Universidad Nacional Abierta y a Distancia

Vicerrectoría Académica y de Investigación

Course: English B1+
Code: 900004

Activity guide and Evaluation rubric – Task 2: Writing Production

1. Task description

Type of task: Collaborative

Evaluation moment: Intermediate Unit 1
Highest score of the task: 90 points
Task starts on: Monday, February
Task ends on: Tuesday, March 9, 2021
15, 2021

With this task, you are expected to achieve the following learning
outcome: The student will be able to write and create a well-detailed
curriculum vitae in English based on his/her professional profile and the career
he/she is currently studying with the purpose of getting prepared for a job
interview.

For this task, keep in mind:

- Read diligently the information about Collaborative work considered at UNAD

https://bit.ly/3lplLYx
- The participations or contributions shared in the forum within the last 3 days
before closing the task or out of time, will be graded under average or low level.
- Weekly, your tutor will let you know which stage you must complete to fulfill
all the necessary requirements of this task.
- This task 2 represents the first part of all the Production tasks suggested in
this course -Task 2, Task 4 and Task 5- which are connected together to be
developed. Task 2 is an integral part to help you improving your professional
career so you have the opportunity of taking advantage of actual job
opportunities in your real life. You can read about this, here:
https://bit.ly/39tYAqU

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This task consists of: 4 stages and all of them are required to create your
professional profile in English to complete your curriculum vitae.

1.1. Enter the Learning Environment and participate in the forum: CREATING MY
CURRICULUM VITAE and introduce yourself, state what you are studying, if
you are working and what your professional goals are. Use a minimum of
100 words in English for this part. This stage will help you also to complete
the stage 3 to create your curriculum vitae.

1.2. Then, reply on the forum to one of your e-mates’ participation by giving
your opinion on his/her professional path. The opinion stated has to be
written in English according to the level you are enrolled in and it has to be
meaningful and elaborated. Use a minimum of 70 words to provide your
opinion.

To know how to express opinions, it is suggested to check and do the

exercises of the Online content: module 11, lesson 9 and 10. This stage will
help you to know on the dynamic when opinions are communicated.
2. Watch the following video and use your own experience to answer in English
to one of the upcoming questions: https://bbc.in/3cBlLPQ

Each student of the Collaborative group has to select only one question (It
cannot be repeated) to write a complete answer using a minimum of 50 words in
English to reply to it. Every question has to be answered by one student and, all
the 5 questions have to be replied. This stage will help you to get prepared to
present the job interview.

2.1 Have you ever had a job interview? Tell about it.

(Answer of 50 words in English)

2.2 What is the main purpose of the video?

(Answer of 50 words in English)

2.3 Mention three suggestions the speaker gives to someone preparing for an
interview: (Answer of 50 words in English)

1.

2.

3.
 2.4. Why is “verbal communication” important, according to the speaker?

(Answer of 50 words in English)

2.5. List 3 suggestions you would give someone who is preparing for a job
interview: (Answer of 50 words in English)

1.

2. _

3.

3. Each student has to download the template and based on it, write and
complete it in English your professional profile: https://bit.ly/2GQkUkz

The information you provide, must be uploaded to

the Writing Forum in English for further feedback
from your e-tutor and e-mates. Do not attach any
files. Upload the information directly. This draft will
be taken into account in the evaluative rubric, as it
is the basis for the oncoming stages.

*Colors and style of the professional format can be

customized by the student.

This stage will help you to complete your C.V. in

English and get close to have good working
opportunities.
4. After receiving proper feedback, you will work with the members of the group
you were assigned to.

In group, create ONE Wix page in which you will collect each student’s
professional information: Curriculum Vitae template. Please, do not include
personal information such as phone, address, photos, etc. because of privacy and
personal data protection policy. It will look like this. Take a look at the following
sample, so you can have a model: https://bit.ly/32Jb3om

4.1. Each student will upload his/her curriculum vitae on one Wix page with the
corrections suggested by the tutor.
4.2. The Wix link must be shared in the Writing forum. (One link per group).

The group must consolidate and submit in a PDF format document, the following
information from the evidence of the participation in the Collaborative forum:
 1. Cover with information of full names, code, academic program and
number of collaborative group, among others.
2. Screenshot of each student, sharing personal information. Stage 1, part
1.1.
3. Screenshot of each student, giving opinions to one e-mate´s participation.
Stage 1, part 1.2.
4. Screenshot of each student, answering to the question selected. Stage 2.
5. Screenshot of each student, sharing the curriculum viate. Stage 3.
6. The Wix link created by the group in the information required. Stage 4.

Only one PDF document per group must be uploaded in the

Evaluation Environment:

For the development of the task consider that:

In the Initial Information Environment, you must: check the agenda out to
verify the opening and closing dates of the task.

In the Learning Environment, you must: check out and study the Online
Content (Level B1 from module 7 to module 12). Enter the forum and
participate in the development of Individual and Collaborative tasks.

In the Evaluation Environment, you must: Upload one PDF format

document with all the information required.

Evidences of individual work:

- Screenshot of each student, sharing personal information. Stage 1, part

1.1.
- Screenshot sharing the professional profile. Stage 3.

Evidences of Collaborative work: The group work evidences to submit are:

- Screenshot of each student, giving opinions to one e-mate. Stage 1, part

1.2.
- Screenshot of each student, answering to the question selected. Stage 2.
- The Wix link created by the group. Stage 4.
2. General Guidelines for the development of evidences to submit

For Collaborative evidences, consider the following:

 All members of the group must participate with their contributions in the
development of the task.

