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It is essential to understand what your lecturer wants you to do in any group work assignment. One way of doing this is by asking questions about the assignment. Look at this task for Tourism students.

For example: Create a two-week adventure package holiday aimed at the young family market (two professional adults, two young children). Produce a marketing brochure to appear in travel agent outlets that includes details of destination, duration, accommodation, activities and costs. You will be asked to present your package holiday to the class and answer questions about it.

You can use ‘wh-questions’ to help you to analyse the question and understand exactly what is required. It is a good idea to try and come up with questions using all seven question words.

What? When? Who? Why? Where? Which? How?

You can also use the following questions stems.

Can we …? Should we …? Do we have to …?

The same questions would help you to understand the task when working alone. However, when working in a group, you have the opportunity to discuss them with others in the group and, between you, arrive at a thorough understanding of the task.

Exercise 1

Read the example task on page 28. How many questions can you write to help you to understand the task? Think about the different elements of the task. Some questions have been given to help you.

1 Questions about your group	Who will I work with? Can I …
2 Questions about the brochure	When does the brochure need to be finished by? Should it … How many … Which …
3 Questions about the presentation	How long should the presentation be? Should we … Does … Can we …
4 Questions about the assessment	What percentage of marks goes towards this assignment? How many … What …