Universidad Nacional Abierta y a Distancia

Academic and Research Vice-rector

Activities guide and evaluation rubric Task 4 – Speaking task
forum

1. General description of the course

Faculty or Vicerrectoría de Relaciones Internacionales

Academic Unit
Academic Level Professional, specialization, master
Academic Field Formación interdisciplinar básica común
Course Name English 2
Course Code 90021
Course Type Methodological - Can be yes ☐ No ☒
practical enabled
Number of Credits 2

2. Description of the activity

Type of the Individu Collaborativ Number

☒ ☐ 7
activity: al e of weeks
Unit
Moment of
Initial ☐ Intermediat ☒ Final ☐
evaluation:
e: 1 and 2
Evaluative score of the Delivery Environment of the
activity: 90 points activity: Collaborative forum
Starting date of the activity: Deadline of the activity:
October 8th 2019 November 18th 2019
Competence to develop:

 To describe in simple terms an experience related to: Short trips and

recreational activities, past events, the weather, to give advice and
recommendations.

Topics to develop:

Pronunciation tips, past events, recommendations with should,

subjunctive.

Steps, phases of the learning strategy to develop

Task based learning. The student uses His/her English in a particular
communicative context, in order to carry out a task: planning,
describing, inviting, giving advice, etc.

Activities to develop

Estimado estudiante:
La presente GUIA tiene las pautas para realizar su producto final de una
presentación oral a través de un video. En ese video usted presentará
el producto final de la tarea de Writing (el afiche, infografía o folleto).

Esta tarea tendrá tres fases: sensibilización, práctica y ejecución del

video.
Usted debe dar cuenta de tres aspectos:
a) Hablar de sí mismo. b) Contar una experiencia de un viaje. c) Hablar
del clima del lugar que describe en su experiencia de viaje y dar algunas
recomendaciones sobre qué se debe tener en cuenta, de acuerdo con el
clima. d) Dar recomendaciones para planear un viaje al lugar que usted
describió.
Es necesario que usted haga los ejercicios de los contenidos en línea que
se relacionan al inicio de cada paso; de esta manera, podrá dar cuenta
de lo aprendido en los ejercicios de escritura que se proponen en el
proceso y así mismo en el producto final.

En cada etapa se señalan las partes de la unidad de los contenidos en

línea que usted debe trabajar, y se hace específico qué actividades debe
subir al foro. Es decir, no todas las actividades que se trabajan en los
contenidos en línea deben ser publicadas en el foro. Revise cuáles debe
publicar.
Descriptor de autoevaluación de acuerdo con el Marco Común Europeo
de Referencia para expresión oral:
 Puedo comunicarme en tareas sencillas y habituales que requieren
un intercambio simple y directo de información sobre actividades y
 asuntos cotidianos.
 Utilizo una serie de expresiones y frases para describir con
términos sencillos a mi familia y otras personas, mis condiciones
de vida, mi origen educativo y mi trabajo actual o el último que
tuve.

Dear student,

You will develop this task in the Speaking task forum.

 At the end of this task, you will record a video through the tool
Screencast-O-Matic.
 Follow each step, post all the activities in the forum and get
feedback from your partners and tutor.
 The final product must be sent individually. You construct your
final product through the process you develop collaboratively.

Stage 1: Pronunciation practice.

Practice the pronunciation of regular verbs in past. Check the online

contents and the following chart:

Pronunciation of ED
Say [id] Say [t] Say [d]
SH Washed L Called
CH Watched N Earned
T wanted GH Laughed R Entered
TH Breathed G Damaged
P Helped V Loved
D K Risked S Used
C Danced W Borrowed
needed
SS Kissed Y Played
X fixed Z amazed

Go to unit 1.4. Going on a trip in the Knowledge

environment and develop all the activities. You just
have to upload the following activities in the forum:1

sip mop
Chart # 1. Practice 7 finish
Listen again and match. Write each wish Smack
verb in past. punch
The first one is done for you.
pack pick
1 wished 9 faced face
2 sipped 10 picked punch mash
3 finished 11 pitched smash
4 Mopped 12 smashed pitch stop
5 Packed 13 mashed
nick
6 Punched 14 Nicked
7 smacked 15 stopped
8 punched

1
Nota: Los ejercicios en línea del entorno de conocimiento no se guardan en la
plataforma. Para los ejercicios que tiene que hacer para cada etapa, usted debe
publicar las respuestas de los ejercicios indicados en el foro o tomar pantallazos. No
enviar las respuestas al correo del tutor. Solo publicar en el foro las actividades que la
guía indica.
 RECORDING # 1
Record each verb from practice 7 in past. Say your name in
the beginning of your recording.
Repeat the pronunciation of each verb in past.
Upload the audio file in the forum.

