Universidad Nacional Abierta y a Distancia

Academic and Research Vice-rector

Activities guide and evaluation rubric

1. General description of the course

Faculty or Vicerrectoría de Relaciones Internacionales

Academic Unit VIREL
Academic Level Educación Continuada
Academic Field Formación complementaria
Course Name Inglés B1
Course Code 901003A
Course Type Metodológico Can be yes ☐ No ☒
enabled
Number of Credits 3

2. Description of the activity

Number
Type of the
Individual ☒ Collaborative ☐ of 4
activity:
weeks
Moment of Unit
Initial ☐ ☒ Final ☐
evaluation: Intermediate:
Delivery Environment of the
Evaluative score of the
activity: Practical Learning and
activity: 100 points
Evaluation
Starting date of the Deadline of the activity: August 8th
activity: July 19th 2019 2019

Competence to develop:

Each student is going to present an interview. It’s a synchronous

activity to improve his/ her Speaking showing general aspects about
speaking: fluency, self confidence, vocabulary and pronunciation.
Topics to develop:

 simple present
 modals
 comparatives
 adverbs
  present perfect.
 Adjectives
 Places
 Professions
 weather
Steps, phases of the learning strategy to develop

 Schedule a date to present the interview (skype). Your tutor will

send you a google docs to do it.
 Read the guide and prepare the activity.
 You must attend the interview when you scheduled it.
 Guarantee the internet connection (microphone, headphones
and camera)
Activities to develop

In this stage the student must answer 10 questions from the list:

 What’s your name?

 Where do you live?
 How old are you?
 Who do you live with?
 What do you like to do in your free time?
 What are you studying at the UNAD?
 Do you like English? Why?
 Are you married or single?
 What’s your husband’s or wife’s name?
 Do you have children? What are their names?
 Where did you study your elementary school?
 What are your parents’ names?
 Which one do you think is the biggest city in Colombia?
 Which one do you think is the cheapest city in Colombia?
 Which one do you think is the safest city in Colombia?
 Where did you live when you were 15 years old?
 Are you a party freak or a library mouse? Explain.
 What did you use to do with your grandparents when you were a
child?
 What is the worst thing you have cooked?
 Where are you planning to go in your next vacations?
 What did you do today?
 Where do you work?
  What do you exactly do there?
 What kind of movies do you like?
 Tell me the last three movies you have seen.
 What kind of food do you like?
 What did you eat yesterday?

Environment
for the Practical –learning and Evaluation Environment
development
First moment:

The student has to answer 10 of the list of questions

of this speaking guide and then he/she must talk
about:

The most interesting place he/she has visited.

Select a special place that you visited, describe the

different activities to do there, the food and culture
(10 minutes).

The student has the necessary virtual tools to carry out

the interview.
Products to Choose a time frame, from the schedule established by
deliver by your tutor to carry out the interview.
student A Google Drive shared document will be provided by
your tutor.

Register on the schedule your ID number, full name,

group number, email and Skype username.
Login to the Skype at least 10 minutes before the
interview.

Remember to have from 10 to 15 minutes and

guarantee the proper functioning of the headset,
microphone and camera to carry out the interview.
3. General guidelines

Take part on an interview

Pronounce correctly the words used
Tutor’s Use proper grammar and vocabulary learned in the
suggestions course.
Listen and respond accordingly to instructions and
questions

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 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”.

Plagiarism The academic punishments that the student will face

policy 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

Collaborat
Activity Individual
☒ ive ☐
type: Activity
Activity
Moment of Unit
the Initial ☐ Intermedi ☒ Final ☐
evaluation ate:
Performance levels of the individual
Assessed activity Score
Aspects
High score Media score Low score
The student
did not
The student The student
schedule the
schedules the schedules the
interview on
interview on interview and
time and
time and evidence
he/she
prepares some
Interview shows not
previously knowledge
Participation preparation 20 points
the topic but not the
concerning
indicated in specific
to the
this Speaking preparation to
Speaking
guide. this interview.
interview
topics
(up to 20 (up to 13 (up to 7
points) points) points)
The student
shows The
The student
suitable pronunciatio
shows some
intonation n and
pronunciation
and intonation
Pronunciatio mistakes 20 points
pronunciation makes a
n talking about
talking about misundersta
topics related
topics of the nding
to the course.
English message
course
 (up to 20 (up to 13 (up to 7
points) points) points)
The student
The student The student
relates
relates within does not
partially
the speech relate to any
within the
Grammar the topics of the topics
speech the 20 points
aspects related to the within the
topics related
course speech
to the course
(up to 20 (up to 13 (up to 7
points) points) points)
The student The student
refers does not
The student
partially to refers to the
refers to the
the vocabulary
vocabulary
vocabulary related
related within
related within within the
the units and
the units and units and
uses
uses easier either use
expressions
expressions expressions
to answer
to answer to answer
questions
Vocabulary questions questions 20 points
related to
related to related to
himself or
himself or himself or
herself and
herself and herself and
other people,
other people, other people.
and also
and also He or she
describing
describing does not
places.
places with describe
simple words. places.
(up to 20 (up to 13 (up to 7
points) points) points)
Evident Participate in Do not
preparation the interview participate in
for the but depend the interview
Task activity and on a written or do it out
20 points
development coherence.In text. Few of
teract with interaction programmed
tutor giving with tutor. dates. Re-
opinions Improvise schedule
concerning to and you interview
what is cannot without any
suggested in evidence excuse or
the guide. speech medical
construction support
process.
(Up to 20 (Up to 13 (Up to 7
points) points) points)
100
Final score
points