ENGLISH 7- ORAL TASK 20%

Name: __________________________________ ID_______ Course Code _______ Date______________

TYPE OF TASK: Dialogue.
ROLES: Daughter/Son and Mother/Father.
PURPOSE: Provide information about different types of natural habitats in Colombia.
PROMPT: You have just returned to your country from a trip to Colombia. Your father/mother is so excited for your
return and want to know everything related to the places you visited in your trip.

Instructions:
1. Provide information about the variety of natural habitats in Colombia (La Guajira, Amazonia, Chicamocha
canyon, etc.).
2. Describe the variety of natural habitats in Colombia.
3. Describe natural habitats which can receive tourists.
4. Describe flora and fauna of the places stated in point one.
5. Describe ecology and environmental issues.
6. The task will be in pairs or individual with the teacher as partner.
7. Be ready to ask and answer questions about the topic.
8. Time assigned: 2 minutes per couple.

CRITERIA FOR ASSESSING THE ORAL TASK - SPACE ONLY FOR TEACHERS
Rating scale
Poor Needs Fair Good Out- Total
Criteria and descriptor 1 improve- 3 4 standing per
The student is able to: ment 5 criteria
2
Communication and content: understand and complete the task
assigned by providing information about different types of natural
habitats in Colombia; communicate and send messages so the
audience is left with no questions.
Fluency: produce a cohesive discourse, speech is understandable,
ideas are linked with basic connectors, organize the sentences in a
logical discourse according to the level.

Vocabulary: use vocabulary different types of natural habitats in

Colombia (e.g. name, location, flora, fauna, ecology, etc.) and use a
variety of vocabulary to make the discourse interesting.
Structure: produce the simple present, simple past, structures to
make plans; makes use of can, adverbs, adjectives, comparatives; and
use other sentence structures to make the dialogue interesting.
Pronunciation: pronounce words and ideas without interfering with
the message; and produce intonation patterns of English sounds that
allow the audience to understand the message.
TOTAL OF MARKS: / 25 GRADE:

COMMENTS (for formative purposes, write here any ideas for students to improve his/her performance):

Evaluator: ___________________________________ Created by: Language Center support teachers (2020)