Universidad Nacional Abierta y a Distancia

Vicerrectoría Académica y de Investigación

Course: Methodology in Foreign Language Teaching
Code: 518005

Activity Guide and Evaluation Rubric – Phase 2 – Scenario 1

1. Activity Description

Type of activity: Individual

Evaluation moment: Intermediate Unit 1
Highest score of the activity: 80 points
The activity starts on: Monday, The activity ends on: Sunday, October
September 6, 2021 3, 2021
With this activity, you are expected to achieve the following learning
outcomes:

Interpret the information obtained from different data collection instruments through
participatory observation for the application and adaptation of activities in virtual and
face-to-face contexts.

The activity consists of:

For this practical course you must observe 48 hours of English classes, divided into
two parts. 32 hours of observational practice in situ, and 16 hours developed in the
course. For this reason, you need to fill out some forms, which you can find in the
Learning Environment, in your virtual campus. Have in mind that you need to start
filling in the form called “Formato de asistencia al lugar de practicas” ; however,
this need to be sent in phase 4, with the 48 hours.

Please take a look at the “instructivo para el diligenciamiento de formatos de la

práctica pedagógica.”

Step 1: Forms required for this activity:

1. “Plan de Trabajo.”

For this practical activity, you must fill out the form “Plan de Trabajo” available in the
learning environment. Here, you need to fill in the required information, such as your
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name, school´s name, teacher´s name…etc. Also, you must get the signatures
required at the end of the Plan de Trabajo. The form must be filled out completely,
the writing must be clear, do not cross anything out. Finally, the format must be
scanned and uploaded in PDF format to your e-portfolio. Name the form like this:
PLAN DE TRABAJO_YOUR NAME. (In capital letters)

2. Carta de presentación

The zone coordinator will send you this document introducing you to the institution in
which you will be working, then you have to upload it to your official e-portfolio.
Name the form like this: CARTA DE PRESENTACIÓN_YOUR NAME. (In capital letters)

3. ARL Certificate

Some days after filling out the ARL form, you will be able to download the certificate.
For this phase, you need to upload that document to your e-portfolio. Name the
certificate like this: CERTIFICADO ARL_YOUR NAME. (In capital letters)

Step 2: School characterization:

Here you must carry out the characterization of the school and the recognition of the
curriculum of the English subject. To do this, you must collect the following
information:

- The approach applied in the school. (Humanism, constructivism, behaviorism)

- School location. (Urban or rural)
- Type of school. (Public or rural)
- School level. (Elementary or high school)
- Does the school offer virtual or face-to-face classes? (In case to be virtual, name
the strategies and tools used for these classes)
- Economic stratification of the students.
- The audiovisual aids in the school. (video beam, computers, English lab…)
- The school year of the course (First grade, second grade…)
- The number of students in the course.
- The English level of the students in the course. (A1, A2, B1, B2)
- English subject methodology. (Direct Method, Communicative Method, Natural
Method)
- The number of hours of English classes per week.
- Name, email, and phone or skype user of your assigned teacher.

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Step 3: Comparative Chart

Go to the learning environment and read all about Early Methods and pay special
attention to the second chapter of Approaches and Methods in Language Teaching.
pp.5-17.
Then, you must create a comparative chart about the differences and similarities
among the following concepts:

• Method
• Approach
• Technique
• Procedure
• Design

Step 4: ESAPEC attendance

ECEDU defines the strategy Face-to-face support strategy named ESAPEC, which
consists of a certain number of face-to-face accompaniments to groups of students,
at UNAD headquarters. Considering the above, for this activity, you have to
attend this mandatory meeting whose schedule will be announced in the course
news forum and via email.

In the meeting, you are going to receive some instructions regarding your process of
practices and forms; but also, everybody is going to share experiences related to
observational practices in situ and their impact. Be ready to share your experiences,
everybody will have some minutes to talk.

Do not forget to take some screenshots to add to the final product.