Go to unit 1.5. What did you do last weekend? in

the Knowledge environment and develop all the
activities. You just have to upload the following
activities in the forum:
Go to unit 1.1. Fasten your seat belt in the Knowledge
environment and develop the following activities:
Stage 2: Interaction practice.
Practice how to present your final product developed in the Writing
forum (infographic, brochure or poster).
Take into account the tasks you are developing in the Writing Forum.
Use the poster, infographic or brochure from the Writing forum to
prepare and do your presentation.

You have two options to develop this stage:

Option 1: Participate in the Practice sessions with your tutor

through Skype and practice your presentation. Your tutor will
send you a link for the registration.

Use linking words to build your speech

First of all, …After that, …Then, …Finally, …Let’s start / Let’s get
started
Attend a 15–minute session on Skype.
 Do your presentation to your tutor and receive feedback in order to
improve your oral skills and prepare your video.
 Use camera, microphone and show your identification card to your
tutor.
Book up date and time for the Practice sessions.

In order to register and choose date and time to do the Skype session,
your tutor will send you a link to a Drive Document to your email and
platform email.

Option 2: Send a three-minute video through Skype to your

tutor. You have to show the practice of your final presentation.
Your tutor will send you back a video feedback. Check the
tutorial and follow the instruction:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKImV282u2I

Stage 3: Record the video through Screencast-O-Matic.

RECORD YOURSELF
Use the brochure, poster or infographic to do your presentation. It’s
necessary that you use the tool SCREENCAST O’MATIC2. You have to
record your screen and your face at the same time.

2
You can use another similar tool that allows recording the screen and your face at the
same time.
Remember:
 Pronunciation exercises you did in the 1st stage
 Make pauses
 Speak up!
 You must not read.
 Length of the video: 3 to 5 minutes.
 Use visual aids for introducing yourself.

Stage 4 Publish your video in the forum.

 Upload your video on YouTube. Then, share the link in the forum.
EXAMPLE OF VIDEO: https://goo.gl/mrLQzi

Stage 5: Complete the checklist.

 Complete the checklist:
QUESTIONS YES NO
Did I upload the recording # 1 from the unit 1.4 in
the forum?
Stage 1

Did I upload the recording # 2 from the unit 1.5 in

the forum?
Did I upload the recording # 3 from the unit 1.1 in
the forum?
Did I prepare the presentation for the final product
Stag
e2

from the Writing forum?

Did I attend one Practice session with my tutor
 through Skype or send a three-minute video to my
tutor through Skype?
Did I prepare how to introduce myself, talk about a
trip, the weather and give recommendations?
Did I record the video taking into account the
previous practice in stages 1 and 2?
Stage 3

Did I use the tool Screencast-o-matic for recording

my video?
Did I show the final product of the writing task in the
video?
Did I introduce myself using pictures and visual aids?
Did I publish the video on YouTube?
Stage

Did I share the link of my video in the forum?

4

Did I save the link in a Word document?

Don’t forget to add this chart at the end of the Word document.

Stage 6: Upload the final product in the forum.

 Copy the link of your video in a Word document. The link can be
uploaded in YouTube or Google Drive.
 Add the checklist of stage 5 and upload the document in the
Evaluation and Monitoring Environment.

End of the task!

Environmen
t for the
Collaborative environment
developmen
t
Individual:
Record three audios and post them in the forum Task 5
– Speaking.
Record the final video after doing the Practice Session
Products to
with your tutor.
deliver by
student
Collaborative:
Give feedback to your partners and improve your
presentation for recording the video.
 General guidelines for the collaborative work

Students have to record three audios and post them in

Planning of
the forum. After that, they give feedback each other
activities for
within the forum.
the
Students have to participate in the practice session in
development
Skype with their tutor.
of
After doing the practice session, the student will be able
collaborative
to record him/herself according to the indications given
work
in the guide.
Roles to
perform by
the student Each student is responsible for his/her own process.
in the
collaborative
group
Roles and
responsibilit
y for the Students upload the final product (link of a video in
delivery of YouTube) in the forum.
products by
students
Use of
Always cite the references
references
In the agreement 029 of December 13, 2013, article
99, the mistakes that infringe upon the academic order,
among others, are the following: paragraph e) “To
plagiarize is to present as your own work the whole or
part of a writing, report, task or document of invention
performed by another person. It also implies the use of
Plagiarism
cites or lack of references, or includes cites where there
policy
is no coincidence between them and the reference” and
paragraph f)”To reproduce, or copy for profit,
educational resources or results of research products,
which have intellectual rights reserved for the
University”.

The academic punishments that the student will face

are:
a) In case of academic fraud proved in the academic
work or evaluation, the score achieved will be zero
(0.0) without leading to disciplinary measures.
b) In case of plagiarism proved in the academic work
of any nature, the score achieved will be zero (0.0),
without leading to disciplinary measures.

