Intensive English 2

Oral production activity # 4

Week: 5 Units: 8 and 9
Course: Intensive English 2
Topics: education, being away from home, living and studying abroad
Communicative function: Talking about helping others
Interaction: pairs
Target language:
a. vocabulary associated with the topic of education
b. vocabulary associated with the topic of studying abroad
c. present perfect simple: statements, questions and answers
d. present perfect progressive: affirmative and negative
e. language banks from Week 5’s online sessions
Length of video: Your video should last from 3’30”to 4’.
Technical requirements:
 email, Workplace or any social network to make arrangements with your partner
 any video recording tool
 any video editing tool, if necessary
Note: If you use www.Youtube.com to make the video, change video privacy setting to “unlisted” so your
teacher can view it, but not strangers on the internet.
Assessment criteria:
 pronunciation and intonation
 accuracy
 interactive communication
 task achievement (organization, clarity and use of webcam)

See the rubrics in Información General on Blackboard.

Timeline and deadline:
This task should be prepared during week 5.
Each student must upload their video or paste the link to their video on Blackboard (Unit 9 file) by Sunday
at the latest.

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ORAL PRODUCTION TASK INSTRUCTIONS

Situation:
 Intensive English 2
In week 5, you talked about education and being away from home.
With your partner talk about:
 how Peru’s education system has changed due to the coronavirus outbreak
 if and how people can do courses or study abroad these days (Are there any study
programs or study exchange programs available?)
 how your study routine has changed because of Covid-19 pandemic

Ask and answer follow-up questions to keep the conversation going.

Do not use scripts in your conversation.

PROCEDURE
Before recording
 Review units 8 and 9. Use resources from English Discoveries and Blackboard.
 Watch week 5’s class recordings on Blackboard.
 In pairs, plan how you are going to start, develop and end your conversation. Avoid scripting your
conversation. Improvisation is welcome.
 Make sure you will use the vocabulary and grammar structures you have learned in Units 8 and 9. See
Target language above.
 Make sure both of you will speak equally.
 You may want to practice some times before recording the final version of your video.
 Check the rubrics with specific criteria for grading oral production activities.

While recording

 Interact with your partner.

 Be in a well-lit area.
 Speak as clearly and naturally as possible.
 Look at the camera while you talk (as often as possible).
 Smile.
 Be confident.
 Do not just read.
 Show objects, pictures or other people doing things, if necessary.
 Use nonverbal communication.

After recording
 Make sure both of you have spoken equally.
 Make sure your video respects the time limit.
 Test your video works well before sending the link or uploading the video file.
 Paste the link of your video or upload the video file and the script (the script is referential) in the Assignment section
(“actividad”) in Unit 9 on Blackboard. Each student should do this.
 Check you have submitted your assignment in Review submission history (Revisar historial de envíos).