Universidad Nacional Abierta y a Distancia

Vicerrectoría Académica y de Investigación

Course: English B1+
Code: 900004

Activity guide and Evaluation rubric – Task 4: Speaking Production

1. Task description

Type of task: Individual

Evaluation moment: Intermediate Unit 2
Highest score of the task: 70 points
Task starts on: Monday, October 5, Task ends on: Tuesday, November 3,
2020 2020

With this task, you are expected to achieve the following learning
outcome: The student will be able to speak Orally in English by means of a job
question through the practice of a specific method described along the stages in
order to prepare him/herself for the work interview.

In the first part -Task 2, you created your curriculum vitae and, in this second part
-Task 4, connected also with Task 5, your will prepare your job interview to have
excellent working opportunities in your real life. You are getting close to improve
your professional career.
You can read about this, here: https://bit.ly/39tYAqU

This task consists of: 4 stages and all of them are required to prepare your job
interview and get the work of your dreams. So, it is important for you to follow and
complete all the stages.

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1.1. Check out and study the online content, Module 7 - lessons 1 and 2.

1.2. Check out and study the online content, Module 2- lesson 1 and Module 3,
lesson 1.

This stage will help you to comprehend structures expected to be incorporated to

your Oral speech during the work interview.

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2. Communicative Input (Individual work)

2.1. Read the following questions so you can track the answers before you watch
the video.

- Are they using any kind of non-verbal language such as gestures, body
position (hands), or facial expressions while talking or listening to each other?
Study them carefully.
- Can you notice the fluctuation in the tone and intonation of their voices? Try
to identify them.
- Is it evident any type of outfit they are using for the interview?
- Do you recognize any expression or word you have heard before? Write them
down for you to check them out later on.

2.2. Enter this link: https://bit.ly/3gb13Jj and follow these instructions:

- Watch and listen to the video (as many times as necessary), activating the
subtitles in English. The idea is to identify expressions, whole sentences and
to familiarize them with these sounds in English. Make sure you feel relaxed
while doing it. (This is quite important). All you have to do is to make sure
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 you understand the meaning of every single word or expression spoken
during the conversation.

- After this is done, you are ready for the next step: Watch the video again
without subtitles of any kind as many times as needed. The purpose of this
is to watch and listen trying to understand at least 60% of more of the whole
conversation without reading. If you feel it is necessary, play the video until
you get it.

This stage is a very effective exercise to improve your Listening skills. It is

important for you to recognize that the success of this stage as part of the process
of learning to speak English, depends on your practice of the exercises suggested
above. So, it absolutely depends on you.

3. Communicative Output (Individual work)

3.1. Choose just one out of the following 5 scripts to do this exercise. The scripts
reciprocate to 5 different questions from a regular job interview. Post in the
Speaking forum the number of the script you chose, so no one else picks the
same.

Question: How did you hear about the position open

with our company here?

“Well, when I heard about the opportunity of changing locations and moving
from one physical location to another, I thought about making a career move
as well. And I was starting with my main interests and passion. And I love
being outside, I love doing outdoor activities, and I love working with people.
When I was looking Online, I found this website and that there were positions
available in this city area so I thought I would apply”.

Question: What else do you know about our company?

“I know you’ve been around for a long time since the late nineteen-thirties
(1930’s), and what really caught my attention was the idea that it was started
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 by people who had a passion for the outdoors and found the way to involve
others in their experience. I like the idea too that your company is
consistently ranked among the top 100 companies to work for”.

Question: Why do you want this particular position here

within our customer service department?

“Because I wanted to start in a position that allows me to learn everything

about the company from the very basic level of interacting with the customers
all the way up throughout the sales process, the marketing process and the
production of goods and services. When I saw the opportunity with customer
service, I thought this was a skill set that I had and that I could bring to the
company”.

Question: Can you tell me a little bit more about the

skills that you transfer from your previous line of work
to our department here?

