Universidad Nacional Abierta y a Distancia

Academic and Research Vice-rector

Activities guide and evaluation rubric
Activity 4 – Speaking Task.

1. General description of the course

Faculty or Academic Vicerrectoría de Relaciones Internacionales

Unit
Academic Level Professional, specialization, master
Academic Field Common basic interdisciplinary training
Course name English B1+
Course code 900004
Course type Methodological Can be re- Yes No ☒
opened
Number of credits 3

2. Description of the activity

Physical Remote
☐ ☐ Simulator ☐
laboratory laboratory
Type of
Specialized Professional
practice Field works ☐ ☐ ☐
software experiences
Other ☒ Which: Skype
Type of activity: Individual ☒ Collaborative ☐ Number of weeks 5
Moment of
Initial ☐ Intermediate ☒ Final ☐
evaluation:
Score of the activity (if Delivering environment: Collaborative
70
applicable): Learning
th
Starting date: January 06 , 2020 Closing date: February 03rd, 2020
Competence to develop: Speaking skills
Topics to develop:
Phrasal Verbs
Modal Verbs
Present Perfect Vs. Simple Past.
Steps, phases of the learning strategy to develop:
The student is going to record two videos, in the first one the student is going to
answer some questions about a video given and in the second one the student is
going to answer some questions and talk about the movie chosen in activity 2.
Activities to develop:

For this activity you as a student has to check the online content unit 2.

Option 1

PHASE 1: VIDEO 1 “Let’s talk about a video”

Watch the following video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-P3dJV4BD84, then

record a video where we can see you answering the following questions:

 Introduce yourself
 Explain each of the steps they mentioned in the video.
 At the beginning of the video they talked about some situations, name at least
2 of them.
 At minute 3:31 they talked in other language, what language was it?
 Which are the 2 rules in step 5?
 Which is the lesson plan that they propose? What plan do you propose?
 How to stick on your plan?
 According to the video, where can you get material to practice English?

You must upload your video to youtube or vimeo or loom or any tool you consider
and then share the link in the forum.

PHASE 2: Video 2 “The movie”

Having in mind the movie you wrote about in the activity 2, you are going to record
a video answering the following questions:

 Movie’s name
 The plot.
 What did you learn about the movie?
 How did the film make you feel?
 How does the movie relate to the academic program you are studying?
 Another ending for the movie could be…

The idea about this video is that you can tell with your own words the main idea of
the task and not an out loud reading.
To have in mind:
If you upload your videos on time at least a week before the activity closes, you will
have the chance of the feedback from your tutor and can improve your video
uploading it again to have a better score.

Also, remember that you can practice the pronunciation with us (tutors and course
director) before doing the videos you can do it through skype.

Option 2

PHASE 1: “Let’s talk about a video”

Watch the following video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-P3dJV4BD84, then

talk to your tutor through skype answering the following questions:

 Introduce yourself
 Explain each of the steps they mentioned in the video.
 At the beginning of the video they talked about some situations, name at least
2 of them.
 At minute 3:31 they talked in other language, what language was it?
 Which are the 2 rules in step 5?
 Which is the lesson plan that they propose? What plan do you propose?
 How to stick on your plan?
 According to the video, where can you get material to practice English?

PHASE 2: “The movie”

Having in mind the movie you wrote about in the activity 2, you are going to talk to
your tutor through skype answering the following questions:

 Movie’s name
 The plot.
 What did you learn about the movie?
 How did the film make you feel?
 How does the movie relate to the academic program you are studying?
 Another ending for the movie could be…

The idea is that you can tell with your own words the main idea of the task and not
 an out loud reading.

Practice your pronunciation with:

https://www.readspeaker.com/?
utm_source=direct&utm_medium=301&utm_campaign=neospeech

To have in mind:
Contact your tutor at the beginning of the activity to schedule a skype space, if you
don’t present it through skype at least a week before the activity closes you have to
upload the videos in the forum.

Also, remember that you can practice the pronunciation with us (tutors and course
director) before doing the videos you can do it through skype.
Environment
for the Knowledge Environment / Collaborative Learning environment.
development
Individual
Products to
Two Video recordings in the forum.
deliver by
Or
student
Interview with the tutor through skype.

General guidelines for the collaborative work

Planning of
activities for Presentation of 2 videos in the forum having in mind the
the instruction given.
development of Or
collaborative Interview with the tutor through skype.
work
Roles to
perform by the
student in the N/A
collaborative
group
Roles and N/A
responsibilities
to produce the
submitions by
the students
 It is necessary to use the APA standards in order to provide a
bibliography of the sources cited in the document
Use of
Use this link as reference:
references
http://normasapa.com/formato-apa-presentacion-trabajos-
escritos/

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”.

The academic punishments that the student will face are:

a) In case of academic fraud proved in the academic work or
Plagiarism
evaluation, the score achieved will be zero (0.0) without leading
policy
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
Activity type: Individual ☒ Collaborative ☐
Moment of
Initial ☐ Intermediate ☒ Final ☐
evaluation
Items to Levels of performance of individual activity
Score
evaluate High score Media score Low score
There are some
The student
mistakes in the
records the video
pronunciation, but it
or talk to the tutor
doesn’t affect the
considering the There is no evidence
understanding of the
information given. of video recording.
message.
Let’s talk The audio is
15
about a video audible and There is no evidence
There are sentences or
understandable of skype meeting.
words missing.
with minimal or no
pronunciation
The volume makes it
errors.
difficult to understand.
(up to 15 points) (up to 8 points) (up to 0 points)
The student The student records a
records a video or video or the interview
talk to the tutor with some of the parts.
with all the
contents from the The video or the
There is no evidence
guide. The interview has some
of video recording.
information given parts where it is hard to
The movie is clear and understand or not very 25
There is no evidence
presents the clear.
of skype meeting.
answers to the
questions. The The video seems
video is natural unnatural or not
and well fulfilling with the parts
pronounced. mentioned in the guide.
(up to 25 points) (up to 15 points) (up to 0 points)
The student talks about
the video, but it has
many mistakes in the
grammar construction
The student uses of the sentences. There is no evidence
the grammar of video recording.
Grammar structures properly
The student talks about 25
construction and with good There is no evidence
pronunciation. the movie, with good of skype meeting.
grammar construction
of the sentences, but it
has lack of good
pronunciation.
(up to 25 points) (up to 15 points) (up to 0 points)
The student takes
advantage of the
tutor support to
practice his/her
pronunciation
before recording
The student doesn’t
the videos using
take advantage of the
skype.
tutor support to There is no evidence