Note: Due to the health emergency (COVID-19), the meeting will be online (zoom,
meets, adobe connect, skype). Attendance is mandatory, and it will have a
percentage of the score in the evaluation rubric.

For the development of the activity consider that:

In the Initial Information Environment, you must: N/A

In the Learning Environment, you must:

Read unit 1 – Early Methods, to create the comparative chart.

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Post the individual steps 2 and 3.

In the Evaluation Environment, you must:

Deliver a PDF file with:

- Cover page – APA Style: student´s name, name of the course, code, group,
tutor, and university.
- The characterization of the school.
- Comparative chart.
- Your e-portfolio link with:
*A PDF with:
-Plan de Trabajo.
* A second PDF
- ARL certificate
* A third PDF
- “Carta de presentación”

The forms must be uploaded to your official folder drive, in separated PDF forms.
Evidence of individual work:
The individual evidence to be submitted is:

- Cover page – APA Style: student´s name, name of the course, code, group,
tutor, and university.
- The characterization of the school.
- Comparative chart.
- Your e-portfolio with:
*A PDF with:
-Plan de Trabajo.
* A second PDF
- ARL certification
* A third PDF
- “Carta de presentación”

Evidence of collaborative work:

No collaborative evidence is required in this activity.

2. General Guidelines for the Development of Evidence to Submit

For Individual evidence, consider the following:

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

• The formats must be submitted in PDF format. It must have the student´s and
school teacher’s signatures. All the information required in the formats must be
filled in.
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: Intermediate Unit 1
The highest score in this activity is 80 points
First evaluation High level: The student collects accurate and complete data
criterion: about the school and English subject, following the instructions
and requirements in the activity guide and rubric.

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Characterization of
the school. If your work is at this level, you can get between 8 points
and 10 points.
This criterion
represents 10 Average level: The data about the school and English subject
points of the total are not complete, the student does not follow the instructions
of 80 points of and requirements in the activity guide and rubric.
the activity. If your work is at this level, you can get between 5 points
and 7 points.

Low level: The student does not collect any data about the
school or English subject.
If your work is at this level, you can get between 0
points and 4 points.
Second evaluation High level: The student shows a good understanding of the
criterion: concepts related to unit 1, establishing similarities and
differences among the teaching concepts.
Comparative Chart. If your work is at this level, you can get between 18 points
and 20 points.
This criterion
represents 20 Average level: The chart does not show a good understanding
points of the total of the concepts and the similarities and differences are not clear.
of 80 points of If your work is at this level, you can get between 10 points
the activity. and 17 points.

Low level: The student does not create the chart.

If your work is at this level, you can get between 0 points
and 9 points.
Third evaluation High level: The student adds pieces of evidence of his/her
criterion: attendance to the ESAPEC encounter participates with his/her
experiences and gives meaningful feedback to his/her
ESAPEC
classmates.
If your work is at this level, you can get between 18
This criterion points and 20 points.
represents 20
points of the total
Average level: The student attends ESAPEC encounter, but
of 80 points of
he/she does participate in the encounter. Any comment was
the activity.
made by the student.

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 If your work is at this level, you can get between 10
points and 17 points.

Low level: The student does not attend the ESAPEC encounter.
If your work is at this level, you can get between 0
points and 9 points.
Fourth evaluation High level: The student fills out the formts accurately with the
criterion: signatures and following the requirements in the activity guide
and rubric, the documents are clear, they are scanned carefully,
Formats step 1 and they are named properly.
If your work is at this level, you can get between 28 points
and 30 points.
This criterion
represents 30 Average level: The student does not fill out the forms
points of the total accurately, the signatures are not clear, and the forms are not
of 80 points of scanned, instead, the student takes a picture. They are not
the activity. named properly.
If your work is at this level, you can get between 15 points
and 27 points.

Low level: The student does deliver the formats.

If your work is at this level, you can get between 0
points and 14 points.