1. Getting Ready for The World Cup and The Olimpic Games in Brazil Luísa Pereira Débora Gonçalves Knowing Brazilian Places Getting to know Brazilian Places

2. This is my friend John. He lives in England. He’s coming to Brazil for the first time in 2014 for the World Cup but he does not know anything about the places he will visit. Why don’t you help him?

3. At the same time you will help John, you will get to know more about Brazilian places. Let’s go!

4. Ready? Let’s start! Get together in groups of 4 or 5 students; Each group chooses a city from the following list: Salvador Rio de Janeiro São Paulo Brasília Recife Prepare a very interesting presentation highlighting the most important aspects about the choosen city (festivals, typical food, soccer teams, leisure activities, tourist attractions, people, etc.). Don’t forget to insert pictures to make it more attractive! The best presentation will win a “World Cup Kit”

5. You are going to search for the chosen place on the internet using the following websites: Ready? Let’s start! http://www.bolerio.com/ http://www.aboutsaopaulo.net/culture-of-sao-paolo.html http://www.aboutbrasilia.com/ http://www.recifeguide.com/ http://www.lonelyplanet.com/brazil/the-northeast/salvador/things-to-do http://www.southamerica.cl/Brazil/Food.htm http://www.sambafoot.com/en/teams/

6. Getting Ready for The World Cup and The Olimpic Games in Brazil Luísa Pereira Débora Gonçalves Knowing Brazilian Places Evaluation Your colleagues will judge your group performance on a chart with "Very Good", "Good" and "Regular” on the following criteria: adequacy to the theme clarity creativity accuracy of language Your group must self-evaluate too. And finally, the teacher’s evaluation will complete to create an average.

7. Have you enjoyed getting to know about Brazilian places? How about searching for other cities? Check out these websites : http://www.roughguides.com/destinations/south-america/brazil/northeast/ http://www.audleytravel.com/us/destinations/latin-america/brazil/places-to- go.aspx http://www.brazilmycountry.com/cities-in-brazil/

8. This webquest was designed by Luísa Pereira and Débora Gonçalves, students of the course “Use of technology in English Teaching” at Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ), under guidance of Professor Janaína Cardoso in January, 2014. This activity was prepared to improve listening and speaking skills from pre-intermediate students on.