ENGLISH SPEAKING COUNTRIES

TEAM PROJECT: Now is your turn! 

In groups, travel to one of these possible destinations: Canada, USA, Australia, New Zealand, England, Ireland, Wales, Scotland and South Africa.

Are you ready? Have a pleasant trip! 

• Surf the net and work together to explore and find specific information about your country in order to advertise it to the class.

• Design and create a travel brochure of your English speaking country using the presentation editor Prezi or a Powerpoint and present it to the class.

PROCESS:

1. Let's create groups of two or three students.

2. Choose an English speaking country:

• Canada       • Scotland       • New Zealand

• Australia    • England        • South Africa

• USA              • Wales            • Ireland     

3. Choose topics to research. Divide the topics among the group members.

 • Location                • Currency         • Typical music           

 • Traditions              • Population      

 • Typical food          • Famous people    

 • Popular sports      • Flag and symbols

 • Sightseeings         • Capital city             

   4. Resources

       Search the following websites for the information you need:

       • http://www.infoplease.com/countries.HTML

       • https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/index.html

       Do not limit yourself to only these. Explore all other websites! 

       When your research is finished, share your information with your group members.

   5. Together, decide how are you going to design your presentation and how to create it.

   6. Design and create a travel brochure of your English speaking country using the

       presentation editor Prezi or a powerpoint and prepare a 5 minute presentation to

       show to the class.  

   7. Evaluation:

       There will be three different evaluations: 

       A) Teacher evaluation ( 0% - 100% ):

       • The teacher will evaluate your:

       » Written work ( 30% )

       » Oral presentation ( 50% )

       » Presentation skills ( 20% )

       B) Self-evaluation ( 0% - 100% ):

       • You will evaluate yourself taking into account your commitment, participation and final work.

      C) Coevaluation ( 0% - 100% ):

      • Your classmates will evaluate your final work and your oral presentation.

       Evaluation chart

• You will evaluate yourself taking into account the criteria below;

• Your classmates will evaluate your final work and your oral presentation;

• Your teacher will evaluate your work, taking into account the following criteria: