Study Schedule
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| Language | Schedule | Resources |
| This website has been developed for free access but actual
participants will be company people. Therefore this study schedule is mainly
addressed to those enrolled, but anyone is welcome to follow its
guidelines and also suggest improvements.
Our initial steps will, naturally, be taken face to face and on that occasion this proposed study schedule will be talked and agreed or modified. It is expected that after a decision has been taken everyone will honor it. I am especially keen on this issue, considering this new mode will be an absolute challenge for a very busy group of people and that similar face to face attempts in the past were not entirely successful. It is true that times have changed and an acceptable command of English has now become imperative at almost all levels and walks of life, but if we do not admit that a paradigm shift in learning is also needed we will be denying the possibility of success of this course at the very starting point. Remember our motto: a will to learn, share, communicate. Participants are invited to become well familiar with main features of the course contents, and accept its philosophy of learning and sharing.
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Objective: Reading contents and becoming familiar with the course, explore
through and examine webquests initial steps. (Webquests and
Building Webquest)
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2 |
Work through the Language Link. Among the
miscellaneous links of language, grammar, style, pronunciation and other suggestions on
usage provided, choose one or several which most suit your needs and likes.
Send comments to the Forum about the reason of your choice and
how you plan to include entries in your own study schedule. Analysis and plan should be
very clearly stated as progress will be analyzed,
tested and discussed periodically in our f2f meetings.
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3, 4 |
Starting a closer and deeper analysis of
webquests - View Bernie Dodge´s and Kathy Schrock´s sites
and also the NY Times Learning Net. Compare them and send comments to
the Forum. Everyone should participate. You will be
free to choose any other similar site as 2nd option. Please send
comments to the Forum on both alternatives. First option will
remain this Study Schedule, but we will be flexible. If any
other appropriate site is located we will be modifying our own site and
course accordingly if we are all one in our decision,
although discussions on this other possibility will not be held
before this 4 months testing period has been accomplished.
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| 5,6 | Webquests - a general view and analysis of
particular webquests and a close look at Destination Australia
and Where in the World, as they contain useful information for building our
site. Take the time to review your language plans and give special attention
to links on phonetics. Build your own brief plan on language and
phonetics, pronunciation, intonation, and
send comments to the Forum. Grammar will be
tested and participants are encouraged to search for additional sites on pronunciation and
voice on
line.
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| 7 | Webquests 2nd step. Analyze other USQ
webquests. Compare and send comments to the Forum. You have by now
become quite familiar with webquests and are invited to use the rubric provided if you wish
to complete comments.
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| 8,9,10 |
We´ll be starting with our own joint
webquest. Destination Argentina. Each one will be working on his her own
as a first step, following instructions and template provided.
Build your own version and once finished mail it to the Forum for
discussions. You
will find plenty of links under Resources. Each participant should
receive every other participant´s version and make comments to the
Forum. Again you are invited
to use the rubric provided. Extracting the best information, text,
drawings, photographs and additional links collected we will build our
joint webquest called Destination Argentina and send it to the Webquest
page for including it among their links (hope to be accepted!).
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| 11 | Resulting from a close analysis of the work
done, this week will be a refreshing language period and webquests will
be analyzed from the language point and talks held about biggest
constrains found. This will be a
grammar immersion and pronunciation refreshing week.
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| 12 | A testing whole week. Each one to work on
his her own on quizzes provided in Resources links. Each one to choose
those applying to his her own needs, but communicating decision (on
Monday) to the Forum. Our own course specific quizzes (Hot Patatoe)
will be added to complement those on line.
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| 13, 14 | Job specific webquests. Each participant in
his her own field This part of our course will obviously have limited
access for matters of company confidentiality, (copies will be provided
to the Board), and these webquests will not be published There will be a
face to face meeting on Monday of week 13 to clarify any doubts.
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| 15 | Each participant to read, analyse and
comment on other webquests (not his her own).
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| 16 | Evaluation. Face to face discussions, rights and wrongs of the course, improvements and plans for the future. | |||
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| Design Ljudmila Hribar : hribarmila@overnet.com.ar |
| Drawings : JuvancicJuan@infovia.com.ar |
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The following
is my testing ground proposal of a study schedule covering a period of 4 months,
starting August
through November.
