Universidad Nacional Abierta y a Distancia

Vice President for Academic Issues and Research

Course: Inglés B1
Code: 900003
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: 70 grades
Activity starting date: Activity deadline: viernes, 24 de
sábado, 21 de marzo de 2020 abril de 2020
In this activity, it is expected to achieve the following learning
results:
 The student creates a video asking and answering questions in
English related to his/her personal information and occupation.

 The student participates in an interview in English talking about

his/her personal life and answering questions related to his skills
at work.

The activity lies in two steps:

Step 1 – Making a video

Individual activity

1.1 Check the content of Units 1 & 2 from the E-book.

1.2 Look for a partner in the group to work with. (Maximum 3 people
in the group)
1.3 With your partner make a video where both simulate a job
interview following the prompt given in the forum.

The interviewer must include questions related to: Personal

information: name, age, hometown, marital status, occupation,
academic background, hobbies, working experience, personal qualities,
skills and weaknesses related to a job.
1.4 The video must be uploaded to YouTube or Vimeo or any cloud
storage (OneDrive, Dropbox, Google Drive)
1.5 Publish the link for the video in the forum so your tutor and your
classmates can give you feedback.
1.6 Check your classmates’ videos and make 2 comments about their
work. Include information that needs to be taken into account and
point out mistakes. A comment is not to write a compliment, not
just saying “good work”, this won’t be graded as a comment.

NOTE: The student must upload the video to the forum before the
Synchronous meeting through Skype.

Step 2 – Synchronous meeting

Individual activity

2.1. Create an account in Skype, where you will have your interview.
Tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5USYdtF8Pls

2.2. Make an appointment for the Synchronous meeting. Each tutor will
open an agenda with different schedules for the student to set a
date and hour for the meeting. Each student will get the
instructions in the forum and through the email.

ATTENTION: It is the student’s responsibility to check the teacher’s

agenda and to register to take the interview. Please register yourself on
time and do not leave for the last days of the activity.

2.3. Each student must add his tutor as a contact in Skype with the
user provided in the forum and the activity instructions.

2.4. The interview with the tutor will simulate a job interview where the
teacher will ask the questions practiced in the video made for step
1, including Personal information as name, age, hometown,
marital status, occupation, academic background, hobbies,
working experience, personal qualities, skills and weaknesses
related to a job.
2.5. Log into your Skype account the day chosen for the interview and
15 minutes before the hour write to the teacher and wait for the
teacher to call.
You must not call the teacher unless he tells you to do it.

To develop this activity, consider:

At initial information environment, you must: Check for the initial and
closing dates of the task.

At evaluation environment, you must submit the final work containing

the link of the video, in the Task 4 – Speaking Production - Evaluation
rubric and activity submission.

At learning environment, you must study the topics related to the unit
2 (Module 3 & Module 4).
Enter to the forum and participate in the development of the
collaborative activity.

Individual work evidences:

The individual evidences to submit are:
A video in English uploaded in the forum.
An interview with the tutor through Skype.

Group work evidences

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

For evidence developed Individual, consider the following

 Before delivering the requested product, all the requirements

indicated in this activity guide must be checked.

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 APA

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 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.
 b) Evaluation rubric Format

Type of the activity: Individual

Evaluation moment: Intermediate at Unit 2
Activity higher score: 70 grades
High level:
The video recording is understandable and well-presented and it
First evaluation
has a good quality in sound and images.
standard
If your work is at this level, you will get from 6 points to 10
Formal assessment
points
The video is well
Medium level:
structured, with
The video has sound or image problems but do not interfere with
good quality, nice
the message.
images and good
If your work is at this level, you will get from 3 points to 6
sound.
points
This standard
Low level
represents 10
The quality of the video is not good and message is difficult to
score of the
understand. The student didn’t send the video.
activity
If your work is at this level, you will get 0 points

High level:
Second evaluation
Participations are relevant, articulated and contribute to the
standard
construction of the final document. The contributions are posted
Participation
according to the schedule.
Assessment
If your work is at this level, you will get from 6 points to 10
points
The student
provides clear and
Medium level:
useful input for the
There is minimum participation in the writing forum and/or the
classmates to
comments made do not help in the construction of the text.
improve their
If your work is at this level, you will get from 3 points to 6
videos.
points
This standard
Low level
represents 10
The student didn’t participation at all in the forum.
score of the
If your work is at this level, you will get 0 points
activity
 High level:
Third evaluation The student publishes the video in the forum in the time
standard stipulated.
Participation If your work is at this level, you will get from 6 points to 10
Assessment points

The student Medium level:

publishes the video The student publishes the video in the last 3 days of the
in the forum in the activity.
time stipulated. If your work is at this level, you will get from 3 points to 6
points
This standard
represents 10 Low level
score of the The student didn’t send the video.
activity If your work is at this level, you will get 0 points

High level:
The student plans, prepares and participates actively in the
synchronous Skype meeting. He knows and handles the topic to
Fourth evaluation
be discussed in the interview.
standard
If your work is at this level, you will get from 6 points to 10
Participation
points
Assessment
Medium level:
The student
The student schedules the interview off dates without justification
participates in the
and/or does not know the elements of practice and the topic to
interview with the
be discussed in the interview. The speech is completely
tutor.
memorized or read.
If your work is at this level, you will get from 3 points to 6
This standard
points
represents 10
score of the
Low level
activity
The student didn’t participate in the interview with the tutor.
If your work is at this level, you will get 0 points

High level:
Fifth evaluation
standard
The student pronounces and articulates the words used in the
Content assessment
dialogue fluently and correctly. He has intonation and
accentuates the words and prayers that achieve the full
The student answers understanding of the answers he is giving. The pronunciation is
the questions in a smooth with natural intonation.
fluent and coherent If your work is at this level, you will get from 6 points to 10
way. points

This standard Medium level:

represents 10 The student has errors of pronunciation that greatly hinder the
score of the understanding of the discourse.
activity The pronunciation is influenced by Spanish. It presents little
fluency, lack of intonation and accentuation in its responses.
If your work is at this level, you will get from 3 points to 6
points

Low level
The student didn’t participate in the activity.
If your work is at this level, you will get from 0 points

High level:
The student gives his speech taking into account the elements
such as grammatical structures and vocabulary of the level.
May present minimal errors that do not affect understanding
Sixth evaluation
If your work is at this level, you will get from 6 points to 10
standard
points
Content assessment
Medium level:
The questions and
The student gives his speech with some grammatical and
answers provided in
syntactic aspects of the level; however, it presents some
the video follow an
grammatical errors that affect the understanding and/or
adequate structure
evidence influence of the Spanish language in its orality.
of the language.
If your work is at this level, you will get from 3 points to 6
This standard
points
represents 10
score of the
Low level
activity
The student didn’t participate in the activity.
If your work is at this level, you will get from 0 points

Seventh High level:

evaluation The student understands and answers questions properly and
standard incorporates them naturally without the need for repetition.
Content assessment Recognizes the instructions during the dialogue and responds
fluently.
The student If your work is at this level, you will get from 6 points to 10
understands and points
answers the
questions made by Medium level:
the tutor using an The student does not answer the questions in English and/or
adequate structure presents difficulties in understanding them. Requires constant
of the language. repetition and/or does not understand all the instructions. Needs
translation to understand the dialogue.
This standard If your work is at this level, you will get from 3 points to 6
represents 10 points
score of the
activity Low level
The student didn’t participate in the activity.
If your work is at this level, you will get 0 points