researching the project. © RPinner 2010 Energy Sources WebQuest Student Worksheet 4
  • 5. Presentation Task Use this sheet to help structure your presentation. Your presentation should be between 10 and 20 minutes in length. Give an overview of your presentation Explain any new vocabulary Explain the process of producing electricity from this type of energy Explain the advantages of producing energy in this way Explain the disadvantages of this method Is it renewable or non-renewable? Use as many visual aids on your presentation as possible. Think about giving a handout to your audience Think about who will present what information Think about the timing of your presentation. Be careful, even if you know the concepts well, make sure you have thought about how you will explain them in English. Write a prompt card for yourself and be sure to do at least one rehearsal before the lesson. Use the space below to add any notes. © RPinner 2010 Energy Sources WebQuest Student Worksheet 5
  • 6. During Presentation task – listening Use the sheet here to make notes as your classmates give their presentations. Make notes of the following: Type of energy How it works (process) Advantages Disadvantages Any new vocabulary Is it renewable? Organise your notes carefully, you will need this information for the next task. Use this space for your notes. If you need more space use the back of this sheet. © RPinner 2010 Energy Sources WebQuest Student Worksheet 6
  • 7. Teacher’s Notes and Answer Key Energy Sources WebQuest Lesson plan by Richard Pinner OVERVIEW Level: Upper-Intermediate + Students: EAP students, young Adults Time: 3 x 3 hour classes + students independent work Conduct web-based research to understand and practise explaining a complex process (energy Aim: production), Give a 10-20 minute presentation, Write a 1,500 word essay about sustainable energy, negotiate and express opinion within the context of environmental issues while learning some specific vocabulary Materials: Worksheets2, computer lab, internet access and presentation materials, projector& laptop/IWB, PowerPoint or other presentation software installed PROCEDURE Day 1 1. Presentation: Setup the project and explain to the students that they are starting a project which they will work on for the next three days. Explain each of the main steps involved. It might be useful at this point to use the diagram from the Project Timeline worksheet to ensure the students know exactly what is required of them. • Give • Prepare for presentation • Participate in Day project • Begin Day to class Day a debate 1 research online 2 • Discuss and give 3 • Compose an essay feedback 2. Pre-task: energy types brainstorm : Give the students no more than 5 minutes to brainstorm as many different types of energy as they can and confer with a partner. Encourage them to engage their partner in a discussion about what they already know and the types of energy common in their country. 3. Vocabulary matching: Have the students work through the first activity either individually or in pairs. This should take no more than 1 minute. After they have checked with a partner go through the answers picture 1 – picture 2 – picture 3 – picture 4 – picture 5 – Picture 6 – solar power nuclear power geothermal hydro power fossil fuel wind power power At this stage, students should be pre-taught some of the vocabulary they will need to write the descriptions. Useful words are: Combust Turbine Dam Release (energy) (energy) reserves Convert (energy) Photovoltaic cells Uranium 2 Worksheets consist of both Student Worksheets and Teacher Handouts. Worksheets are given to students to work through on their own or in groups; Teacher Handouts are for Lock Step class-wide procedures or possible expansions. © RPinner 2010 Energy Sources WebQuest Teachers’ Notes 7
  • 8. To increase the chances of students learning the words you could have them look them up in a dictionary. Ensure they are comfortable with the pronunciation of each word as well. Alternatively you could give one word to each pair of students and have them teach it to the rest of the class after checking in a dictionary. Now allow the students 5-10 minutes to complete the table with the descriptions. Each student will have slightly different answers. Suggested answers: Energy Type Description Nuclear power Uranium atoms are split to produce large amounts of energy Geothermal power Deep holes are dug in the earth’s crust where it is hot enough to turn water into steam Solar power There are many ways to get electricity from the sun. The picture shows photovoltaic cells which convert solar energy (energy from the sun) into electricity directly Hydro power Dams are built to harness natural power from the flow of water, which turns a turbine as it flows through the dam. Fossil fuel Oil, coal and gas are the product of geological pressures over millions of years on organic matter. Huge energy reserves are contained in them and they can be easily refined and combusted to turn turbines. Wind power Using propellers to catch the power of the wind and use it to turn a turbine to generate power Other possible energy types might be: Biomass, wave power and tidal power. At this early stage, do not worry too much about the level of detail that the students know about each energy type as they will develop this knowledge throughout the project, but it is important to identify any problems and ensure the students have a reasonable knowledge to begin with. Go through the answers with the class together. 