“Sure, in education is all about making the customer or student feel

comfortable and helping them grow. I feel that within a company like this it’s
the same philosophy, getting a customer comfortable with the product and
helping them grow as they advance in whatever the sport, they happen to be
participating in.

Question: Why do you think our company should hire

you specifically amongst our pool of candidates?

“Sure, I think one skill set I have, involves my background in education;

teachers are among the highest stressed professionals in the workplace and
this company offers a number of products that help alleviate stress by getting
people outdoors and teachers have a lot of downtime in the summers. My
thinking is that once I learn the ropes and advance with the company, I’ll be
able to market the services and products this company offers.

3.2. Divide the script you selected into small sentences using the NaturalReader
tool.

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 Then, listen up actively to each part
of them as many times as you find
it necessary until you are able to
repeat them without reading.

The idea of this exercise is that at

the end, you will feel confident to
express the whole paragraph and
mean it instead of memorizing word
by word.

Focus on the message instead of the words. Remember, we learned Spanish

because we listened and repeated words and expressions we heard so, we learned
by associating them with ideas, not with words.

3.3. Once all this is done, record a video of

yourself showing your face and
answering to the question you chose in
the script using the tools learned so far.

Facial expressions, non-verbal

language, intonation, fluctuations, etc.
are important aspects. You cannot read
aloud; otherwise, your video will not be
graded.

Upload the video to YouTube or Google Drive and share the link in the
forum. If you developed your own answer you can use it instead, only if it
contains the same amount of lines and ideas of the script. It will be assessed
with the very same criteria. This stage will help you to prepare for the work
interview.

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4. Communicative Output (Collaborative work)

4.1. Then, reply in the forum to one of the videos posted by your e-mates. The
opinion stated has to be written in English according to the level you are
enrolled in and it has to be meaningful and elaborated. Use a minimum of 70
words to provide your opinion.

It is suggested (same as in task 2), to check and do the exercises of the

Online content: module 11, lesson 9 and 10 to learn how to express opinions.

You must consolidate in a PDF format document, the following information from the
evidence of the participation in the Collaborative forum:

1. Cover with information of full name, code, academic program and number of
collaborative group, among others.
2. Screenshot of your participation in the Speaking forum posting the script you
chose and screenshot of the video you shared. Stage 3, part 3.1 and 3.3.
3. A direct link of the video of yourself showing your face and answering to the
script question you picked. You cannot read aloud; otherwise, your video will
not be graded. Stage 3, part 3.3
4. Screenshot of the evidence giving opinion to one e-mate´s video. Stage 4,
part 4.1.

The PDF document must be uploaded in the Evaluation Environment:

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 For the development of the task consider that:

In the Initial Information Environment, you must: check the agenda out to
verify the opening and closing dates of the task.

In the Learning Environment, you must: check out and study the Online
Content (Level B1 from module 7 to module 12). Enter the forum and participate
in the development of Individual and Collaborative tasks.

In the Evaluation Environment, you must: Upload a PDF format document with
all the information required.

Evidences of individual work:

- Screenshot of your participation in the Speaking forum posting the script you
chose and screenshot of the video you shared. Stage 3, part 3.1 and 3.3.
- A direct link of the video answering to the script question. Stage 3, part 3.3

Evidences of Collaborative work: The group work evidences to submit are:

- Screenshot of the evidence giving opinion to one e-mate´s video. Stage 4,

part 4.1.

2. General Guidelines for the development of evidences to submit

For Collaborative evidences, consider the following:

• All members of the group must participate with their contributions in the
development of the task.

• In each group a single member will be chosen to submit the requested

product in the environment indicated by the teacher.

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• Before submitting the requested product, students should check that it meets
all the requirements mentioned in this activity guide.

• Only the members of the group that participated with contributions during
the time assigned for the task should be included as authors of the submitted
product.

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.

