Universidad Nacional Abierta y a Distancia

Vicerrectoría Académica y de Investigación

Course: Phonetics and phonology 551017

Activity Guide and Evaluation Rubric – Task 1 – Mind map

1. Activity Description

Type of activity: Individual

Evaluation moment: Initial
Highest score of the activity: 25 points
The activity starts on: Monday, August The activity ends on: Sunday, September
23, 2021 5, 2021
With this activity, you are expected to achieve the following learning
outcomes:
To describe the main concepts of phonetic and phonological features for the
identification of English sound properties.
The activity consists of:

Step 1: Reading
Go to the Learning Environment unit 1 and read Chapter one: Phonetics and Phonology
definition and distinction. In Introductory Phonetics and Phonology of English. (pp. 1-3).

Step 2: Design a mind map

Design an infographic using the information of the Step 1, the mind map must
contain the following aspects:

• The definition of Phonetics, also describe the articulatory features and give
examples.
• The definition of Phonology, also describe the suprasegmental features and give
examples.
• The difference between phonetics and Phonology.

Step 3: Reading
Go to the Learning Environment unit 1 again and read the Chapter Two: The Mechanism
of Speech Sounds. In Introductory Phonetics and Phonology of English. (pp. 5-12).

Step 4: Explain three English sounds

Based on the readings of the step 3, choose three English sounds, and describe the
articulators involved in their sound production and the place of articulation, in order
to understand the Vocal tract system. For instance:
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I choose the phoneme /v/
The articulators involved in its production are:
Upper teeth and lower lip
The place of articulation is labio-dental

Inform about your selection in the forum of this activity, so that, no English sound is
repeated.

For the development of the activity consider that:

In the Initial Information Environment, you must: check the date and time of the first
web conference of the course in the link: Synchronous meetings by webconference.

In the Learning Environment, you must: Read the documents of the unit 1 and
participate in the forum of the Task 1 – Mind map

In the Evaluation Environment, you must:

Deliver a PDF with
-Cover page
-Mind map
-The three sounds explanation

Evidences of individual work:

The individual evidence to be submitted is:

*A PDF document with

-Cover page – APA Style: student´s name, name of the course, code, group, tutor
and university
- Mind map
-The three sounds explanation
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

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Students must deliver one PDF document, with the mind map and explanations of
the speech sounds.
• 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: Individual

Evaluation moment: Initial
The highest score in this activity is 25 points
First evaluation High level: The mind map contains the descriptions, features
criterion: and differences between phonetics and phonology. Finally, it
includes examples.

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Include the most If your work is at this level, you can get between 8 points
relevant concepts of and 10 points
phonetics and
phonology. Average level: The mind map does not include all the
descriptions, the differences between phonetics and phonology
This criterion are not clear and there are not examples.
represents 10 If your work is at this level, you can get between 3 points
points of the total and 5 points
of 25 points of
the activity. Low level: There is no mind map at all.

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

and 1 point
Second evaluation High level: The sounds are well explained, the student name
criterion: the articulators and sound production features of each sound.
If your work is at this level, you can get between 4 points
Explain the sounds and 5 points
taking into account
their segmental Average level: The sounds are not complete; the description
aspects. has some mistakes in the articulators and the features involved
in the production of the sound.
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 sounds are not explained.
the activity. If your work is at this level, you can get between 0 points
and 1 point
Third evaluation High level: The final document is well organized, accomplishes
criterion: the APA rules, as well as the bibliographic references.
If your work is at this level, you can get between 8 points
Present the and 10 points
document with APA
style. Average level: The final document is not well organized and
the references are not according to the APA rules.
This criterion If your work is at this level, you can get between 2 points
represents 10 and 5 points
points of the total
of 25 points of Low level: The document has not bibliographic references.
the activity. If your work is at this level, you can get between 0
points and 1 point

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