WebQuest

LA BOTELLONA.A SOCIAL TEENAGE PHENOMENON?

A WebQuest for 1º de Bachillerato (English lesson)

Mª del Carmen Castro Rodríguez y Jesús Ledo Perdigón

Introduction

Spanish youngsters have “open air parties” with a lot of alcohol every weekend. They meet at a square, a street…to have fun while drinking alcohol. That’s their personal way of entertainment and has become a philosophy of life for them. But why do they like it? Do only teenagers drink at the street? How do other members of society react to that? Do young people in other European countries have a good time this way too?

You are going to research in order to answer these questions and compare the way the Spanish young people spend their free time with that of our neighbours in Europe.

The Task

You must search for information from any Spanish and British media: press, radio, television... about the topic. Then, you are supposed to select some news that you find important. In the end you will show the coincidences and differences you have found between the Spanish and other countries ways of having fun.

For the presentation of the final product you may need the computer and projector as tools in case you want to show your work in power point or website format.

The Process

First, the class will be divided into teams of 3 students.
Each one will play the roles of:

- director (selection of materials to focus on)

- researcher (surfing on the net)

- recorder ( taking notes and selecting which ones to use)

3. If you want, you may have a second stage where you will become the print specialist, the image specialist and the technician.

- Google research news: http://news.google.com/

-The Independent . http://www.independent.co.uk/
-The Times. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/
-The Herald http:/www.theherald.co.uk/
-The Sun. http:\www.thesun.co.uk\
-The Guardian. http:\www.guardian.co.uk\
- Daily Mirror http://www.mirror.co.uk/

- Dictionaries : http://www.freedict.com/onldict/spa.html

- For quizzes : http://info.zoomerang.com/

Glosario útil / Useful Glossary

alocarse to go crazy
a tope to the maximum
el bakalao rave music
el cierre the close, close-down
el entorno scene, environment
estresado stressed out
el éxtasis ecstasy
el pastillero pill-head
emborracharse to get drunk
ir a tu bola to do your own thing
ligar to pick up
la marcha party atmosphere, lots of action, crack
pasárselo bien to have a good time
pillar un pedo to get drunk
un porro a joint
salir to go out

The final product will be a brochure or an education newspaper article for a newspaper or magazine describing attitudes, behaviour and lifestyles of young people. It may be either :

a) A Word document including photos, maps, diagrams, graphics… to show the compared styles.

b) A Power point presentation.

c) A webpage format.

Evaluation Imagen

You will get the score of your teacher and also that of the rest of the class.

The final product will be evaluated according to:

- Interaction of members of the group in the process of information search, selection of appropriate and concise news, interviews or articles and development of the ideas.

- Oral presentation: clear,concise and coherent ideas.

- Correction in syntax and grammar.

- Design of the document

- Use of computer tools and audiovisual materials.

Conclusion

After this activity you will have developed strategies to skim and scan information from the British press; learned new vocabulary and also you will have thought and reflected about the way young people spend their free time in your own country and other parts of the world.

Have you ever thought about learning English while doing so? Would you suggest another subject?

Credits & References

-http://elearning.properly.es/course/view.php?id=12

Teacher Clip Art Gallery. http://school.discovery.com/clipart/

I highly thank Isabel Pérez for your guidelines in this matter. Now I think I can do simple things using the computer and I promise to dare working with it.

Last updated on August 15, 1999. Based on a template from The WebQuest Page