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Universidad Nacional Abierta y a Distancia

Vice President for Academic Issues and Research
Course: English 0
Code: 90030
Activity guidelines and evaluation rubric – Task 4: Speaking
Production

1. Activity description

Type of the activity: Individual

Evaluation moment : Intermediate at Unit 2
Activity higher score: 90 grades
Activity starting date: Activity deadline: viernes, 8 de mayo
domingo, 29 de marzo de 2020 de 2020
In this activity, it is expected to achieve the following learning
results:
The student will be able to introduce orally as part of the communicative
competence in English through making a video and an interview with his
tutor via Skype.
The activity lies in:

Stage 1 – Recording a video and pronunciation practices

1.1 Check and study the online content Level A1 Module 1 to Module 12,
which can be found at the Learning Environment.
1.2 Record a video where you appear showing your ID in order to check
your identity. The length of the video must be between 70 and 90
seconds. Any software or app can be used to record the video. It must
include:
a. Personal Presentation: Spell in English your full name according to the
alphabet.
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The alphabet

Example: My full name is Mónica /ém/ /ou/ /én/ /ai/ /si/ /éi/ (Check
phonetics: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EgzHCuzVKb8)
b. Description of your house: Then, describe in English the place where
you live (or place where you work), using There is and There are and
vocabulary related to this topic.
In order to help you, you can share a picture of the place or you can
walk around your house or office showing everything –it is optional-.
Take into account that for no reason a video where the student appears
reading won’t be accepted because the aim of this task is to speak in
English (Check online content: Level A1 - Module 3).

c. The video link must be loaded in YouTube or Vimeo or any other

virtual storage device (OneDrive, Dropbox, Google Drive) and share the
link in the forum of this task making sure that the video can be watched.

1.3 Study and do the following practices that you can find in Module 3 -
18:
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Listen and repeat each word:

Study and do the following practices which can be found in Module 10 -

19:
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All the evidences of these practices must be shared as screenshots in the

forum. Files must not be attached.

1.4 You check in the forum your partners’ videos and make 3 meaningful
comments (appreciations, corrections, etc.) about those videos. Each
student must send the video link in the forum before the oral interview
via Skype.

Stage 2 – Oral synchronous interview in English via Skype

2.1 If you don’t have Skype account, you must create it (Check the
tutorial: http://bit.ly/2WICEA9) You must add as Skype contact your
tutor according to the information shared in the forum.

2.2 In order to develop the synchronous meeting via Skype, your tutor
will offer different schedules taking into account the dates established in
the Course Agenda sharing a drive that you will find in the forum.

Important: You musst access and register timely in the drive choosing
one of the schedule according to your availability. Don’t forget that it is
quite possible to be difficult to find free schedules in last days.

2.3 The topic of the interview is your personal presentation in English (3

to 4 minutes). This information must include age, occupation, place of
birth, city where you live, hobbies, likes, marital status, habits, routines
and others.
Then a dialogue between tutor and student will be carried out where
questions and answers about personal information will be done. Here you
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can find an example: http://bit.ly/2KOw1dr

2.4 Log in Skype the day you chose 15 minutes before the time to
develop the interview. To start you must greet the tutor by chat saying
that you are ready. You must not call the tutor by Skype without tutor’s
authorization.

Here it is an example where you can see both stages of the:

http://bit.ly/2ILOm8x

Important: In case you have the opportunity to go to a CEAD, CCAV or

UDR where there is an INVIL tutor, you can perform the interview with
him and he will send a report via email to the course director. It consists
of your personal data (full name, number of group, tutor’s name), grade
and feedback.

Note: You can use the following websites in order to practice your
pronunciation:
https://www.readspeaker.com/
https://www.howtopronounce.com/

To develop this activity, consider:

At initial information environment, you must: Check the Course Agenda.

At evaluation environment, you must: Share the link of the video and
screenshots of practices. Every student must make at least 2 comments
about the videos of his partners’ recordings.

At learning environment, you must: Load individually the PDF format

paper including link of the video, screenshots of practices and comments
shared in the forum.

Take into account that the final task must be a product of your ingenuity
and creativity. For no reason tasks that are not original or are taken from
Internet will be accepted.

Individual work evidences:

The individual evidences to submit are:
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In a PDF format each student must send the following:

- Front page with full name, code, program he/she studies and group
number, among others.

1. The link of the video describing the house according to the

guidelines and evidences of the post taken from the forum.
2. Screnshots of the practice exercises taken from the forum.
3. Evidence of meaningful comments abut the videos of your partners
(corrections, suggestions, etc).
4. Screnshot of the Skype interview with your tutor.
5. If you cited, you must include Table of References.

This paper must be sent at the Evaluation Environment:

Group work evidences

At this activity no evidences needed
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2. General guidelines for the development of the evidence to

submit

For evidence developed Individual, consider the following

guidelines:

1. Every member of the group must participate with academic

contributions in the activity development.

2. Before delivering the requested product, all the requirements

indicated in this activity guide must be checked.

3. All tasks must take into account spelling rules and requirements
stated in the guide.

4. Every member must share meaningful contributions along the

activity.

5. Every member of the group are responsible for making individual

task requested.

