Universidad Nacional Abierta y a Distancia

Vicerrectoría Académica y de Investigación

Course: English B1+
Code: 900004

Activity guide and Evaluation rubric – Task 5: Communicative Production

1. Task description

Type of task: Individual

Evaluation moment: Intermediate Unit 3
Highest score of the task: 70 points
Task starts on: Wednesday, March
Task ends on: Friday, May 7, 2021
24, 2021

With this task, you are expected to achieve the following learning
outcome: The student will be able to communicate Orally him/herself in English
to present a Job interview, describing his/her professional profile, working
experiences and all the related information, among others.

For this task, keep in mind:

- The participations or contributions shared in the forum within the last 3 days
before closing the task or out of time, will be graded under average or low level.
- In the first part (Task 2), you created your curriculum vitae; in the second part
(Task 4), you prepared your work interview and, in this last part, Task 5, you will
present the interview. With the development of these three tasks, you are
improving your professional career to have excellent working opportunities in your
real life. You can read about this, here: https://bit.ly/39tYAqU
- It is mandatory and students´ responsibility to register the Skype interview in
the schedule shared and suggested by your tutor; otherwise, it cannot be
guaranteed your space to present this interview. The link for the inscription will be
shared directly in the forum.

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-The job interview is an interactive exercise, so do not read your answers. Create
a natural conversation with your tutor because this Oral performance is designed
to express yourself in English. If you read during the interview, you will be
graded under low level.

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

1. Check out and study the online content of the B1 level. Watch the video on
module 5, lesson 1 and complete the proposed exercise. Share the direct
screenshot of the evidence of your work in the forum: PRESENTING MY JOB
INTERVIEW. (No files attached).

This stage will help you to learn how to express your work experience in a
job interview.

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2. Go to the Online content and do the next listening practices suggested in the
modules. You need to provide a direct screenshot of evidence of every
practice in the collaborative forum. (No files attached)

This stage will help you to improve your pronunciation in your Oral speech
for the job interview.

Module 5, lesson 16 Module 9, lesson 17 Module 11, lesson 16

3. To do the Online practice on module 11, lesson 8: INTERRUPTING AND

CHANGING. Have and share the evidence of your practice. Then, enter the
Learning Environment forum and share directly the screenshots of your
practices (No files attached).

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 This stage will help you to prepare yourself to learn how to interact during the
job interview you need to carry out in the next stage.

For this final stage, it is required your critical professional thinking to present the
job interview. It is now the last part to complete all the tasks and get this important
work of your life. Let´s do it together!

4.1. It is necessary to create an account on Skype. Check instructions here

http://bit.ly/2WICEA9

4.2. Add your tutor to your contacts on Skype. Your tutor’s account will be on
Communicative forum or you can check his/her messages.

4.3. It is necessary to register on time for the English interview in advance on

the schedule posted by your tutor on the forum for this task.

4.4. Be on Skype 15 minutes before the interview to test your audio and video
hardware. Let your tutor know by typing that you are waiting your turn; do
not call him/her.

4.5. On the interview, your tutor will ask you in English the following questions:

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 a. Who are you? Personal presentation.
b. What is your dream job? Support your
answers.
c. What do you need to do to be a successful
___ (dream job) ____?
d. Which aspects can you help to improve in
your professional area?
e. What can you do for the world from your
professional perspective?

This is an interactive exercise, so do not read your answers. Create a natural

conversation with your tutor. If you read aloud during the interview, it will
be graded under low level.

4.6. Take a screenshot of the interview where your face and the grade given by
your tutor can be seen because you will have to include it in the work
consolidation.

Important notes

- There is a limit on how many students can be attended by the tutor per day, so
schedules will be limited to specific hours and dates.

- Register for your interview in the schedule organized by your tutor to guarantee
your space to do it. The drive link for the interview inscription will be shared in the
forum.

- You need at least 15 minutes to carry out this Oral interview.

- Your tutor will provide you feedback on your Oral performance in order to improve
your Communicative English skills.

After your job interview, you have completed all the stages and you have reached
your goals to have the work of your dreams thanks to all your effort and excellent
performance. Congratulation and keep working hard. You really got it!

