La aplicación de la teoría del constructivismo al aprendizaje de lenguas para fines específicos a través de la WEBQUEST

Abstract

The integration of the Spanish university system in the European Higher Education Area (EHEA) demands a series of concrete proposals. As we advance towards the implementation of the process of Bologna It is necessary to contemplate to a new paradigm of teaching/learning. The use of the WebQuest in the university scope constitutes a didactic resource that not only is the keeping the theory of the constructivism but also with the process of European convergence. The WebQuest is a type of didactic activity based on group work through projects and research. In this article we present the challenges that the professors of Languages for Specific Purposes as well as a theoretical reflection on this didactic resource, and its application to the curriculum of English to the students of mining engineering at Technical University of Madrid (UPM).