Universidad Nacional Abierta y a Distancia

Vicerrectoría Académica y de Investigación

Course: English B1+
Code: 900004

Activity Guide and Evaluation Rubric – Task 5: Having my Job Interview

1. Activity Description

Type of activity: Individual

Evaluation moment: Intermediate Unit 3
Highest score of the activity: 70 points
The activity starts on: Monday, April 4, The activity ends on: Monday, May 2,
2022 2022
With this activity, you are expected to achieve the following learning
outcomes:

The student will be able to communicate Orally him/herself in English to present a Job
interview, describing his/her professional profile, working experiences and all the
related information, among others.

The activity consists of:

4 stages and all of them are required to present your job interview and get the work
of your dreams. So, it is important for you to follow and complete all the stages.

STAGE 1

1.1. Study the contents of modules 11 and 12.

1.2. Take screenshot to the following activities and share them in the forum.
Module 11, lesson 9, 10, 12 and 13
Module 12, lessons 1, 10, 14 and 1

This stage will help you to comprehend structures expected to be incorporated

to your Oral speech during the work interview.

1.3. Check out and study the online content of the B1 level. Watch the video on
module 5, lesson 1 and complete the proposed exercise. Share the direct

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 screenshot of the evidence of your work in the forum: HAVING MY JOB
INTERVIEW. (No files attached).
1.4. Go to the Online content and do the next listening practices suggested in the
modules. You need to provide a direct screenshot of evidence of every practice
in the collaborative forum. (No files attached)

This stage will help you to improve your pronunciation in your Oral speech for the job
interview.

Module 9, lesson 17 Module 11, lesson 16

STAGE 2

For this stage, it is required your critical professional thinking to present the job
interview. It is now the last part to complete all the tasks and get this important work
of your life. Let´s do it together!

4.1. It is necessary to create an account on Skype. Check instructions here

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5USYdtF8Pls

4.2. Add your tutor to your contacts on Skype. Your tutor’s account will be on
Communicative forum or you can check his/her messages.

4.3. It is necessary to register on time for the English interview in advance on the
schedule posted by your tutor on the forum for this task. Register from the very
first day of the activity.

4.4. Be on Skype 15 minutes before the interview to test your audio and video
hardware. Let your tutor know by typing that you are waiting your turn; do not
call him/her.

4.5. On the interview, your tutor will ask you in English some of the follow
questions:

a. Who are you? Tell some information about you.

b. What are your strengths and weaknesses?

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 c. Do you have plans for further education? Tell me something about it.
d. Why do you think you are suited for this position?
e. What are your short-term goals?
f. What are your long-term goals?
g. Please describe your work experience.
h. What leadership or managerial positions have you held?
i. What strengths would you bring to a team?
j. Which aspects can you help to improve in your professional area?
k. What can you do for the world from your professional perspective?

This is an interactive exercise, so do not read your answers. Create a natural

conversation with your tutor. If you read aloud during the interview, it will be
graded under low level.

4.6. Take a screenshot of the interview where your face and the grade given by
your tutor can be seen because you will have to include it in the work consolidation.

Important notes

- There is a limit on how many students can be attended by the tutor per day, so
schedules will be limited to specific hours and dates.

- Register for your interview in the schedule organized by your tutor to guarantee your
space to do it. The drive link for the interview inscription will be shared in the forum.

- You need at least 15 minutes to carry out this Oral interview.

- Your tutor will provide you feedback on your Oral performance to improve your
Communicative English skills.

After your job interview, you have completed all the stages and you have reached your
goals to have the work of your dreams thanks to all your effort and excellent
performance. Congratulation and keep working hard. You really got it!

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 STAGE 3

Self-assessment (Individual work)

The student self-evaluates from a reflection based on the results of their academic
performance in their written and oral production tasks suggested in the course. To
develop this activity, download the file “Annex 1” in the Learning Environment, link
Activities guide and evaluation rubric - Unit 3 - Task 5 - Having my Job
Interview (the same where you found this Guide) there you will find a WORD
document; complete the form and when you finish, take a screenshot, and share it in
the forum and in the individual work consolidation.

INDIVIDUAL WORK CONSOLIDATION

Each student must consolidate and submit in a PDF document, the following
information from the evidence of the participation in the Collaborative forum:

a. Cover with information of full name, code, academic program and number
of collaborative group, among others.
b. Screenshot of your participation in the forum posting the practice of the
required lessons, stage 1.2 and 1.3.
c. All the Screenshots of your participation of the three pronunciation
exercises of stage 1.4 in the forum.
d. Screenshot of your Job interview presented by Skype with your tutor
showing your face.
e. Screenshot of your self-assessment. Stage 3, part 3.1.

The PDF document must be uploaded in the Evaluation Environment:

For the development of the activity consider that:

In the Initial Information Environment, you must: check the agenda out to verify
the opening and closing dates of the task.

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In the Learning Environment, you must: check out and study the Online Content
(Level B1 from module 7 to module 12). Enter the forum and participate in the
development of Individual tasks.

