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 Collaborati Number

☒ ☐ 7
activity: al ve of weeks
Unit
Moment of
Initial ☐ Intermedia ☒ Final ☐
evaluation:
te: 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

Chart # 1. Practice 7
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.
 Listen again and match. Write each
verb in past.
The first one is done for you.

1 wished 9
2 10
3 11
4 12
5 13
6 14
7 15
8

sip mop
finish
wish smack
punch
pack pick
face
punch mash
smash
pitch stop
nick
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.

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.

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.

2
You can use another similar tool that allows recording the screen and your face at the
same time.
 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
from the Writing forum?
Stage 2

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?
Did I use the tool Screencast-o-matic for recording
Stage 3

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 Collaborative environment

t for the
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
collaborative
able to record him/herself according to the indications
work
given 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
Plagiarism In the agreement 029 of December 13, 2013, article
policy 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 cites or lack of references, or includes cites
where there 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.ph
p?option=com_content&view=article&id=138:normas-
apa&catid=45:referencias-bibliograficas&Itemid=
4. Evaluation rubric

Evaluation rubric

Collabor
Activity Individual
☒ ative ☐
type: Activity
Activity
Unit
Interme
diate:
Moment Unit 1 &
of the Initial ☐ 2- ☐ Final ☐
evaluation Giving
advice/G
etting a
job!
Assessed Performance levels of the individual Score
Aspects activity
Media
High score Low score
score
Stage 1: •Posts the chart • • Does not 15 points
Pronuncia #1 in the forum. Develops upload the
tion •Posts the some of activities
practice recording #1 the from stage 1.
from the unit 1.4 activities • Does the
in the forum with from the activity
his/her name. stage 1. during the
•Posts the • last week of
recording #2 Pronuncia the task.
from the unit 1.5 tion of •Frequent
in the forum with regular problems
his/her name. verbs in with
•Posts the past is pronunciation
recording #3 clear with of regular
from the unit 1.1 a few verbs in past.
in the forum with problems. •Frequent
his/her name. • problems
•Pronunciation of Pronuncia with
regular verbs in tion of the pronunciation