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 3. Evaluation rubric

Type of task: Individual

Evaluation moment: Intermediate Unit 2
The highest score in this task is 70 points

First High level: The student selects one script from stage 3 and
evaluation shares his/her link of the video according to the requirements in
criterion: the forum in time and it works well.
Participation
Assessment The student selects one student´s video and provides a
complete and meaningful opinion of 70 words with good
grammar, Stage 4.

The contributions are posted according to the schedule.

Development If your work is at this level, you can get between 10 points
of Stage 3 - 4 and 15 points.
(Individual
and Average level: The students selects one script from stage 3
Collaborative and the link is shared in the forum; however, it does not work
work) suitably since it cannot be watched.

The student gives her/his opinion on somebody else’s video,

within the last week of task with some grammar mistakes and
less of 70 words in the forum.
If your work is at this level, you can get between 9 points
and 14 points.
This criterion
represents 15 Low level: There is no evidence of sharing any link
points of the or participation in the forum.
total of 70
points of the The student does not give her/his comments about somebody
task. else’s video as requested.

The contributions are posted out of the schedule.

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 The student does not participate in this task.

If your work is at this level, you can get between 0 points

and 8 points.

High level: The student expresses him/herself Oral and

Second fluently enough in English without reading. The video can be
evaluation watched and listened up clearly.
criterion:
Procedure The video is created taking into account the Online content of
Assessment the module suggested. The recording is audible and
understandable with minimal or no pronunciation errors.
If your work is at this level, you can get between 21 points
and 30 points.

Average level: The speech in English shows that the student

tries his/her best to keep it organic; some reading is needed
though. Although there are no technical issues with the video,
Development
the pronunciation of some expressions keeps from
of Stage 3.3
understanding the message well.
(Individual
work)
The video lacks of many expressions recommended in the
modules though. There are sentences or words missing. The
volume makes it difficult to understand.
If your work is at this level, you can get between 20 points
and 11 points.

Low level: The speech is not clear or it is mostly read. There

are serious troubles to understand the speech due to many
This criterion communication issues.
represents 30
points of the The video requested is too basic. There is no evidence of any
total of 70 research of the modules.
points of the
task. There is no evidence of video recording. The student does not
participate in this task.

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 If your work is at this level, you can get between 0 points
and 10 points.

Third High level: The student expresses the main ideas of the script
evaluation in the English Oral speech, using the communicative strategies
criterion: suggested in the guidelines.
Content
Assessment The video reflects the guidelines learned from the stage 2, as
part of the process to improve the Listening and Speaking skills.

If your work is at this level, you can get between 12 points

and 18 points.

Average level: The student expresses the main ideas of the

Development script in the English Oral speech; however, they lack of the
of Stage 4 communicative tools suggested in the guidelines though.
(Individual
work) The video reflects some part of advised in the stage 2, as part
of the process to improve the Listening and Speaking skills.

If your work is at this level, you can get between 7 points

and 11 points.

Low level: The video lacks of the main expected elements of

This criterion the suggested guidelines.
represents 18
points of the The video does not reflect the process suggested in the stage 2,
total of 70 to improve the Listening and Speaking skills.
points of the
task. The student does not participate in this task.

If your work is at this level, you can get between 0 points

and 6 points.

Fourth High level: The final document is consolidated by the student in

evaluation a PDF format document and delivered in the Evaluation
criterion: environment according to the 4 items requested in the
“Individual work Consolidation”.

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 Formal
Assessment If your work is at this level, you can get between 6 points
and 7 points.

Average level: The final document is consolidated by the

student in a PDF format document and delivered in the
Consolidation Evaluation environment but it does not have all the 4 items
and submission requested in the “Individual work Consolidation”.
(Individual
work) If your work is at this level, you can get between 5 points
and 3 points.

Low level: The final document is not consolidated by the

student in a PDF format document and it is not delivered in the
This criterion Evaluation environment.
represents 7
points of the The student does not participate in this task.
total of 70
points of the If your work is at this level, you can get between 2 points
task. and 0 points.

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