Universidad Nacional Abierta y a Distancia

Vicerrectoría Académica y de Investigación

Course: Methods of Teaching English as a Foreign Language
Code: 551005

Activity Guide and Evaluation Rubric – Task 3 Proposing a activity

1. Activity Description

Type of activity: Independent

Evaluation moment: Intermediate Unit 2
Highest score of the activity: 75 points
The activity starts on: Monday, The activity ends on: Tuesday, October
September 27, 2021 19, 2021
With this activity, you are expected to achieve the following learning
outcome(s):

To identify the methodological characteristics of alternative approaches and methods

through the development of practical tasks.

The activity consists of:

Step 1

The student will choose one of the methods or approaches from this moment (See
course contents Unit 2: Communicative approaches) and create an infographic about
its characteristics, weaknesses and strengths, which abilities focus (Speaking,
reading….)

Step 2

After doing the infographic you have to propose an English activity to be developed
according to the following template: (This template is on the tab Educational
Resources in the file Task 4: Practical Activity Unit 2)

Method:
Activity
Topic: Grade:

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 Objectives Description of
the activity

Step 3

Design a rubric for evaluating the proposed activity. If you want, you can take the
following template.
Rubric Template

Criterion High Average Low

Score
(Score 0 if element is absent) score score score
Identify each grading element or criterion
(example participation)
Criterion 2

Criterion 3

TOTAL

Or you can visit this web page, there you will find some examples of rubrics

https://www.thoughtco.com/rubric-template-2081369

For the development of the activity consider that:

In the Initial Information Environment, you must:

✓ Schedule the dates of the agenda to present the 5 tasks of the course.
✓ Verify the date of the Web Conference so that you can plan your participation.
✓ Verify your tutors’ synchronous attention by Skype.

In the Learning Environment, you must:

✓ Check the references in the learning environment and focus on Unit 1 needed
for this task.
✓ Answer the questions in the collaborative forum based on teaching experience.
✓ Give feedback to your e-mates.

In the Evaluation Environment, you must:

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 • Deliver a pdf document with a cover page considering APA style format,
infographic, activity chart (template) and rubric.

Evidence of independent work:

The independent evidence to be submitted is:

A PDF file name Task 1 – Your Full Name.pdf with the following pages:

• Front page
• infographic
• Activity chart (template)
• Rubric
• References APA Style

Evidence of group work:

No collaborative evidence is required in this activity.

2. General Guidelines for the Development of Evidence to Submit

For Independent evidence, consider the following:

A PDF file name Task 1 – Your Full Name.pdf with the following pages:
• Cover Page
• infographic,
• Activity chart (template)
• Rubric
• A page with the references in APA style format.

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

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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: Independent

Evaluation moment: Intermediate Unit 3
The highest score in this activity is 75 points
First evaluation High level: The student presents an infographic and it
criterion: contains the characteristics, weaknesses strengths and activity.
It is complete and meaningful.
If your work is at this level, you can get between 10 points
Present an and 15 points
infographic and it
contains the Average level: The student presents an infographic and it
required information misses the characteristics, weaknesses or strengths, and
activity.

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

and 9 points
This criterion
represents 15 Low level: The student did not design the infographic.
points of the total
of 75 points of If your work is at this level, you can get between 0
the activity. points and 5 points

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Second evaluation
criterion: High level: The student proposes and activity and it is
related to the method and support the objective.

Propose and activity

and it is related to If your work is at this level, you can get between 26 points
the method and and 30 points
support the
Average level: The proposes the activity, but it is not related
objective.
to the method or doesn’t supporting the objective.

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

and 25 points

This criterion Low level: The student does not write the analysis.
represents 30
points of the total If your work is at this level, you can get between 0
of 75 points of points and 5 pointS.
the activity.
Third evaluation High level: The student designs a rubric and its criteria are
criterion: clear, appropriate and distinct.

If your work is at this level, you can get between 16 points

and 20 points
Design a rubric and
its criteria are clear, Average level: The student designs a rubric, but its are
appropriate and unclear, inappropriate and/or have significant overlap.
distinct.
If your work is at this level, you can get between 6 points
. and 15 points

This criterion Low level: The student does not develop the rubric.
represents 20
points of the total
of 75 points of If your work is at this level, you can get between 0
the activity. points and 5 points.

Fourth evaluation High level: The student uses a wide range of structures with
criterion: full flexibility and accuracy.

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Use a wide range of If your work is at this level, you can get between 8 points
structures with full and 10 points
flexibility and
accuracy. Average level: The student makes some errors in grammar and
punctuation but they rarely reduce communication.
If your work is at this level, you can get between 4 points
and 7 points
This criterion
represents 10
Low level: The student cannot use sentence forms at all.
points of the total
If your work is at this level, you can get between 0 points
of 75 points of
and 3 points
the activity.