Universidad Nacional Abierta y a Distancia

Vicerrectoría Académica y de Investigación

Course: English Phonetics 518014

Activity Guide and Evaluation Rubric – Task 4 – Suprasegmentals

1. Activity Description
Type of activity: Collaborative
Evaluation moment: Intermediate Unit 2
Highest score of the activity: 120 points
The activity starts on: Monday, The activity ends on: Sunday, May
April 12, 2021 9, 2021
With this activity, you are expected to achieve the following
learning outcomes:
Solve oral and written exercises about the segmental features of the English sounds.
The activity consists of:

Step 1:
Go to the Learning Environment and in the Course Contents and Bibliographic
References for Unit 2, read all related to Suprasegmental features and focus
on rhythm, intonation and stress.

Step 2:
Go to the Learning Environment and open the folder Activity guide and
evaluation rubrics – Task 4 – Suprasegmentals and download the document
named Pronunciation Practice.

Step 3:
Record yourself developing and pronouncing all the exercises of the
document downloaded in step 2, including the reading, the intonation,
rhythm and stress exercises. Also, red the following specifications:

- Show your face and mouth when pronouncing the sounds, I need to see
your performance in the pronunciation of the exercises.
- Show the document with the exercises as you pronounce them, in order
to facilitate the identification of the sounds and be able to give you
meaningful feedback (you can use the tool https://screencast-o-
matic.com/)
- Here you have to pronounce all the exercises of the document, including
the reading, the intonation and rhythm exercises.
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 - In this video you must focus on rhythm, stress and intonation.

Step 4:
Come back to the Learning Environment, intermediate moment, open the folder
Activity guide and evaluation rubrics – Task 4 – Suprasegmentals and download
the document named Collaborative exercises and collaboratively develop the
exercises. To do this, each member of the group must share their answers in the
forum, then the group discusses the best answers and compile a single set of
answers per group.
For the development of the activity consider that:

In the Initial Information Environment, you must:

- Check the Course Agenda to organize your time.
- Check all available forums.
- Verify the dates of the Web Conferences so that you can plan your
participation accordingly.
- Verify your tutors’ synchronous attention by Skype.

In the Learning Environment, you must:

- Check the Course Contents and Bibliographic References for Unit 2
- Download the Syllabus of the course to actively read.
- Go to the discussion forum for the task and get familiar with your
collaborative group.
- Participate in the forum to get feedback from e-mates and tutor.

In the Evaluation Environment, you must:

- Upload a PDF file with the task’s individual evidences. Identify your file as
follows: 518014 - Task 4 - Your Full Name.pdf
Evidences of individual work:
The individual evidence to be submitted is:
- Link of the video.
- Post in the forum your individual answers of the exercises.
Evidences of collaborative work:
The collaborative evidence to be submitted is:
A PDF file named 518014 - Task 4 – Your Full Name.pdf with the following pages
1. Cover page
2. Link of the videos
3. Practical exercises
4. APA References (Different from the ones provided in the course if you
use other sources of information for your answers)
2. General Guidelines for the Development of Evidences to Submit

For Individual evidences, consider the following

 Students must deliver one PDF document, with link of the videos and
practical exercises.
 Before submitting the requested product, students should check that it
meets all the requirements mentioned in this activity guide.
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: Collaborative

Evaluation moment: Intermediate Unit 2
The highest score in this activity is 120 points
First High level: The student follows the specifications in the
evaluation activity guide and rubric. Also, he pronounces the oral
criterion: exercises in the document, taking into account the segmental
and suprasegmental features; the pronunciation, rhythm and
Pronounce the stress are accurate.
oral exercises
correctly.
This criterion If your work is at this level, you can get between 35
represents 40 points and 40 points
points of the
total of 120 Average level: The student shows a poor understanding of
points of the the segmental and suprasegmental features of the English
activity.
sounds. He has some problems with the pronunciation of
some
sounds, and sometimes the pronunciation of the oral
exercises
is not accurate.
If your work is at this level, you can get between 24
points and 31 points

Low level: The student mispronounces most of the oral

exercises, the video is not recorded following the specification
in the activity guide, or there is no video.

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

0 points and 23 points
Second High level: All the practical exercises are correct, showing a
evaluation good understanding of the features involved in the production
criterion: of the English sounds.
Solve assertively
all practical If your work is at this level, you can get between 40
exercises using points and 50 points
the IPA alphabet.
Average level: Some practical exercises are wrong, showing
This a
criterion poor understanding of the segmental features of the sound
represents production.
50
points of the If your work is at this level, you can get between 30
total of 120 points and 39 points
points of the
activity. Low level: The student does not solve any practical
exercise, or the answers are not according to the course
readings.

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

0 points and 29 points
Third High level: The student participates in the forum since the
evaluation beginning of the activity, and his contributions are
criterion: meaningful.

Participate If your work is at this level, you can get between 21

actively in the points and 30 points
forum.
Average level: The student does not participate since the
beginning of the activity, and his contributions are not
meaningful.
This criterion
represents 30 If your work is at this level, you can get between 15
points of the points and 20 points
total of 120
points of the Low level: The student does not post any contribution to the
activity. forum, or his contributions are late, and they are not
meaningful.
If your work is at this level, you can get between 0
points and 14 points