Universidad Nacional Abierta y a Distancia

Academic and Research Vice-Rector

Activity guide and evaluation rubric

1. General description of the course

School or Escuela de Ciencias de la Educación

Academic Unit
Academic Level Profesional
Academic Field Formación disciplinar
Course Name Advanced English I
Course Code 551013
Course Type Methodological Retake yes ☐ No ☒
exam
Number of Credits 3

2. Description of the activity

Numbe
Type of
Individual ☒ Collaborative ☐ r of 2
activity:
weeks
Evaluation
Initial ☐ Intermediate ☐ Final ☒
moment:
Environment to submit the
Total score of the activity:
activity: monitoring and
125
evaluation
Starting date of the Deadline of the activity:
activity: 29/11/2019 12/12/2019
Competence to develop:
Speaking skills improvement
Topics to develop:
Show and tell activity, where the students have to choose a special
object, bring it to the class (activity forum) and record a video describe
it to their classmates.

Step, phase or stage of the learning strategy to develop

Show and tell activity

Each student need to have an active participation in the forum.

Send the document with link of the video, the answers, the evidences
of the participation and the link of the meeting.
Activities to develop
Step 1:

Pick the object you want to describe and write no more than 30 words,
where you tell why you have chosen it. Try to choose an object that has
significance for you, it could help you to talk about it in an easier way.
Post this information on the forum as your first participation.

Step 2:

Make meaningful comments about your partners’ participation.

Please include some comments about the following:

Have you ever had a similar object?

What do you think about your partners' choice?
Step 3:

Each student has to develop a show and tell activity, in this activity
each student has to pick one special object and record a video describe
where you describe the object you picked and you share relevant
information about it, this video must have the following characteristics:
No more than 2 minutes long.
it must be uploaded to the forum before December 6th through a
youtube link.
The video must be correctly recorded, with good image and sound.
The students must show the object and talk about it showing fluency
and accuracy, reading during the video is totally forbidden.

If you want to know more about show and tell education activity please
watch the following video:

https://youtu.be/3mlEOISTIl8

Step 4:

Each student has to record using vocaroo at least two questions,

oriented to each one of his/her classmates where you ask relevant
information about the objects.
Each question must be well constructed and pertinent and they have to
be in order.

Example:
My first question is for Maria...
and then ask your question
The following question is for Pedro...
make your question, and so on.
Each student needs to ask at least 8 questions (2 per student) because
commonly our groups have five students.

Step 5:

Each student has to record an audio using vocaroo, where answers all
the questions.

Environments
for the Collaborative environment and monitoring and
development evaluation environment.
of the activity

Individual:
Pick the object and say why on the forum.
Products to Make comments about your partners’ contributions.
be submitted
by students Record the video “show and tell”
Record the audio asking the questions.
Record the audio answering the questions.
Have a frequent, active and meaningful participation
during the whole activity.
All the information have to be posted on the forum.

Collaborative:

The group compiler must prepare and send to the

forum a PDF document that includes the following
information:

a. Cover page (names and last names of

participants, course info, tutor name, date).
b. Evidence of step 1 and your participation in the
forum.
c. Link of the video.
d. Link of the recording with the questions.
e. Link of the recording with the answers.
f. References (APA style).

The evaluator and reviser have to check the final

product to make sure it is complete and then inform
the delivery student who will upload the final product
to the link in the monitoring and evaluation
environment. It should include all the information as
requested. Name your file as follows:
 FinalExam_Group_Number.pdf

General guidelines for the collaborative work

Planning of
activities for
Each student has to participate actively in the forum,
the
make comments about the classmates participation
development
and answers.
of
collaborative
work
Different roles are proposed within the collaborative
environment that allow an appropriate space for
Roles to be
academic and affective interaction that promotes
performed
learning and interpersonal relationships.
by the
Every one of the learning moments is divided in an
student in
individual and a group stage. Each student will take up
the
one of these roles for the development of the course
collaborative
assignments and can only be changed if decided by the
group
group members.

Facilitator:
Roles and Makes sure that every voice is heard and focuses work
duties for around the learning task. Provides leadership and
the direction for the group and suggests solutions to team
submission problems.
of products
by students Recorder:
Keeps a public record of the team's ideas and
progress.
Checks to be sure that ideas are clear and accurate.

Time keeper:
Encourages the group to stay on task. Announces
when time is halfway through and when time is nearly
up.

