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This webquest is aimed at students in 11^th or 12^th form without any further knowledge about Jamaica, but are familiar with the internet. The project is designed to take three to four weeks, depending on the amount of time available and the student's fluency in English. One of their main concerns will be to manage texts in a foreign language and then reproduce the information found in the different sources to produce some linguistic output themselves.

The project might prove especially useful in a newly formed class where the students do not know each other very well and are offered the opportunity to meet on an informal basis after school. The Jamaican Night at the end of the project brings all of the students together, explicitly also including family and friends to have a broader audience for their presentations. Accordingly the work invested before is task-oriented with a creative touch to it that will lead to individual results. The students are required to think of ways that they think most adequate to represent the group's topic.

Apart from training how to do presentations and expanding the vocabulary, one of the main aims of the webquest is to develop further intercultural competence. By using Jamaican webpages they are confronted with a culture different from their own. This leads to a reflection about how their own culture really is, but is also supposed to help to understand and accept Jamaican ways of living.


Quest - Jamaica Introduction Task Culture Religion History Tourism Process Sources Evaluation Teacher's Page	Teacher's Page This webquest is aimed at students in 11^th or 12^th form without any further knowledge about Jamaica, but are familiar with the internet. The project is designed to take three to four weeks, depending on the amount of time available and the student's fluency in English. One of their main concerns will be to manage texts in a foreign language and then reproduce the information found in the different sources to produce some linguistic output themselves. The project might prove especially useful in a newly formed class where the students do not know each other very well and are offered the opportunity to meet on an informal basis after school. The Jamaican Night at the end of the project brings all of the students together, explicitly also including family and friends to have a broader audience for their presentations. Accordingly the work invested before is task-oriented with a creative touch to it that will lead to individual results. The students are required to think of ways that they think most adequate to represent the group's topic. Apart from training how to do presentations and expanding the vocabulary, one of the main aims of the webquest is to develop further intercultural competence. By using Jamaican webpages they are confronted with a culture different from their own. This leads to a reflection about how their own culture really is, but is also supposed to help to understand and accept Jamaican ways of living.