4. Setting up the project – assigning groups: Put the students into groups of two, three or four depending on numbers and resources. Assign each group one of the energy types from above. For the project to go well it is important to cover the major types of energy. A minimum of four groups is best, one covering fossil fuels, another covering nuclear, another covering solar and the final one covering perhaps hydro or wind. There could be up to 9 groups giving presentations about any of the following:  Fossil Fuels  Wind Power  Wave Power  Nuclear  Tidal Power  Geothermal Power Power  Hydro-electric  Solar power Power  Biomass 5. Project timeline: For this step it is advisable to first give out the WebQuest instruction sheet, so that students have a clear idea of what is expected of them throughout the project. After the students have read the WebQuest sheet, give them the Project timeline sheet and tell them to create a thorough plan. Once the students have completed this they should be allowed to go to the computer lab and begin researching. You may want to check the students’ plans before allowing them to leave class to go to the computer lab. 6. WebQuest: As noted above, the students will have read the WebQuest instructions before making a project timeline. Now they should go to the computer lab and work independently with their group. The students should have clear instructions and a clear idea of what they need to know and how long to spend researching. The students should finish off the day’s classes in the computer lab, being aware that they will not have much time the next day to finish preparing before giving their presentation. Ensure students are aware that they should finish things off in their own time. Note: You may want to give students the Presentation task worksheet at the end of the first day of class or the beginning of the second day, depending on how familiar the students are already with creating a presentation. 7. Evaluation: Conduct a quick evaluation of the lesson aims and summarise the learning process with the students at the end of the days’ classes. You may choose to use the Mid-Project Evaluation Teacher Handout for this. © RPinner 2010 Energy Sources WebQuest Teachers’ Notes 8
  • 9. Day 2 8. Presentation task: At the start of the class give the students perhaps 30 minutes to finish off their presentations. At least this way the students who did nothing in their own time can quickly create a presentation so that they can still participate. Students who have finished their presentations will have a chance to rehearse and ask questions. They may also need time to print out any handouts they intend to give. Students can use the worksheet to structure their presentations. Before students begin giving the presentations the teacher should go through some tips about presenting. Things to cover might include:  Eye contact  Voice projection  Visual aids  Clear language  Explaining important vocabulary. 9. During Presentation task: As the students give their presentations ensure the other class members are completing the During Presentation task worksheet. Encourage classmates to ask questions and clarify points. Presentations should involve the whole class, not just those giving a presentation. Presentations for each group should last between 10 and 20 minutes each. 10. Post presentation task: Give the students each one copy of the Energy Sources Chart worksheet and have them complete it based on their notes from the other presentations. The chart contains enough space for very large classes where up to 9 groups have presented, however the first four on the first page may be used if only a small number of groups were presenting. Alternatively, students could complete the chart for all 9 energy types in their own time, again using the internet to research energy types not covered in class. 11. Evaluation: Ask the students to reflect on what they have learned so far and ask if they were able to stick to their project timeline. You may choose to use the Mid-Project Evaluation Teacher Handout for this.You could also have a general discussion about energy sources in preparation for the debate in the next class. Day 3 12. Debate: Use the role cards3 in the teachers’ handouts to help structure the debate. Each group will be debating in order to win funding for the energy type they presented on. The idea is that one person or group takes the role of a government official who has money to invest in one type of energy production. Each group must argue for their energy type. Explain the task and give the students a few minutes to prepare and make notes after the role cards have been given out. For large numbers of students you could split the class to make the debate more manageable. After the structured debate you could allow the students to continue in a more informal manner if they are keen to continue the discussion. 13. Essay: Give the students the Essay worksheet. The essay should be around 1,500 words although this can be altered. Take the students through each of the steps in order to compose their essays. Ensure the students know that a thesis statement should include all the information that the reader should expect from the rest of the essay. It is a good idea to monitor the students’ as they complete the preparation steps before they begin writing. For more information on structuring essays refer the students to http://www.uefap.com/writing/writfram.htm Students could either compose the essays in class or in their own time. Students should be encouraged to help each other to improve their essays before completing the final piece. The steps on the essay worksheet will take the students roughly 1.5 to 2 hours to complete, although this could easily take even more time if you ask your students to type their essays up on the computer. Alternatively, the essay could be done in exam style conditions, in which case 1.5 hours should be set as the time limit. 14. Evaluation: Conduct a more in-depth final evaluation. You may want to use the End of Project Evaluation Teacher Handout for this. 3 The debate is actually more like a role-play in that it uses role-cards and features a scenario which students act out. However, it is referred to as a debate to emphasise that the main focus is about sharing ideas and expressing opinions than playing a character © RPinner 2010 Energy Sources WebQuest Teachers’ Notes 9