In the Evaluation Environment, you must: Upload a PDF format document with all
the information required.
Evidences of individual work:
The individual evidence to be submitted is:

- Screenshot of your participation posting the practice of Module 11, lesson 9, 10,
12 and 13 and Module 12, lessons 1, 10, 14 and 1
- Screenshot of the exercise in Module 5, lesson 1: presenting my Job Interview.
- All the Screenshots of your participation of the two pronunciation exercises:
Module 9 – Lesson 17, module 11, lesson 16.
- Screenshot of your Job interview presented by Skype with your tutor showing
your face.
- Screenshot of the self-assessment, Stage 3.

Evidences of collaborative work:

No collaborative evidence is required in this activity.

2. General Guidelines for the Development of Evidences to Submit

For Individual evidences, consider the following:

• All students must participate in the forum to develop Stage 1.

• It’s student responsibility to register in the Drive agenda sent by your tutor. It’s
necessary to register from the very first week of the activity.

• Every student must show his-her identification card in the Skype meeting. The
tutor will make questions to verify student´s identity.

• The day of the interview, verify all your electronic devices work properly
(internet connection, camera, and microphone).

• Send a message (don’t call him/her without authorization) via Skype to your
tutor 15 minutes before the scheduled hour for your interview. Let you tutor

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 know you are ready to have your interview. Students must contact their tutors,
don’t wait his/her call.

• Every student 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.
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 3
The highest score in this activity is 70 points
First evaluation
criterion: High level: The student shares in the Collaborative forum of this
task, the screenshots of the required lessons, Stage 1.
Participation The exercises are developed according to the requirements with
assessment proper grammar structures. The student develops the Self-
Assessment and shares the screenshot in the forum.
This criterion
represents 13 If your work is at this level, you can get between 10 points
points of the total and 13 points.
of 70 points of
the activity. Average level: The student shares in the Collaborative forum
of this task, the screenshots of his/her practice on the stage 1,
2 and 3 but they are not completed or they do not correspond
to the exercises pointed on the stages.

The student does not develop the self-assessment

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

and 9 points.

Low level: The student shares the screenshots of his/her

practices on the stages, but they are not completed. The student
does not develop the self-assessment.

There is no evidence of sharing the exercises in the forum.

The student does not participate in this task.

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

and 5 points.

Second evaluation High level: The student presents the Oral interview with his/her
criterion: tutor by Skype and answers in English to all the questions with
fluency without reading. The use of grammar is accurate and
make the conversation understandable. Uses different

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Procedure vocabulary and avoid the repetitions. His/her speech is
assessment organized and coherent.

This criterion If your work is at this level, you can get between 18 points
represents 25 and 25 points.
points of the total
of 70 points of Average level: The student presents the Oral interview in
the activity. English with his/ her tutor by Skype but he/she reads part of the
answers to the questions.

The student does not prepare the complete answers for the
questions proposed on the guide activity. The use of grammar is
not very accurate, there are some mistakes that do not permit
the interviewer to understand the message clearly. The
message is not clear and coherent enough.

If your work is at this level, you can get between 10 points

and 17 points.

Low level: The student presents the Oral interview with his/her
tutor by Skype but he/she does not prepare the answers for the
questions proposed on the guide activity.

His / her speech presents many grammar mistakes that makes

communication impossible.

The student does not present the interview. The student does
not participate in this task.

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

and 9 points.

Third evaluation
criterion:
High level: The student communicates Orally in English and
content replies eloquently to all the question. The pronunciation is
Assessment. accurate, he/she has an excellent intonation, words stress, and
rhythm facilitate make the message clear and easy to
understand.
This criterion
represents 25

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points of the total
of 70 points of His/her performance during the interview gives meaningful
the activity. content. He/she shows natural and has a good use of body
language.

If your work is at this level, you can get between 20 points

and 25 points.

Average level: The student communicates Orally in English but

some of the replies are read and pointless. The pronunciation is
acceptable and the message is vaguely understood. The word
stress and the rhythm are not suitable, because of that the
message is not clear enough.

His/her performance during the interview is acceptable. The job

interview is not prepared by the student and the conversation is
not understandable. The lack of body language does not allow
the interviewer to understand the message completely.

If your work is at this level, you can get between 12 points

and 19 points.

Low level: The student does not communicate Orally in English

and all the replies are read and nonsense. The pronunciation is
not good and the message is barely clear.

His/her performance during the interview is poor. The job

interview is not prepared by the student and the Oral speech is
not clear.

The lack of good pronunciation makes communication

impossible.

The student does not present the interview. The student does
not participate in this task.
If your work is at this level, you can get between 0
points and 11 points.
Fourth evaluation
High level: The final document is consolidated by the student
criterion:
in a PDF document and delivered in the Evaluation environment

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Formal Assessment. according to the 5 items requested in the “Individual work
Consolidation and Consolidation”.
Delivery. If your work is at this level, you can get between 6 points
and 7 points.

This criterion Average level: The final document is consolidated by the

represents 7 student in a PDF document and delivered in the Evaluation
points of the total environment but it does not have all the 5 items requested in
of 70 points of the “Individual work Consolidation”.
the activity.
If your work is at this level, you can get between 5 points
and 3 points.

Low level: The final document is not consolidated by the

student in a PDF document and it is not delivered in the
Evaluation environment.
The student does not participate in this task.
If your work is at this level, you can get between 2 points
and 0 points.

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