The document provides instructions for an oral English task that will be completed in pairs by students. In the task, one student will take on the role of a university student visiting the wellness office to learn about programs being offered. The wellness counselor will ask the student questions about their weekly routine at home, academic or work routine, likes and dislikes in order to recommend suitable programs. Students will be evaluated on their communication, fluency, vocabulary, grammar structures used, and pronunciation during the 5-minute role-play activity.
The document provides instructions for an oral English task that will be completed in pairs by students. In the task, one student will take on the role of a university student visiting the wellness office to learn about programs being offered. The wellness counselor will ask the student questions about their weekly routine at home, academic or work routine, likes and dislikes in order to recommend suitable programs. Students will be evaluated on their communication, fluency, vocabulary, grammar structures used, and pronunciation during the 5-minute role-play activity.
The document provides instructions for an oral English task that will be completed in pairs by students. In the task, one student will take on the role of a university student visiting the wellness office to learn about programs being offered. The wellness counselor will ask the student questions about their weekly routine at home, academic or work routine, likes and dislikes in order to recommend suitable programs. Students will be evaluated on their communication, fluency, vocabulary, grammar structures used, and pronunciation during the 5-minute role-play activity.
ROLES: A student and a counselor PURPOSE: Providing personal information and describing people ́s routines, daily/academic schedules, likes and dislikes.
PROMPT: You just entered the university and you want to
participate in the Bienestar programs. You go to the main office and ask for the programs they are offering. The Bienestar counselor starts asking you questions about your routine and the activities you do in your job or at the university, likes , dislike and at the same time about your family members preferences, so he/ she can offer you the programs that can fit your schedule and profession. The task requires the following aspects:
1. The task will be in pairs and you will be randomly assigned a
classmate the same day the oral task is programmed. 2. Describe your weekly routine at home. 3. Describe your academic or working routine. 4. Be prepared to exchange roles. 5. Time assigned: 5 minutes. CRITERIA FOR ASSESSING THE ORAL TASK - SPACE ONLY FOR TEACHERS
Criteria and descriptor The student is able to: Needs
Out- Poor improve- Fair Good Total per standing 1 ment 3 4 criterion 5 Rating scale 2 Communication and content: understand and complete the task assigned by describing people ́s routines, daily/academic schedules, and informal professions; communicate and send messages so the audience is left with no questions. Fluency: produce a cohesive discourse, speech is understandable, ideas are linked with basic connectors, organize the sentences in a logical discourse according to the level. Vocabulary: use vocabulary to talk about people ́s routines, daily/academic schedules, and informal professions; and use a variety of vocabulary to make the dialogue interesting. Structure: produce the simple present structures (affirmative, negative), provide information about people ́s routines, daily/academic schedules, and informal professions; and use other sentence structures to make the speech interesting. Pronunciation: pronounce words and ideas without interfering with the message; and produce intonation patterns of English sounds that allow the audience to understand the message. TOTAL OF MARKS: / 25 SCORE: COMMENTS (for formative purposes, write here any ideas for students to improve his/her performance):