This task provides telecollaborators with the opportunity to produce a travel brochure for the partner countries.
Institution reporting the task:
Language of task instructions:
English
Target Group:
Any
Level:
| A2 |
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| B1 |
| B2 |
References and acknowledgements:
None
Type:
Comparison & analysis
Estimated Duration:
2 sessions
Topic:
journeys
Tags:
| tourism |
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| visit |
| brochure |
| journey |
Acknowledgements:
None
Language Configurations:
Bilingual
Language(s) that the task can be used in:
Any
Dominant language production:
Writing/reading asynchronous
Target Competences:
| Language competence |
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| Intercultural skills |
| Online communication skills |
Specific pedagogical objectives:
| Créer une atmosphère amicale entre les étudiants |
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| Développement de la capacité de recherche d’informations en ligne des étudi |
Suggested Communication Tools:
| Asynchronous text |
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| Multimedia tools |
Suggested Resources:
Tutorial (Sliderocket):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7j4f-5RmO4
Instructions:
Step 1 (preparation by the teacher):
– Create a travel brochure that can be found on pages for organized journeys.
– Create a closed forum (like the proposed forum in Moodle) with several columns : ” tourism” , ” transport” , ” accommodation” and one column for ” productions” .
– Create pairs with telecollaborators from the same country
Step 2 (finding information):
In class, the telecollaborators study the brochure which was proposed by the teacher and locate the information given in the document as well as the structure of the brochure.
Step 3 (research):
Ask the telecollaborators to find more information in order to plan a journey for five days in the partner country.
– Information: region, dates, accommodation, means of transport, important sight-seeing locations
-The participants (tandems) may seek information and advice from their partners at this stage considering the different columns in the forum.
For example the choice of the region.
Step 4 (production):
– After having watched the tutorial for using Sliderocket (the link is found in « suggested resources» ),the team creates a travel brochure which presents all information gathered in step 3. They can illustrate this document with pictures.
– The teams publish the link to their products in the column « productions» in the forum.
Step 5 (survey):
Organise a survey (by adding an activity « survey» on Moodle) with various criteria in order to select the most advantageous journey.
– The criteria: price, interest, facilities
– The teachers might add additional criteria
Step 6(exchange):
The telecollaborators comment on the partners’ products in the forum by giving advice on the presented information and its organisation.
Step 7 (wrap-up in class): Feedback on following task instructions, on the quality of the brochures and the presented information as well as the linguistic quality.
Learner Texts:
None
Document related to the task:
Criteria for Completion:
The participants could develop travel brochures on the partner countries which contained selected information on different sites and justify the choice of the information.
Comments and suggestions:
None
Author/copyright:
Le français en Première Ligne (2011-2012) Grenoble-Chypre. Groupe B : Astrid Barbarin, Arisete Vera-Cruz, Caroline Blois (Tâche 2 « Voyage, voyage ! »)