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Each student must consolidate and submit in a PDF 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 Communicative forum posting the
practice of module 5, lesson 1. Stage 1.
3. All the Screenshots of your participation of the three pronunciation exercises
of stage 2 in the forum.
4. Screenshot of your participation in the stage 3, sharing the practice of module
8, lesson 8.
5. Screenshot of your Job interview presented by Skype with your tutor showing
your face.

The PDF document must be uploaded in the Evaluation Environment:

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 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 posting the practice of module 5, lesson 1.

Stage 1.

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 - All the Screenshots of your participation of the three pronunciation exercises
of stage 2 in the forum.
- Screenshot of your participation in the stage 3, sharing the practice of module
8, lesson 8.
- Screenshot of your Job interview presented by Skype with your tutor showing
your face.

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

- None Collaborative evidences required for this task.

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.

• 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.

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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 3
The highest score in this task is 70 points

First High level: The student shares in the Collaborative forum of this
evaluation task, the screenshots of his/her practice pointed on the stage 1,
criterion: 2 and 3.
Participation
Assessment The exercises are developed according to the requirements with
proper grammar structures.

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

and 13 points.

Development Average level: The student shares in the Collaborative forum

of Stage 1–2-3 of this task, the screenshots of his/her practice on the stage 1,
(Individual 2 and 3 but they are not completed or they do not correspond
work) to the exercises pointed on the stages.

If your work is at this level, you can get between 6 points

and 9 points.

Low level: The student shares the screenshots of his/her

This criterion practices on the stages, but they are not completed.
represents 13
points of the There is no evidence of sharing the exercises in the forum.
total of 70 The student does not participate in this task.
points of the
task. If your work is at this level, you can get between 0 points
and 5 points.

High level: The student presents the Oral interview with his/her
Second tutor by Skype and answers in English to all the questions with
evaluation fluency without reading.
criterion:

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 Procedure The speech is natural, organic and well pronounced and, the
Assessment grammatical structures make the conversation understandable.
If your work is at this level, you can get between 20 points
and 25 points.

Average level: The student presents the Oral interview in

English with his/ her tutor by Skype but he/she reads part of the
answers to the questions.
Development
of Stage 4 The student does not prepare the complete answers for the
(Individual questions proposed on the guide activity. The lack of good
work) pronunciation makes the conversation sometimes difficult to
understand.

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

and 19 points.

Low level: The student presents the Oral interview with his/her
tutor by Skype but he/she does not prepare the answers for the
questions proposed on the guide activity.
This criterion
represents 25 The lack of good pronunciation makes communication
points of the impossible.
total of 70
points of the The student does not present the interview. The student does
task. not participate in this task.

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

and 11 points.

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 Third High level: The student communicates Orally in English and
evaluation replies eloquently to all the questions with good grammar
criterion: structures. The pronunciation is excellent and the message is
Content clearly understood.
Assessment
His/her performance during the interview gives meaningful
content. The job interview is prepared by the student and the
conversation is intelligible.

If your work is at this level, you can get between 20 points

and 25 points.

Average level: The student communicates Orally in English but

some of the replies are read and pointless. The pronunciation is
Development
acceptable and the message is vaguely understood.
of Stage 4
(Individual His/her performance during the interview is acceptable. The job
work) interview is not prepared by the student and the conversation is
not understandable.

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

and 19 points.

Low level: The student does not communicate Orally in English

and all the replies are read and nonsense. The pronunciation is
not good and the message is barely clear.

This criterion His/her performance during the interview is poor. The job
represents 25 interview is not prepared by the student and the Oral speech is
points of the not clear.
total of 70
points of the The student does not present the interview. The student does
task. not participate in this task.

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

and 11 points.

Fourth
High level: The final document is consolidated by the student in
evaluation
a PDF document and delivered in the Evaluation environment
criterion:
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 Formal according to the 5 items requested in the “Individual work
Assessment Consolidation”.

If your work is at this level, you can get between 6 points

and 7 points.

Consolidation Average level: The final document is consolidated by the

and submission student in a PDF document and delivered in the Evaluation
(Individual environment but it does not have all the 5 items requested in
work) the “Individual work Consolidation”.

If your work is at this level, you can get between 5 points

and 3 points.

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

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