 Read the information about Collaborative work considered at UNAD

https://bit.ly/3lplLYx

 In each group a single member will be chosen to submit the requested

product in the environment indicated by the teacher.

 Before submitting the requested product, students should check that it

meets all the requirements mentioned in this activity guide.

 Only the members of the group that participated with contributions during
the time assigned for the task should be included as authors of the
submitted product.

 The participations or contributions shared in the forum within the last 3

days before closing the task or out of time, will be graded under average
or low level.

Please, keep in mind that all individual or collaborative written products must
comply with the spelling rules and presentation conditions defined in this
activity guide.

Regarding the use of references, consider that the product of this activity
must comply with APA style.

In any case, make sure you comply with the rules and avoid academic
plagiarism. You can review your written products using the Turnitin tool
found in the virtual campus.
Under the Academic Code of Conduct, the actions that infringe the academic
order, among others, are the following: paragraph e) Plagiarism is to present
as your own work all or part of a written report, task or document of invention
carried out by another person. It also implies the use of citations or lack of
references, or it includes citations where there is no match between these and
the reference and paragraph f) To reproduce, or copy for profit, educational
resources or results of research products, which have rights reserved for the
University. (Acuerdo 029 - 13 de Diciembre de 2013, artículo 99).

The academic penalties students will face are:

a) In case of academic fraud demonstrated in the academic work or

evaluation, the score obtained will be zero (0.0) without any disciplinary
measures being derived.
b) In case of proven plagiarism in academic work of any nature, the score
obtained will be zero (0.0), without any disciplinary measures being derived.
 3. Evaluation rubric

Type of task: Collaborative

Evaluation moment: Intermediate Unit 1
The highest score in this task is 90 points

First High level: The student introduces and shares all the
evaluation information required in stage 1.1 in the Collaborative forum.
criterion:
Participatio The student selects one student´s participation and provide a
n complete and meaningful opinion of 70 words in English on
Assessment his/her professional path with good grammar in the forum.

The contributions are posted according to the schedule.

Developme If your work is at this level, you can get between 20

nt of Stage points and 25 points.
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(Individua Average level: The student introduces and shares some of
l work) the information required in stage 1.1 in the Collaborative
forum.
The student selects one student´s participation and provide a
basic opinion on his/her professional path with some
grammar mistakes and less of 70 words in English in the
forum.
If your work is at this level, you can get between 12
This points and 19 points.
criterion
represents Low level: The student does not introduce and share the
25 points of information required in stage 1.1 in the Collaborative forum.
the total of
90 points of Or the student does not provide an opinion on his/her e-mate
the task. ´s professional path in the forum. The contributions are
posted out of the schedule.

The student does not participate in this task.

 If your work is at this level, you can get between 0
points and 11 points.

High level: The student answers in English to one of

the
questions suggested in stage 2 using a good grammar and a
Second minimum of 50 words.
evaluati
on The student shares and provides directly (no files attached),
criterion in the Writing forum, his/her professional profile in English
: Content well- structured with the required in the stage 3.
Assessme
nt
The contributions are posted according to the schedule.
If your work is at this level, you can get between 35
points and 45 points.

Average level: The student answers in English to one of the

Developme questions suggested in stage 2 with some grammatical
nt of Stage mistakes.
2 – 3
(Individual The student shares and provides directly (no files attached),
work) in
the Writing forum, his/her professional profile in
English
according to the required in the stage 3 with some mistakes.

If your work is at this level, you can get between 20

points and 34 points.

This Low level: The student answers to one of the questions in

criterion English suggested in stage 2 with grammatical mistakes and
represents less of 50 words.
45 points of
Or the student does not share and provide in the Writing
the total of
forum his/her professional profile in English. The
90 points of
contributions are posted out of the schedule.
the task.
The student does not participate in this task.
If your work is at this level, you can get between 0
points and 19 points.
 Third High level: The group creates the Wix page with all students
evaluati ´ professional information: Curriculum Vitae and, shares the
on link in the Writing forum with all the requirements of the
criterion stage 4.
:
Procedure The contributions are posted according to the schedule.
Assessme
nt If your work is at this level, you can get between 10
points and 13 points.

Average level: The group creates the Wix page with some of
Developme the students´ professional information: Curriculum Vitae and,
nt of Stage shares the link in the Writing forum (Stage 4).
4
(Collaborati The contributions are posted according to the schedule.
ve work)
If your work is at this level, you can get between 9
points and 6 points.

This Low level: The group creates the Wix page but it is not
criterion included all the students´ professional information or it is not
represents developed this stage. The contributions are posted out of the
13 points of schedule.
the total of The student does not participate in this task.
90 points of
the task. If your work is at this level, you can get between 0
points and 5 points.

Fourth
High level: The final document is consolidated by the group
evaluati
in a PDF format document and delivered in the Evaluation
on
Environment according to the 6 items requested in the
criterion
“Collaborative work Consolidation”.
: Formal
Assessme
If your work is at this level, you can get between 6
nt
points and 7 points.

Average level: The final document is consolidated by the

group in a PDF format document and delivered in the
Consolidation
Evaluation
and
 submission
(Collaborati
ve
 work) Environment but it does not have all the 6 items requested in
the “Collaborative work Consolidation”.

If your work is at this level, you can get between 5

points and 3 points.
This
criterion Low level: The final document is not consolidated by the
represents group in a PDF format document and it is not delivered in the
7 points of Evaluation Environment.
the total of
90 points of The student does not participate in this task.
the task.
If your work is at this level, you can get between 2
points and 0 points.