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Course: English Phonetics 518014

Activity Guide and Evaluation Rubric – Task 2 – Consonant Sounds

1. Activity Description

Type of activity: Individual

Evaluation moment: Intermediate Unit 1
Highest score of the activity: 110 points
The activity starts on: Monday, February The activity ends on: Sunday, March 13,
21, 2022 2022
With this activity, you are expected to achieve the following learning
outcome:
Solve oral and written exercises about the segmental features of the English sounds.
The activity consists of:

Step 1:
Go to the Learning Environment and in the Course Contents and Bibliographic
References for Unit 1, read Chapter 3: The Articulation of English Sounds.
In Introductory Phonetics and Phonology of English. (pp. 15-20).

Step 2:
Get familiar with the IPA alphabet watching the following video of the English
consonant sounds:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4NVPg2kHv4

Step 3:
Record yourself in a video pronouncing the consonant symbols in isolation and in
words; It is important that you consider the articulators involved in the production of
the sound of each symbol, as well as its place and manner of articulation, check the
following specifications:

- Show your face and mouth when pronouncing the sounds, I need to see your
performance in the articulation of the sounds.
- Show the symbols as you pronounce them, in order to facilitate the
identification of the symbols and be able to give you meaningful feedback (you
can use posters, flashcards or the tool https://screencast-o-matic.com/)
- Give examples of the sounds in words or sentences.

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 - For this activity just focus on the consonant sounds.

Step 4:
Go to the Learning Environment, intermediate moment, in the folder of the activity
guide evaluation rubric – Unit 1 – Task 2 – Consonant sounds, open the document
named Practical Exercises and develop the exercises individually according to the
readings of the course.
For the development of the activity consider that:

In the Initial Information Environment, you must:

- Check the Course Agenda to organize your time.
- Check all available forums.
- Verify the dates of the Web Conferences so that you can plan your participation
accordingly.
- Verify your tutors’ synchronous attention by Skype.

In the Learning Environment, you must:

- Check the Course Contents and Bibliographic References for Unit 1
- Download the Syllabus of the course to actively read.
- Go to the discussion forum for the task and get familiar with your collaborative
group.
- Participate in the forum to get feedback from e-mates and tutor.

In the Evaluation Environment, you must:

- Upload a PDF file with the task’s individual evidences. Identify your file as
follows: 518014 - Task 2 - Your Full Name.pdf
Evidences of individual work:
The individual evidence to be submitted is:

A PDF file named 518014 - Task 2 – Your Full Name.pdf with the following pages
1. Cover page
2. Link of the video
3. Practical exercises
4. APA References (Different from the ones provided in the course if you use
other sources of information for your answers)
Evidences of collaborative work:
No collaborative evidence is required in this activity.

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2. General Guidelines for the Development of Evidences to Submit

For Individual evidences, consider the following

Students must deliver one PDF document, with link of the video and practical
exercises.
• 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.
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.

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3. Evaluation Rubric Template

Type of activity: Individual

Evaluation moment: Intermediate Unit 1
The highest score in this activity is 110 points
First evaluation High level: The video is complete; the student shows all the
criterion: consonant sounds and follow the specifications added in the
Activity Guide and Rubric.
Include the phonetic
symbols of the If your work is at this level, you can get between 16 points
English consonant and 20 points
sounds.
Average level: The video is not complete, some consonants are
This criterion missing, finally it does not follow all the specifications added in
represents 20 the Activity Guide and Rubric.
points of the total
of 110 points of If your work is at this level, you can get between 12 points
the activity. and 15 points

Low level: There is no video at all, or the video does not have
the elements required for this task.

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

and 11 point
Second evaluation High level: The student shows good understanding of the
criterion: articulation of the English sounds, the pronunciation is accurate
and the examples given are well pronounced and include the
Pronounce the symbols.
symbols correctly,
taking into account If your work is at this level, you can get between 21 points
their segmental and 30 points
characteristics.
Average level: The student shows poor understanding of the
This criterion articulation of the English sounds, he/she has some problems
represents 30 with the pronunciation of certain symbols and the pronunciation
points of the total of the examples is not accurate sometimes.
of 110 points of
the activity. If your work is at this level, you can get between 15 points
and 22 points
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 Low level: The student mispronounces most of the symbols, or
there is no video.

If your work is at this level, you can get between 0

points and 14 point
Third evaluation High level: All the practical exercises are correct, showing good
criterion: understanding of the features involved in the production of the
English sounds.
Answer assertively If your work is at this level, you can get between 48 points
exercises based on and 60 points
the course readings.
Average level: Some practical exercises are wrong, showing
This criterion poor understanding of the segmental features of the sound
represents 60 production.
points of the total If your work is at this level, you can get between 36 points
of 110 points of and 47 points
the activity.
Low level: The student does not solve any practical exercise,
or the answers are not according to the course readings.

If your work is at this level, you can get between 0

points and 35 point