Universidad Nacional Abierta y a Distancia

Vicerrectoría Académica y de Investigación

Course: English I
Code: 518002

Activity Guide and Evaluation Rubric – Task 1 Pre-knowledge activity

1. Activity Description

Type of activity: Individual

Evaluation moment: Initial
Highest score of the activity: 25 points
The activity starts on: Wednesday, The activity ends on: Wednesday,
August 26, 2020 September 9, 2020
With this activity, you are expected to achieve the following learning
outcomes:

Learning outcome 1: To use a basic repertoire of simple words and phrases related to
your personal data and specific situations through short written communicative acts.

The activity consists of:

Individual work:

1. Introduce yourself. You can use this paragraph:

Name: My name is _________.

Age: I am ____ years old.
City of residence: I live in ________.
Marital Status: I am ________. (single / married)
Job: I am a/an ________. (job or profession)

Example:

Name: My name is Fernando Namora.

Age: I am 25 years old.
City of residence: I live in Espinal, Tolima.
Marital Status: I am single. (single / married)
Job: I am a/an student. (job or profession)

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 2. Choose a song in English that you like, paste the link of this song in your task
document. If you do not know any English singer or song, you can search on
internet or ask a friend for a recommendation.
Use the APA rules to reference the video.

Example:
The Chainsmokers (2019, November 8). Push My Luck - official video [Video
file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HcYo_92vdbE

3. Write a short commitment to study English during the development of this

course and the whole career. You can write it in Spanish or English as you
want.
You can use this sample or write your own, with your own words.

Yo, (tu nombre), me comprometo a estudiar inglés todos los días. Desarrollaré las
actividades del E-book y buscaré páginas y ejercicios en línea que me permitan
mejorar mis habilidades en el idioma. Haré uso de aplicaciones tecnológicas y no usaré
traductores en línea sino solamente diccionario. Etc.

4. Explore the Virtual Course and answer these questions:

4.1 How many environments does the course have?

a. Two
b. Three
c. Four
d. Six

4.2 Which environment contains the Course Agenda?

a. Initial information environment

b. Learning environment
c. Evaluation environment

4.3 Where can you find the E-book?

a. Initial information environment

b. Learning environment
c. Evaluation environment

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 4.4 How many units does the E-book have?

a. 10 Units
b. 12 Units
c. 14 Units

4.5 What is the name of the Unit 2 in the E-book?

a. How are you?

b. How’s your family?
c. What kind of music do you like?

5. Post your answers in the Discussion forum - Unit 1 - Task 1 - Preknowledge

activity, located in the Learning Environment, and finally, Present a PDF document
with the answers of the previous exercises 1 to 4 of this Guide. Do not forget to use
a cover page and a final reference page if necessary.

For the development of the activity consider that:

In the Initial Information Environment, you must:

Explore the resources that you have in this environment.

In the Learning Environment, you must:

Explore the E-book contents and Post your answers in the Discussion forum - Unit 1 -
Task 1 - Preknowledge activity

In the Evaluation Environment, you must:

Send your final PDF document of Task 1 – Pre-knowledge activity in the

corresponding link.

Evidences of individual work:

The individual evidence to be submitted is:

Timely participation in the Discussion forum and the final PDF document with the
answers of exercises 1, 2, 3 and 4 of this Activity guide, through the link in
Evaluation environment.

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Evidences of collaborative work:
No collaborative evidence is required in this activity.

2. General Guidelines for the Development of Evidences to Submit

For Individual evidences, consider the following:

• Use a cover page and a final reference page.

• Post your answers in the Discussion forum and interact with your partners.
• Send the final PDF document to the corresponding link in Evaluation
environment.

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 Template

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Type of activity: Individual
Evaluation moment: Initial
The highest score in this activity is 25 points
First evaluation High level: The student participates actively and timely in the
criterion: discussion forum.
If your work is at this level, you can get between 4 points
Forum participation and 5 points
and document
submission. Average level: The student participates on the forum, but the
answers are not meaningful or are late.
This criterion If your work is at this level, you can get between 2 points
represents 5 and 3 points
points of the total
of 25 points of Low level: The student does not participate in the Discussion
the activity. Forum.
If your work is at this level, you can get between 0
points and 1 point.

Second evaluation High level: The student introduces him/herself with correct
criterion: grammar.

Personal If your work is at this level, you can get between 4 points
introduction and 5 points

This criterion Average level: The student introduces him/herself but

represents 5 presents some grammar mistakes.
points of the total If your work is at this level, you can get between 2 points
of 25 points of and 3 points
the activity.
Low level: The student does not introduce him/herself.
If your work is at this level, you can get between 0
points and 1 point
Third evaluation
High level: The student presents his/her commitment.
criterion:
If your work is at this level, you can get between 4 points
and 5 points
Commitment

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This criterion Average level: The student presents his/her commitment, but
represents 5 it has some grammar mistakes.
points of the total If your work is at this level, you can get between 2 points
of 25 points of and 3 points
the activity.
Low level: The student does not present his/her commitment.
If your work is at this level, you can get between 0
points and 1 point
Fourth evaluation High level: The student recommends a song in English
criterion: language and reference it by using APA rules.
If your work is at this level, you can get between 4 points
Song and 5 points
recommendation
Average level: The student recommends a song in English
This criterion language, but the reference is not presented in APA style.
represents 5 If your work is at this level, you can get between 2 points
points of the total and 3 points
of 25 points of
the activity. Low level: The student does not present his/her
recommendation.
If your work is at this level, you can get between 0 points
and 1 point
Fifth evaluation High level: The student answers correctly all the questions
criterion: posted, about the virtual course.
If your work is at this level, you can get between 4 points
Answers to the and 5 points
course questions
Average level: The student answers some of the questions or
This criterion some of the answers are not correct.
represents 5 If your work is at this level, you can get between 2 points
points of the total and 3 points
of 25 points of
the activity. Low level: The student does not answer any of the questions
about the virtual course.
If your work is at this level, you can get between 0 points
and 1 point