  • 10. Alternatives For non EAP classes the essay could be submitted for a letter to a government official about concerns regarding sustainable energy sources. Follow up A good video to follow this lesson could be ‘The End of Suburbia’ which is available in full on YouTube (http://videobomb.com/posts/show/19899) and is a documentary about peak oil and the future of the current economical climate. This lesson would also feed in well to another project about the environment, in which case ‘An Inconvenient Truth’ is another possible follow up video and comes with lesson activities http://oneplanetfundraising.com/teacherresources.aspx. © RPinner 2010 Energy Sources WebQuest Teachers’ Notes 10
  • 11. Role Cards Government Official Energy Company Representative You work for the British Energy funding department. You work for an energy company. You have to You have been told to give £10 billion to an energy persuade British Energy to give you £10 billion to build company to provide more power for the future. You new power stations and provide more power for the need to consider: future. You need to explain:  The cost of the stations  The cost of the stations  The amount of power each station will  The amount of power each station will produce produce  The environmental impact  The environmental impact  The sustainability of the new station  The sustainability of the new station Energy Company Representative Energy Company Representative You work for an energy company. You have to You work for an energy company. You have to persuade British Energy to give you £10 billion to build persuade British Energy to give you £10 billion to build new power stations and provide more power for the new power stations and provide more power for the future. You need to explain: future. You need to explain:  The cost of the stations  The cost of the stations  The amount of power each station will  The amount of power each station will produce produce  The environmental impact  The environmental impact  The sustainability of the new station  The sustainability of the new station Energy Company Representative Energy Company Representative You work for an energy company. You have to You work for an energy company. You have to persuade British Energy to give you £10 billion to build persuade British Energy to give you £10 billion to build new power stations and provide more power for the new power stations and provide more power for the future. You need to explain: future. You need to explain:  The cost of the stations  The cost of the stations  The amount of power each station will  The amount of power each station will produce produce  The environmental impact  The environmental impact  The sustainability of the new station  The sustainability of the new station © RPinner 2010 Energy Sources WebQuest Teachers’ Handouts 11
  • 12. Essay Worksheet You will write a 1,500 word essay in answer to the following question: To what extent do you feel renewable energy sources can provide a sustainable future? Will society need to change in order to accommodate renewable energy? How important do you feel it is to move towards renewable energy sources? Steps: 1. First brainstorm your ideas 2. Now create an essay plan or outline 3. Now write your thesis statement 4. Now write your essay on separate sheets of paper. Once you have composed the first draft, check your essay for spelling, punctuation and language. Exchange essays with your partner. Can you understand their main line of thought? Are the ideas clearly presented? Is the essay structured in a logical way? Does the essay answer the question? Provide feedback for your partner. Give them comments using the above questions as a guide. Make the changes to your own essay based on your partners’ feedback and then proof read it one final time. Now submit the essay to your teacher. © RPinner 2010 Energy Sources WebQuest Teachers’ Handouts 12
  • 13. Mid-Project Evaluation Review the lesson aims: Lesson aims: Learn specific vocabulary relating to energy production Conduct web-based research to learn more about types of energy production Give a 10-20 minute presentation about how a certain type of energy is produced. Practice explaining a process and listening to understand a process Have a debate about renewable and non-renewable energy sources Write a 1,500 word essay about sustainable energy What are your personal aims for this lesson?  ____________________________________  ____________________________________  ____________________________________  ____________________________________ To what extent have you achieved these aims so far? What have you found easy to accomplish so far? What difficulties have you overcome? What would you do differently next time? What do you feel you need to improve on in order to achieve these aims more effectively? How do you plan to review what you have learned so far?  End of Project Evaluation Review the lesson aims: Lesson aims: Learn specific vocabulary relating to energy production Conduct web-based research to learn more about types of energy production Give a 10-20 minute presentation about how a certain type of energy is produced. Practice explaining a process and listening to understand a process Have a debate about renewable and non-renewable energy sources Write a 1,500 word essay about sustainable energy To what extent have you achieved the aims of the lesson and your own personal aims? What did you find easy to accomplish? What did you find difficult? What would you do differently next time? What do you feel you need to improve on in order to achieve your aims more effectively next time? How do you plan to review what you have learned so far? How will what you have learned or achieved be useful to you in the future? What have you learned or improved that you can apply in the future? © RPinner 2010 Energy Sources WebQuest Teachers’ Handouts 13
