1. Using Web Quest as a source of presenting culture to the students Т. А. Кузнецова Заслуженный Учитель России.

2. What is Web Quest?  It’s an inquiry-oriented activity in which some or all the information that learners interact with comes from resources on the Internet.

3. Reasons for using Web Quest  An easy way for teachers to begin to incorporate the Internet into the language classroom.  They are group activities and as a result tend to lend them to communication and the sharing of knowledge.  They encourage critical thinking.  They can be both motivating and authentic tasks.

4.  They can be used both linguistically and cross –curricular  They encourage learners to view the activities they are doing “real” or “useful”

5. Structure of a Web Quest  Title.  The introduction stage is normally used to introduce the overall theme of the web quest. It introduces key vocabulary and concepts.  The task section explains what the learners will have to do as they work their way through the web quest.

6.  The process stage guides the learners through a set of activities and research tasks  The evaluation stage can involve learners in self-evaluation, comparing and contrasting what they have produced and giving feedback

7. What you need  Define the topic area and the end product  Find web resources  Group the resources according to the task  Structure the process: tasks, lexical areas, grammatical areas.  Design the evaluation stage and concepts