Planner:
States an action for the completion of the task at
hand
according to the instructions and course agenda.

Task monitor:
Looks for supplies or requests help from the teacher
when group members agree that they do not have the
resources to solve the problem.

Compiler:
Puts together the final product and includes
the work done only by those who participated on time.
Informs the student in
charge of alerts about people who did not
participate and will not be included in the
final product.

Reviser / editor:

Makes sure the written work follows all the

criteria established in the activity guide.
 Evaluator:
Evaluates the final document to ensure it
follows the evaluation criteria of the rubric
and informs the student in charge of alerts
about any changes that need to be made
before delivering the product.

Deliveries:

Student in charge of informing about the

dates set for presenting each task and
delivering the final product according to the
course agenda. Also informs other students
that the final product has been sent.

Alerts:
Informs group participants about any news in
the work being done and reports the delivery
of the final product to the course tutor.
All references considered for this activity have to be
References
cited using APA Style
Plagiarism
Students must be aware of the risks and penalties in
policy
case of plagiarism.

4. Evaluation rubric
Evaluation rubric
 Collaborative
Activity type: Individual Activity ☒ ☐
Activity
Evaluation
Initial ☐ Intermediate ☐ Final ☒
moment
Evaluated Performance levels of the individual activity
Score
items High score Average score Low score
The student does
The student
not show a
The student shows shows a relatively
relatively high
a relatively high average degree of
degree of
degree of grammatical
grammatical
grammatical control. Makes
control. Makes a
control. Does not some errors which
Accuracy lot of errors which
make a lot of sometimes cause 20 points
cause
errors, and can misunderstanding,
misunderstanding,
correct most of and can correct
and cannot
his/her mistakes. some of his/her
correct most of
mistakes.
his/her mistakes.

(up to 20 points) (up to 10 points) (up to 0 points)

The student can The student
The student can
produce stretches cannot produce
produce stretches
of language with a stretches of
of language with a
fairly even tempo; language with a
bad even tempo;
although he/she fairly even tempo;
although he/she
can be hesitant as and he/she is
Fluency can be hesitant as 20 points
he/she searches hesitant most of
he/she searches
for patterns and the time as
for patterns and
expressions. There he/she searches
expressions. There
are few noticeably for patterns and
are some
long pauses. expressions.
noticeably long
 pauses.

(up to 20 points) (up to 10 points) (up to 0 points)

The student can The student uses The student
use a limited a very limited cannot initiate
number of number of discourse, and
cohesive devices cohesive devices end conversation
to link his/her to link his/her when he/she
utterances into utterances into needs to, though
clear, coherent clear, coherent he/she never does
Coherence 20 points
discourse, though discourse, and this elegantly.
there may be there may be He/she is
some ‘jumpiness’ some ‘jumpiness’ disrespectful of
in a long in a long his/her e-mates’
contribution. contribution. opinions.

(up to 20 points) (up to 10 points) (up to 0 points)

The student offers
The student offers reasons, but The student did
reasons and can he/she does not not participate on
support these support these the final product
reasons. The reasons. The and it was not
30 points
Argumentation student proves student partially handed in on the
his/her point. proves his/her correct link.
point.

(up to 30 points) (up to 15 points) (up to 0 points)

Performance levels of the collaborative activity
Evaluated
High score Average score Low score Score
items
(Up to 20 points) (Up to 10 points) (Up to 0 points)
 The student can
initiate discourse,
The student The student
and end
cannot initiate cannot initiate
conversation when
discourse, or end discourse, and
he/she needs to.
conversation when end conversation
Can help the
he/she needs to, when he/she
discussion along
and he/she needs to, though
on familiar ground
sometimes does he/she never does
Performance confirming 20 points
this elegantly. this elegantly.
comprehension,
He/she is not He/she is
inviting others in.
always respectful disrespectful of
He/she is
of his/her e-mates’ his/her e-mates’
respectful to
opinions. opinions.
his/her e-mates’
opinions.

(Up to 20 points) (Up to 10 points) (Up to 0 points)

The student
The student did
The student participated on
not participate on
handed in the final the final product
the final product
product on an and it was handed
Final Delivery and/or it was not 15 points
incorrect link. in on the correct
handed in.
link.

(Up to 15 points) (Up to 7 points) (Up to 0 points)

Final score 125 Points