La enseñanza-aprendizaje de la lengua extranjera a través de la estrategia de las webquests: un caso práctico en el campus virtual de la U.C.M.

Abstract

This article presents an Educational Innovative Project on how to integrate ICT in a preservice English language teacher education curriculum. The project dealt with the use of WebQuests. A WebQuest editor was created and the WebCT platform at Complutense University in Madrid, as well as our own website were used to carry out the different activities. WebQuests are a useful tool to integrate ICT in the foreign language classroom and promote cooperative learning. Two WebQuests based on some topics in the syllabus of the first year students were designed and implemented. The results showed how reading, listening and written tasks have helped trainees develop their speaking skills.