[ea dav Bestar and Alan Hunt holds about the chosen topic. Following this, the leamers must go beyond the boundaries of the classroom and administer their questionnaire to the target group. Each group member is required to administer the questionnaire and interview a minimum of ten people. The resulting data are compiled, analyzed, and organized by the group members. Because of the extensive amount of data, the learners must select the most significant aspects ofthe data, summarize them, and present them to the class in formal presentation Lasting approximately 5 to 8 minutes. The general objectives of the project are to ‘+ provide learners the opportunity to use English for authentic purposes for an extended period of time ‘provide intrinsically motivating activities which take advantage of the learners’ desire to improve their listening and speaking proficiency ‘allow learners to take responsibility for their own English education by giving them the primary responsibility for topic selection, questionnaire creation, and deciding how they will structure and present the data they collect ‘reinforce learners’ ability to form grammatically and pragmatically correct uestions chance the lames’ presentation skils demonstrate to students that the use of English can further enhance their own education and development ‘+ provide opportunities for learners to work closely together with a partner or in a small group for an extended period A more detailed look at how the project unfolds throughout the course of a semester follows. THE 12-WEEK PLAN week | In class: Learners are introduced to the project, they are shown a sample questionnaire, and they view a sample presentation on videotape. Leamers undertake various listening tasks while viewing the video. Homework: All learners must form groups of two to four students before the second class meeting and brainstorm ideas for topics. They should come to the second class with at least three possible topics. WEEK 2 In class: The teacher checks each group’s ideas. With the instructor's advice, each group should tentatively settle on one topic. Homework: Each group must write a one- to two-paragraph explanation of their topic and why they have chosen it. This must be submitted to the instructor by E-mail at least two days before the third class. The instructor will read the groups’ ideas, check to make certain that the topics are suitable, and give feedback to each group by E-mail WEEK 3 Jn class: Learners discuss suitable target groups to whom they can administer their questionnaire Homework: Each group must write a one- to two-paragraph explanation of the people they plan to interview and why they have chosen that particular group. This must be sub- ‘mitted to the instructor by E-mail at least two days before the fourth class. The instructor will read the groups’ ideas, check to make certain that the target groups they have chosen to interview are suitable, and give feedback to each group by E-mail,