Universidad Nacional Abierta y a Distancia

Vicerrectoría Académica y de Investigación

Course: Teaching English for Specific Purposes
Code: 551038

Activity Guide and Evaluation Rubric – Task 5 Final Exam

1. Activity Description

Type of activity: Individual

Evaluation moment: Final
Highest score of the activity: 125 points
The activity starts on: Tuesday, The activity ends on: Monday, December
December 1, 2020 14, 2020
With this activity, you are expected to achieve the following learning
outcomes:

To provide clear and detailed information about ESP by means of argument and
discussion.

The activity consists of:

Individual
For the final exam of the course, you are going to write an academic paper including
the next items and following APA Rules:

- Title page

- Introduction (at least two well-structured paragraphs).

- Reflection on your main accomplishments along the course based on theoretical

references, syllabus that you created and the different activities that you completed
in the course. Put a meaningful title to this section (One page – 200 words at
least).

- Answers to the following 3 questions. Minimum a paragraph for each question. Use
APA citation if necessary.

1. What does teaching General English or ESP classes imply in your professional life?

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2. What ESP courses would you like to design? Why?

3. How does teaching ESP help students develop general English skills?

- Conclusions and suggestions to improve the course.

- References (here you must include the sources you used to write your
argumentative essay, and others that you may use to support your reflective text
about accomplishments along the course).

Your document must be between 3 to 5 pages long (including title page, task
development and references). Upload your 3 to 5-page academic paper in Word
format to the Evaluation Environment.

The document must follow the APA Rules format (front page, margins, titles, headers,
font size, line spacing (double spaced), indentation, citation, references, page
numbers, etc.).

For the development of the activity consider that:

In the Initial Environment, you must:

- Check the Course Agenda to organize your time.

- Check the Course News for important information.
- Verify your tutors’ synchronous support via Skype.

In the Learning Environment, you must:

- Check the Course Contents and Bibliographic References for Unit 1: Experiences.
- Go to the discussion forum for the task and actively participate with your
collaborative group.
- Give feedback to your e-mates if necessary.

In the Evaluation Environment, you must:

Upload a PDF file with the task’s individual and group evidences. Identify your
file as follows: 551038 - Task 5 – Your Full Name.pdf

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Evidences of individual work:
The individual evidence to be submitted is:

The student must submit a document in PDF.

Submission Environment:

Each student will write their final product according to the instructions given in the
activity guide, the final product must reflect the development of the task at hand.

Make sure your document is neat in terms of grammar, vocabulary, spelling,

punctuation, format, and cohesion.

Upload a PDF file with the task’s individual and group evidences. Identify your
file as follows: 551038 - Task 5 – Your Full Name.pdf

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:

The individual evidence to be submitted is:

The student must submit a document in PDF.

Submission Environment:

Each student will write their final product according to the instructions given in the
activity guide, the final product must reflect the development of the task at hand.

Make sure your document is neat in terms of grammar, vocabulary, spelling,

punctuation, format, and cohesion.

Upload a PDF file with the task’s individual and group evidences. Identify your
file as follows: 551038 - Task 5 – Your Full Name.pdf

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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

Type of activity: Individual

Evaluation moment: Final
The highest score in this activity is 125 points
First evaluation High level: The paper includes all the items required in the
criterion: guideline (title page, introduction, etc.) and keeps format
according to APA rules. .
Contents and If your work is at this level, you can get between 12 points
format and 15 points

This criterion Average level: The outline contains not all the items or it was
represents 15 not written according to APA rules
points of the total

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of 125 points of If your work is at this level, you can get between 9 points
the activity. and 11 points

Low level: The paper includes only 1 to 3 out of the required

items.
If your work is at this level, you can get between 0
points and 6 points
Second evaluation High level: The text, with a meaningful title, contains the
criterion: reflection and analysis of main accomplishments achieved in the
course. The text is well structured and is at least one page long.
Reflection and If your work is at this level, you can get between 24 points
analysis about and 30 points
accomplishments
achieved in the Average level: The reflection is not clear in terms of
course accomplishments based on proposed activities completed during
the course OR the text is not well structured and cohesive.
This criterion If your work is at this level, you can get between 18 points
represents 30 and 23 points
points of the total
of 125 points of Low level: The reflection is not related to the topic or it is
the activity. shorter than one page.
If your work is at this level, you can get between 0
points and 12 points
Third evaluation High level: The student accurately answers the three
criterion: questions and each one of them contains at least one paragraph.
If your work is at this level, you can get between 32 points
Answers to the 3 and 40 points
questions
Average level: The student does not write clear answers to all
This criterion the three questions OR he/she answers two or less questions.
represents 40 If your work is at this level, you can get between 24 points
points of the total and 31 points
of 125 points of
the activity. Low level: The student barely writes meaningful responses to
the questions OR answers do not deal with the provided
statement
If your work is at this level, you can get between 0
points and 6 points

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Fourth evaluation High level: The document presents sentences in the most
criterion: logical order and there is a smooth transition from one sentence
to the next using accurate connecting expressions.
Transition If your work is at this level, you can get between 8 points
and 10 points
This criterion
represents 10 Average level: The document presents sentences in a fairly
points of the total logical order OR not transitional words are used.
of 125 points of If your work is at this level, you can get between 6 points
the activity. and 7 points

Low level: Paper struggles to organize sentences in a logical

manner
If your work is at this level, you can get between 0
points and 5 points
Fifth evaluation High level: The paper contains almost no spelling and
criterion: punctuation mistakes, or not at all. The paper contains few
grammar mistakes.
Spelling and If your work is at this level, you can get between 15 points
mechanics, and and 20 points
language use.
Average level: The paper contains some spelling mistakes OR
This criterion punctuation is imprecise. The paper contains some grammar
represents 20 mistakes
points of the total If your work is at this level, you can get between 10 points
of 125 points of and 14 points
the activity.
Low level: The paper contains multiple spelling mistakes OR
punctuation is very imprecise. The paper contains multiple
grammar mistakes, which affect meaning
If your work is at this level, you can get between 5
points and 5 points
Sixth evaluation High level: In text references are accurately included and
criterion: related in the final page of the document in the References
section.
Spelling and If your work is at this level, you can get between 8 points
mechanics, and and 10 points
language use.
Average level: The student fairly organizes references at the
end of the document.

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This criterion If your work is at this level, you can get between 6 points
represents 10 and 7 points
points of the total
of 125 points of Low level: References at the end of the document are not
the activity. correctly organized according to APA Rules and / or in text
citation is not correctly included.
If your work is at this level, you can get between 0 points
and 5 points