Universidad Nacional Abierta y a Distancia

Vicerrectoría Académica y de Investigación

Course: English III
Code: 518008

Activity Guide and Evaluation Rubric – Task 1 – Audio recording

1. Activity Description

Type of activity: Independent

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:

At the end of this activity the student will be able to deal with most situations likely
to arise while reporting information, describing places, and travelling in areas where
the language is spoken.

The activity consists of:

1. Introduce yourself to the course and in the forum.

2. Prepare a speech about your best experience from last year. You can talk about
vacations, academic or professional achievements, or family things. Be detailed about
the experiences you share. The speech must be of about 600 words, so the
recording lasts minimum 3 minutes
3. Record your speech in a Vocaroo audio. See a Vocaroo tutorial:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIF-aW1bIMw
4. Post the link to your audio in the forum.
5. Comment your partners work.

For the development of the activity consider that:

In the Initial Information Environment, you must: check the agenda and interact in
the forum.

In the Learning Environment, you must: read the contents of the unit 1.
In the Evaluation Environment, you must: Upload your final work in Task 1 - Initial
activity. Audio recording

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Evidence of independent work:
The independent evidence to be submitted is:

Upload a PDF document with the following content:

1. Cover page
2. The link to the audio.

Evidence of group work:

No group work evidence is required in this activity.
Interact with your partners about their contributions, help them with ideas and
feedback.

2. General Guidelines for the Development of Evidences to Submit

For Independent evidences, consider the following:

• All members of the group must participate with meaningful comments.

• Each student individually must 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.

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.
https://repository.unad.edu.co/static/pdf/Norma_APA_7_Edicion.pdf
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

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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: Independent

Evaluation moment: Intermediate Unit 1
The highest score in this activity is 25 points
First evaluation High level: The student demonstrates ability to identify what
criterion: he/she must talk about in the recording.
If your work is at this level, you can get between 4 points
Comprehension of and 5 points.
the activity.
Average level: The student demonstrates little ability to
identify what he/she must talk about in the recording.
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 student demonstrates many difficulties to
the activity. identify what he/she must talk about in the recording. If your
work is at this level, you can get between 0 points and 1
point.
Second evaluation High level: The student demonstrates ability to talk about past
criterion: events. Furthermore, he/she justifies their ideas clearly.
If your work is at this level, you can get between 7 points
and 10 points.

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Accuracy and use of Average level: The student demonstrates little ability to talk
language about past events or shows difficulty to justify his/her ideas
structures. clearly.
If your work is at this level, you can get between 4 points
and 6 points.
This criterion
represents 10 Low level: The student demonstrates many difficulties to talk
points of the total about past events or does not argue or justify his/her answers.
of 25 points of If your work is at this level, you can get between 0
the activity. points and 3 points.
Third evaluation High level: The student demonstrates ability to speak of past
criterion: events with good pronunciation and intonation.
If your work is at this level, you can get between 7 points
Speaking skill and 10 points
fluency and
pronunciation. Average level: The student demonstrates little ability to speak
of past events with good pronunciation and intonation.
This criterion If your work is at this level, you can get between 4 points
represents 10 and 6 points
points of the total
of 25 points of Low level: The student demonstrates many difficulties to
the activity. speak of past events with good pronunciation and intonation.
If your work is at this level, you can get between 1 point
and 3 points