  • 14. ENERGY SOURCES -CHART4.. NAME________________ DATE ___/___/____ How it works Advantages Disadvantages Renewable? [yes/no] Fossil Fuels (coal, oil, gas) Nuclear Power (uranium) Solar power Wind Power 4 Adapted from http://www.darvill.clara.net/altenerg/ © RPinner 2010 Energy Sources WebQuest Teachers’ Handouts 14
  • 15. How it works Advantages Disadvantages Renewable? [yes/no] Tidal Power Hydro-electric Power Wave Power Geothermal Power Biomass © RPinner 2010 Energy Sources WebQuest Teachers’ Handouts 15
  • 16. Richard S Pinner MA ELT & Applied Linguistics Materials Development Assignment 8 09 Jul. 10 Energy Sources WebQuest Justification and Rationale Aims The aims of this lesson5 are to prepare students on English for Academic Purposes (EAP) courses to embark on a research task and to prepare a ten to fifteen minute presentation and 1,500 word essay on a topic requiring quite specific knowledge and vocabulary, yet also relevant and present in current affairs discussions. The students work in groups and at times individually. The project is designed to be similar to what would be expected of them on many university degree programs. A WebQuest is described as “an inquiry-oriented lesson format in which most or all the information that learners work with comes from the web.” (Dodge, 1995) By doing a WebQuest it is hoped that the students would have greater freedom and autonomy when conducting the research thus helping them to improve their digital literacy while simultaneously allowing them to develop other skills (such as researching, presenting and essay writing) which they will need in the future as they continue their studies. An additional aim of this lesson is to improve the students’ awareness of the issues surrounding sustainable and renewable energy sources. Not only is this an important theme in many debates surrounding current affairs, but also an ethical issue which I believe is important for people to know about. It is also my intention that due to the subject being important to current affairs it would be more engaging for students and also broad enough for the whole class to find relevant and interesting. The project begins with reasonably easy tasks such as vocabulary matching and brainstorming, before building up to more cognitively demanding tasks such as presenting and essay writing. This is intended to increase retention and is based on findings which support the Involvement Load Hypothesis (Laufer & Hulstijn, 2001; Hulstijn& Laufer, 2001) Another reason behind choosing a project based lesson in the form of a WebQuest is that it allows for greater autonomy because the students are working more independently with the teacher merely operating as a facilitator, which Tomlinson (2003) lists amongst one of the positive trends in materials development. A major factor in the choice of the lesson format is that by doing a WebQuest, students will be exposed to authentic language in context, which again has been linked to increased motivation and autonomy. WebQuests are understood to expose students to authentic material (Barahona Durán 2006). Siekmann states that “WebQuests are sources of linguistically and culturally authentic materials” (2008:144). Peacock (1997) found that authentic materials are more motivating for students, and thus it is hoped that the students would be more engaged in the lesson. Dörnyei (2001) lists autonomy as an important factor in motivation, and again the lesson is designed to foster autonomy with the students by allowing them to manage the project and choose much of the content from within a clear framework provided by the lesson aims. Context This lesson was designed to be taught as part of an EAP course taking place in a school in Britain, although this project could be adapted or used as it is in a broader range of contexts. I have 5 I have chosen to refer to this WebQuest project as one lesson even though it spans three days of classes. The reason for this is that I believe, since the aims are the same throughout the project, the term lesson is appropriate. Page 16
  • 17. Richard S Pinner MA ELT & Applied Linguistics Materials Development Assignment 8 09 Jul. 10 attempted in the teachers’ notes to account for varying class sizes in particular, as this can have a big influence on lessons where a number of groups are presenting, both in this context and wider contexts. The course for which this lesson was designed runs for a ten week term period, and students are continually assessed as part of the course. All of the final marks are from summative assessment, and as such, due to the short length of the course and large number of assessments, motivation and task engagement are perceived as problematic by many of the teachers on the course. This is something I found in my own experience when teaching on the course. It is very hard to fit in longer projects which are not directly related to the assessments as there is a syllabus which covers pages from course books that need to be completed each session. However, when teaching on the course I found that working purely through the syllabus was not engaging for the students and as such meant that students were often not satisfactorily prepared for their assessments, especially as they have very little time to practice for their assessments in an authentic way. For this reason I began ‘cherry picking’ the most important features of the course and designing tasks and projects which I felt would better enable the students the opportunity to learn and practise the skills