To know how the documents must be cited, check the

following document:
Centro de Escritura Javeriano ( ) Normas APA. Sexta
edición. Taken from
http://centrodeescritura.javerianacali.edu.co/index.php
?option=com_content&view=article&id=138:normas-
apa&catid=45:referencias-bibliograficas&Itemid=
4. Evaluation rubric

Evaluation rubric

Collabora
Activity Individual
☒ tive ☐
type: Activity
Activity
Unit
Intermed
iate:
Moment of Unit 1 &
the Initial ☐ 2- ☐ Final ☐
evaluation Giving
advice/G
etting a
job!
Performance levels of the individual
Assessed activity
Score
Aspects Media
High score Low score
score
•Posts the chart • • Does not
#1 in the forum. Develops upload the
•Posts the some of activities from
recording #1 the stage 1.
from the unit 1.4 activities • Does the
in the forum with from the activity during
his/her name. stage 1. the last week
Stage 1:
•Posts the • of the task.
Pronuncia
recording #2 Pronunciat •Frequent
tion 15 points
from the unit 1.5 ion of problems with
practice
in the forum with regular pronunciation
his/her name. verbs in of regular
•Posts the past is verbs in past.
recording #3 clear with •Frequent
from the unit 1.1 a few problems with
in the forum with problems. pronunciation
his/her name. • of the sound
•Pronunciation of Pronunciat [æ]. • The
 regular verbs in ion of the revision of the
past is clear. • sound [æ] online
Pronunciation of is clear contents is
the sound [æ] is with a few not evident
clear. •The problems. for the
revision of the • The development
online contents is revision of of this stage.
evident for the the online
development of contents
this stage. is partially
evident
for the
developm
ent of this
stage.
( Up to 15 (up to 10 (up to 5
points ) points) points)
•
Parti
cipates in
• Participates in • Does
the
the Practice not
Practice
sessions through participate in
sessions
Skype in order to the Practice
through
prepare his/her sessions
Skype,
oral presentation through
Stage but does it
during the day Skype.
2:Interact out of the
and time given Doesn’t send 30 points
ion dates. •
for this activity a three-
practice Doe
or sends a three- minute video
s not
minute video to to the tutor
show
the tutor through through
his/her
Skype. Skype.
identificati
on
document.
(up to 30 (up to 20 (up to 10
points) points) points)
Oral • Records the • • Does
presentati oral presentation Reco not record the
on taking into rds the video.
account: oral • Records the
The final product presentati video out of
(infographic, on, but the delivery
brochure or does not date, so that
poster) take into does not
developed in the account show any
Writing task. some of process. •
The video is the Records the
recorded using following video, but it is
the tool items: not related to
Screencast The the Writing
o’matic or final task.
another similar product • Records the
tool that allows (infograph video but
recording the ic, does not use
screen and the brochure the indicated
student’s face at or poster) tool or
the same time. developed another
Introduces in the similar that
him/herself. Writing allows record
Talks about a trip task. the screen
experience. The video and the
Talks about the is student’s face
weather of the recorded at the same
place described in using the time.
the trip tool
experience. Screencas
Gives t o’matic
recommendations or another 20 points
to go to the place similar
described in the tool that
trip experience. allows
Uses the visual recording
aids to introduce the screen
him/herself. and the
The video student’s
takes between 3 face at the
to 5 minutes. same
• Publishes the time.
video in YouTube Introduces
 and shares the him/hersel
link in the forum. f.
Talks
about a
trip
experienc
e. Talks
about the
weather of
the place
described
in the trip
experienc
e.
Gives
recommen
dations to
go to the
place
described
in the trip
experienc
e.
Uses the
visual aids
to
introduce
him/hersel
f.
The video
exceeds
the length
(3 to 5
minutes)
or takes
less time.

Publishes
the video
in
 YouTube
and
shares the
link in the
forum.
(up to 20 (up to 15 (up to 10
points) points) points)
• Hesitates
• Speaks
too often,
with some
which
hesitation
interferes
but it does
with
not
communicatio
interfere
n. • The
with
• Speaks with purpose of
communic
little hesitation the oral
ation. •
but it does not presentation
Tries to
interfere with is not clear
communic
communication. • enough.
ate
Fluency, Stays on task •
naturally
pronuncia and Pronunciation
but has to
tion and communicates and 15 points
read.
communic effectively. • intonation
• Uses the
ation Uses the visual errors
visual aids
aids to support sometimes
to support
his/her make it
his/her
presentation. difficult to
presentati
understand.
on, but
• Does not
depends
use the visual
on the
aids to
written
support
text to
his/her
speak.
presentation.
(up to 15 (up to 10 (up to 5
points) points) points)
Stage 6: • Deliveries the • • Does not
Final link of the final in Deliveries deliver the
10 points
product the forum. • the link of final product.
delivery. Completes the the forum. • Delivers the
 checklist. • However, final product
Adds the does not in a different
checklist in the adds the way from the
forum. • Uploads completed forum. •
the final checklist. Delivers the
document in the • Uploads final product
forum before the the final out of the
due date. document delivery date.
in the
forum
before the
due date.
(Up to 10 (Up to 7 (Up to 5
points) points) points)
Final score 90 points