Brief description of each phase of task cycle

• Pre-task: 

  1. • Session 1: The teacher will teach airport/traveling vocabulary so they can more easily interact in the picture.  What’s more, she/he will explain that the goal of this learning situation is to become familiar with traveling by plane to be prepared for their end of school trip. 

     • Session 2 (60 minutes): The teacher will teach how to use Thinglink to the students and do a demonstration on how to interact with a 360º image. She/he will also explain that the students will play with Thinglink in the following session to practice airport vocabulary in a simulated real context because, after that, they will prepare a roleplay. Finally, the teacher will review the airport vocabulary that was presented in the previous lesson.
       
       

• Main task: 

  1. • Session 3 (60 minutes): Each student, with a computer, will join the 360º image of an airport that the teacher will have shared with them. They will all have a guide on how to use Thinglink in the desk to check it whenever they need. Then, they will start interacting with the 360º image by following the order of the hotspots and completing each challenge. Meanwhile, the teacher will walk around the class and check on the students' understanding of the task. The teacher will provide support to any student who needs it. 

When students arrive at the final hotspot, they will be directed to a new scene (a plane) and they will have completed the activity. Students who finish earlier will write down in a post-it what they liked about Thinglink and if they would like to use it again. Finally, the teacher will collect students’ answers to get feedback.

Post-task: 

• Session 4 (60 minutes): With the knowledge students have gained about how airports work, they will  prepare a role play in small groups (4-5 students) simulating they are in an airport and want to get on a plane. Students will have a glossary of the airport vocabulary they need to include, as well as sentence structures to help them.

• Session 5 (60 minutes): Students will perform their roleplays in front of the class. They can use costumes and bring objects related to the airport. Finally, students will write down a few sentences about what they learned in the 360º airport image or during the roleplay. The teacher will collect student’s responses to assess their learnings.