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Presenter : Tran Ngoc Ha Email : hatran2409@huflit.edu.vn

Contents

Introduction

Methodology

Results and Discussions

Conclusion

References

Introduction: Background

The importance of English

The potential of IT

- Large class size + mixed ability students - Fear of oral presentation - Difficult textbooks - Lack of school facilities

Background

English

Information Technology

Problems

Introduction: Literature review

• WebQuest: an inquiry-oriented activity: information resources on the Internet

(Dodge, 1995) • WebQuest-supported linguistic skills

– Oral face to face communication skill (Gülbahar et al., 2010; Laborda, 2010)

– Reading skill (Shan, 2011; Tuan, 2011) – Writing skill (Almasri, Alffadda &

Alshumaimeri, 2011; Awada & Ghaith, 2014)

The utilization of WebQuests in enhancing oral presentation skills of EFL IT Students at HUFLIT

Introduction: Objectives

1

Students’ attitudes toward the application of WebQuests in language learning

2

Methodology

• Research method: Action research

• Participants: 35 IT juniors at Class CT1201

• Instruments: – Observation sheet – Questionnaire

• Data analysis: content + SWOT analysis

Figure 1: The WebQuest Cycle

• Listen to the presentation of each group and raise questions

• Observe group PR Super Mega Force’s presentation and fill in the observation sheet

• Collect 6 observation sheets from six groups

• Collect 35 questionnaires of all thirty-five IT juniors from CT1201 class

• Analyze the observation sheets and all questionnaires for results and discussion

• Gather information from the Internet • Discuss the materials in groups • Create a WebQuest page • Make an oral presentation

• Determine the subjects • Give SS a link to browse the

WebQuest page • Set up each group of 5 students • Choose and narrow down the topic

PLANNING ACTING

OBSERVING REFLECTING

Table 1: Seven groups of subjects

Name

of

groups

Group

23

Group

8

IT

Team

Group

4D

Group

PR Super

Mega Force

Group

9

Group

5

Quantity 5 5 5 5 5 5 5

Topic Entertainment Sightseeing Things

you

need

Society Accommodation Nature Sports &

Interests

Table 2: SWOT Analysis

Helpful to achieve the goals

Harmful to achieve the goals

Internal

factors Strengths Weaknesses

External

factors Opportunities Threats

Teacher- assessment

WebQuest Cycle

Peer- Assessment

Self- assessment

Observation sheets

Questionnaires

Results and Discussion

1. Teacher-assessment on groups’ performance

PLANNING

ACTING

OBSERVING

REFLECTING

activity cooperation

critical thinking & problem solving

autonomy & interaction skills

scaffolded learning

2. Peer-assessment on group PR Super Mega Force’s performance

• First very good impression on WebQuest design

• Good opinion on the overall presentation

• Good responses on the presentation techniques

• Interested in the organization of speech

• Excited with the content

• Good evaluation on spoken language rather than written language

3. Self-assessment on the WebQuest project

True facts about WebQuests project

Groups’ attitude towards the WebQuest process

The effects of WebQuests in enhancing oral presentation skills

3.1 True facts about WebQuests project

Yes 91%

No 9%

Satisfaction with the results of group presentation

Yes 20%

No 80%

Known the term WebQuest before

3.2 Groups’ attitude towards the WebQuest process

Negative Average Positive

Very difficult

Difficult Neutral Easy Very easy

Forming groups and choosing the topic

1 5 16 (47,1%)

9 3

Gathering information 3 4 14 (41,2%)

10 3

Sharing information with group members

2 2 8 20 (58,8%)

2

Making WebQuest 5 12 13 (38,2%)

4 0

Making presentation in front of the class

4 11 13 (38,2%)

6 0

3.3 The effects of WebQuests in enhancing oral presentation skills

Strengths

Students’ IT major

Students’ motivation and English skills

Critical thinking & problem solving skills

Beautiful interface of WebQuests

Weaknesses

Time pressure

Lack of technical & theoretical knowledge

Enormous quantity of information

Opportunities

The development of IT

Teachers’ & Students’

interest in IT

HUFLIT context

Threats

Poor infrastructure

Lack of high-tech equipment

Heavy school curriculum

Internet privacy

3.3 The effects of WebQuests in enhancing oral presentation skills

Yes 85%

No 15%

Making WebQuests in the future

Conclusion

Successful WebQuests

Teacher- assessment

Self-assessment

Peer-assessment

Conclusion

“Computers will never substitute teachers but they offer new opportunities for better language learning. However, teachers who use computers will replace teachers who do not”.

(Lee, 2000)

REFERENCES Almasri, M. M., Alfadda, H., & Alshumaimeri, Y. A. (2011). A preliminary study of the effct of

WebQuests on the writing performance of Saudi female EFL elementary school students. The jalt call Journal, 7(3), 373–390.

Awada, G., & Ghaith, G. (2014). Impact of Using the WebQuest Technological Model on English as a Foreign Language

(EFL) Writing Achievement and Apprehension. Arab World English Journal(1), 81-93. Dodge, B. (1995). Some Thoughts About WebQuests. 2015, from

http://mennta.hi.is/vefir/danska/webquest1/Some%20Thoughts%20About%20WebQuests.htm

Gülbahar, Y., Madran, R. O., & Kalelioglu, F. (2010). Development and Evaluation of an Interactive WebQuest Environment:“Web Macerasi”. Journal of Educational Technology & Society, 13(3), 139-150.

Laborda, J. G. (2010). Fostering face to face oral interactionthroughwebquests:A case study in esp for tourism. Trabalhos em Linguística Aplicada, 49(1), 275-292. Lee, K.-w. (2000). English teachers’ barriers to the use of computer-assisted language learning.

The Internet TESL Journal, 6(12), 1-8. Shan, C. (2011). Using WebQuests to Facilitate Task-based English Reading Instruction for Graduate Students. Chinese Journal of Applied Linguistics (Quarterly), 34(2), 34-43. SWOT analysis. (2015). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SWOT_analysis Tuan, L. T. (2011). Teaching Reading through WebQuest. Journal of Language Teaching and

Research, 2(3), 664-673. doi: 10.4304/jltr.2.3.664-673

Thank You!

Useful tools to create Webquests

Online Webquest makers: • http://createwebquest.com/ • http://webquest.org/index-create.php • http://zunal.com/ • http://teacherweb.com/tweb/twquest.aspx • http://www.w3schools.com/ Software applications: • Adobe Dreamweaver CS6 • Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Publisher