Take into account that all individual or group written work must fulfil
with the orthographic rules and presentation conditions that have been
defined.
Concerning the use of references, consider that the requested work in
this activity must fulfil with the standards Elija un elemento.
In any case, the standards of reference must be complied. Academic
plagiarism must be avoided. Students can support the written products
by using the Turnitin tool found on the virtual campus.

Consider that In the agreement 029 of December 13, 2013, article 99, it
is considered as offenses that undermine the academic order, among
others, the following: literal e) “Plagiarism, that is, submitting as of its
own authorship the all or part of a work, document or invention made
by another person.

It also implies the use of quotes or false references, or proposing quotes

where there is no match between it and the reference ”and literal f)
“Reproducing or copying for profit, educational materials or results of
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research products, which have intellectual rights reserved for the

University.

The academic sanctions the student will face are the following:

a) In cases of academic fraud demonstrated in the respective academic

work or evaluation, the grade that will be imposed will be zero points
without prejudice to the corresponding disciplinary sanction.

b) In cases related to plagiarism demonstrated in the academic work

whatever its nature, the qualification that will be imposed will be zero
points, without prejudice to the corresponding disciplinary sanction.
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b) Evaluation rubric Format

Type of the activity: Individual

Evaluation moment: Intermediate at Unit 1
Activity higher score: 90 grades
High level: The student posts the link of the video. The
recording is understandable and pronunciation is fluent with
First evaluation
natural intonation.
standard:
If your work is at this level, you will get from 11 points to
Formal and
15 points
procedure
Medium level: The student posts the link of the video but the
Stage 1
recording is not understandable. The student reads the text
Recording the video
instead of speaking naturally.
If your work is at this level, you will get from 5 points to
10 points
This standard
Low level: The student doesn’t record the video or it is not
represents 15
according to the guidelines.
score of the
If your work is at this level, you will get from 0 points to 5
activity
points

High level: The student makes his speech taking into account
Second evaluation
the grammar and vocabulary issues according to the level. There
standard:
can be some tiny mistakes that don’t influence on the
Content
comprehension.
If your work is at this level, you will get from 13 points to
Stage 1
20 points
Coherent
Medium level: The student makes his speech taking into
construction of
account the grammar issues according to the level; however
sentences in the
there are some grammar mistakes that affect the correct
video
comprehension and/or Spanish influences too much on his
speech. If your work is at this level, you will get from 7
points to 12 points
This standard
represents 20
Low level: The student doesn’t participate nor present the
score of the
interview. The student present the interview but he is not well-
activity
prepared.
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If your work is at this level, you will get from 0 points to 6

points
High level: The student participates in the forum and
Third evaluation
contributes to improve his partners’ oral performance. The
standard:
student does and shares evidences of pronunciation practices in
Participation and
the forum according to the guidelines.
procedure
If your work is at this level, you will get from 8 points to
10 points
Stage 1
Medium level: The student participates in the forum but his
Participation in the
comments don’t contribute to improve his partner’s
forum and practices
performance. The students does some pronunciation practices
of pronunciation
and and shares the evidence in the forum.
If your work is at this level, you will get from 5 points to 7
points
This standard
Low level: The students doesn’t do nor share evidences in the
represents 10
forum the development of pronucnciation exercises.
score of the
If your work is at this level, you will get from 0 points to 4
activity
points
Fourth evaluation
High level: The students plans, prepares and participates
standard:
appropriately lin the synchronous meeting via Skype. The
Content and student knows and uses the topics of the interview.
procedure
If your work is at this level, you will get from 11 points to
15 points
Stage 2
Medium level: The student schedules the interview in different
Responsibility and
dates without any excuse and/or the student doesn’t know the
preparation for topics of the interview. The speech is read or said by heart.
interview
If your work is at this level, you will get from 4 points to
10 points

Low level: The student doesn’t schedule the interview. The

This standard
student schedules the interview but he doesn’t attend.
represents 15
If your work is at this level, you will get from 0 points to 3
score of the
points
activity
Fifth evaluation High level: The student pronounces and articulates fluently and
standard: appropriately the words and expressions used in the dialogue.
Content The student has intonation and emphasis on words to get a
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better comprehension of his speech. The student understands

Stage 2 and answers the questions properly without repetition. The
Pronunciation, student understands the instructions during the interview and
listening and answers fluently.
interaction in the If your work is at this level, you will get from 20 points to
interview 25 points

Medium level: There are pronunciation mistakes that affect the

comprehension of the speech. The pronunciation is influenced by
This standard Spanish. The student’s fluency and pronunciation is not well. The
represents 25 student doesn’t answer appropriately the questions in English
score of the and/or has some difficulties to understand. The student needs
activity continuous repetitions and/or doesn’t understand all the
instructions. The student uses online translators.
If your work is at this level, you will get from 6 points to
19 points

Low level: The student doesn’t participate nor presents the

interview.
If your work is at this level, you will get from 0 points to 6
points
High level: The student submits the final task in PDF format at
the Evaluation Environment taking into account the name.
Fifth evaluation
If your work is at this level, you will get from 4 points to 5
standard:
points.
Formal y procedure
Medium Level: The student submits the task in a different
Stage 1 and 2
format and/or different environment.
Final task delivery
If your work is at this level, you will get from 2 points to 3
points.
This standard
represents 5 score
Low level: The student doesn’t deliver the fianl task.
of the activity
If your work is at this level, you will get from 0 points to 1
points.