needed for their assessments and, more importantly, their future studies at university. Although I have never formally quantified this, I strongly believe these projects to be of great benefit to the students. In contexts where the syllabus is more rigid, this may not always be possible however. Another feature of this context is the availability of computer labs and projectors for in-class use. There are a lot of technical requirements for such a project, so again this lesson would need to be adapted for use in a wider context. Another issue here would be the teachers’ own efficacy when using web or computer based applications for teaching, not to mention the students’ level of digital literacy. For this reason I have tried to keep the focus on the tasks themselves and not on the technology used to facilitate them. The classes consist of roughly fifteen students of mixed nationality and sex, between the ages of 17 – 35. They are expected to have a good level of English already (Upper-Intermediate to Advanced, Council of Europe (2001) B2-C2) and to be already quite familiar with the use of computers. In addition, from earlier in the course they would have been introduced to many academic conventions, such as referencing, avoiding plagiarism and structuring an academic essay or presentation. However, the aim of this lesson would be to strengthen and build on this knowledge, although the lesson is not designed to present this information for the first time. Choice of materials As this is a lesson designed for an EAP course, it can be assumed that the teachers using it would be reasonably well experienced already, thus the procedure is not too prescriptive. Teachers who work on the EAP course for which this lesson was designed are usually required to be TEFL-Q or DELTA qualified. However, I have tried to keep the teachers’ notes as simple as possible for such a long project and accessible to less experienced teachers. Throughout the stages of the lesson the students are engaged in Evaluations which are designed to increase their self-assessment and autonomous thinking while also focusing them back on the task. Presentation The students are given the lesson aims at the beginning of the lesson so that they know exactly why they are doing this project. I believe it is important to include the students as much as possible in the decisions behind undertaking a certain task in order to facilitate independent and autonomous thinking. It also helps the students to prepare for the lesson. By showing the students the project timeline diagram they are aware that more is expected of them as they have longer to work on it than perhaps a usual stand-alone lesson. Pre-task: energy types brainstorm Page 17
  • 18. Richard S Pinner MA ELT & Applied Linguistics Materials Development Assignment 8 09 Jul. 10 The purpose of this task is to activate the students’ existing schematic knowledge and also to allow the teacher time to gauge the students’ current level of vocabulary knowledge and competence with the subject. Vocabulary matching This task is designed to enable concept checking and to ensure that the students already know enough to begin the more in-depth research task. Project timeline: The decision to feature a project timeline comes from the fact that one of the aims of this lesson is to allow the students to experience a sense of responsibility and to understand the stages involved in preparing a presentation and doing research. This is an integral part of EAP courses and as such I believe project work such as this is very useful in preparing students and giving them practice in this area. WebQuest: The WebQuest section features quite structured sets of questions which the students need to find answers to, but it also features additional and more detailed questions for more motivated or capable students who would quickly work through the initial questions. This was an attempt at allowing the students more freedom and control over the content of their research task, while still providing enough structure to have coherent and achievable outcomes. Presentation task: The presentation task is supposed to happen on the 2nd day of the project, thus allowing students the opportunity to use their own time to finish preparing. Again, this is what happens at university level. In addition, it is hoped that this extra time would give students the opportunity to work more autonomously. During Presentation task: The purpose of this task is to ensure that the full class is engaged in the activity and not just those presenting. It is also to encourage a sense of collaboration and community. Post presentation task: This is a consolidation task which could be done either as homework or part of the class. Debate The purpose here is to begin thinking about the issues surrounding energy use and electricity production. Essay This is the main EAP focus of the lesson and would hopefully involve the most cognitive effort. It is intended to be both consolidation and EAP literacy development. As this lesson is intended to be taught in the middle of an EAP course it is designed to allow students to put what they have previously learned about essay writing into practise. Rationale The main reasons behind choosing to prepare a WebQuest are the opportunity to expose students to authentic materials, foster greater student autonomy and allow students to work together in a way which is student centred and not too dependent on the teacher. It is also hoped that the lesson would help the students to improve both their academic literacy and digital literacy. In addition, by making the task a project length set of goals it is hoped that the students would have more ownership and thus task engagement, thereby facilitating greater motivation and learning. Page 18
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