On-line+Resources

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This page is meant to provide a holistic space for gathering on-line info that may help us create a project in '09.

This link is to an american school's Wiki Project http://takingitfurther.wikispaces.com/10_08

Here is an outline of their project.

 ·  Collect relevant sources of information.  ·  Use different sources: text, audio and images.  ·  Get in touch with real people.  ·  Write a formal report. (1,000 words)  ·  Give informal talks and one formal presentation. (30')  ·  Write your reflections.
 * Research Projects **
 * You will be expected to: **

Reading. Note taking. Summarising. Paraphrasing. Asking questions. Listening. Writing. Speaking
 * Language skills involved: **

Your work will be assessed individually. Each week you'll get 0, 1 or 2 credits.
 * Assessment **
 * Stage 1 **

Report: 5 (group mark) Presentation: 5 (group mark)
 * Stage 2**

Reflections: 5
 * Stage 3**


 * Benchmarks. **
 * Stage 1. Defining research area and collecting data. **

** 5-5 **

 ·  We have limited our research area.  ·  We've started to collect relevant sources of information. ** 12-5 **

 ·  We have started to read and take notes from the collected sources. ** 19-5 **

 ·  We have prepared an informal presentation of our findings and are ready to share them in class. ** 26-5 **

 ·  We have broadened our research including not only text but a variety of media (podcasts, videos, pictures) ** 2-6

**  ·  We have taken notes on our media findings. ** 9-6 **

 ·  We've contacted a person who is in the situation of proving relevant information for your research topic. And taken notes on that experience.

** 16-6 **

 ·  We have prepared an informal presentation of our findings and are ready to share them in class.


 * Stage 2. New Content production.**

** 23-6 **

 ·  We have written a formal report on our research. ** 30-6 **

<span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol"> ·  We have prepared a formal oral presentation of our research.
 * Stage 3. Reflections**

** 7-6

** <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol"> ·  I have analysed the process and written down my reflections.

[|**Google Alerts**] are email updates of the latest relevant Google results (web, news, etc.) based on your choice of query or topic
 * Search Engines **

[|**Scholar Google**] provides a search of scholarly literature across many disciplines and sources, including theses, books, abstracts and articles.

[|**Lingro**]
 * Dictionaries **

[|**Absolutely Intercultural**]
 * Podcasts: **

[|**University and College Podcasts**]

[|YouTube] [|Google Videos]
 * Videos **

To search [|flickr Creative Commons] licensed pictures.
 * Pictures **

[|Presentation tips]
 * Speaking **

[|Quoting and paraphrasing Sources] http://www.wisc.edu/writing/Handbook/QuotingSources.html [|Citation Styles] http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/online/citex.html [|Citation Builder] http://21cif.imsa.edu/tools/citation / [|Citation Builder] http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/lobo2/citationbuilder/citationbuilder.php (another one)
 * Writing **