Programa Inglés

Universidad Adolfo Inañez

Instructions for B2.1 level’s assignment

Students enrolled in Inglés 7 are expected to record a one-minute video for their three
assignments with the following formal aspects. Keep in mind that the assignment will not be
evaluated if these aspects are not present:

• Video format (MP4 or any other accepted for Windows).

• The length for the video must be between 0:50 and 1:10 minutes.
• The video must be an individual presentation.
• The face of the speaker must be visible during the video to identify them.
• The audio quality must be clear with no interference so the message is intelligible.
• You have to plan your speech but you are not allowed to read.
• You must submit a one-shot video.

The assignments must be submitted via WebCursos up to the following dates:

Assignment 1 Assignment 2 Assignment 3

Due date April 25th May 30th July 4th

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Assignments' Rubric

Exceptional Acceptable Needs

Mastery improvement

Task The student’s The student’s speech The student’s

achievement speech fits the fits the speech has a
communicative communicative communicative
objective set for objective set for the objective different
the assignment assignment but to the one asked
and does not eventually includes for.
deviate to a unnecessary
different one. information without
affecting the main
goal.
Vocabulary The student uses a The student uses a The student uses
wide lexicon reduced lexicon with unrelated lexicon to
covered during the few words related to the topic of their
course’s UNITS the topic of their presentation and
and related to the presentation and the the course’s unit.
topic of their course’s unit.
presentation.
Grammar The student uses The student often The student often
conventional uses conventional uses
grammatical grammatical patterns unconventional
patterns in their in their speech, but grammatical
speech that makes the core message can patterns in their
it easy to still be understood. speech making the
understand the hearer unable to
message. understand the
message.
The student has The student has some The student shows
Pronunciation control of control of lack of control of
phonological phonological phonological
features. Their features. Their features. Their
pronunciation is pronunciation is pronunciation is
comprehensible mostly barely
and does not comprehensible but comprehensible
interfere with does not interfere and somehow
communication. with communication. interferes with
communication.

Comments:
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Level B2.1 (Level 7)

Assignment 1

Choose one of the following tasks and record a 1-minute video to answer to it:

• A. Unit 1: Talk about an object that has changed over the years. Describe the object, explain
the benefits, and the changes it has brought to your life.

Include present habits (p. 3) and past habits (p. 5).

• B. Unit 2: Talk about your favorite natural place in Chile. What makes it special? Why do you
prefer it over other places? Provide information to convince future travelers to visit it.

Use vocabulary related to environments and discoveries (p. 12 & p. 14), as well as
comparative (p. 13) & superlative adjectives (p. 15) and useful phrases (p.20).

Assignment 2

Choose one of the following tasks and record a 1-minute video to answer to it:

• A. Unit 3: Talk about what aspects of your personality you like or dislike, and why you think
your personality matches the program you chose to study.

Include the vocabulary on describing personality (p. 22) for your personality, strong feelings
(p. 25) for what you feel about the program you chose and useful phrases (p. 30).

• B. Unit 4: Talk about a meaningful fund-raising event that you would like to create. Mention
the advantages and/or disadvantages that you would face and include the type of people
who would support the cause you chose. Provide information to fully support each stance.

Use vocabulary related to professional relationships (p. 34), assessing ideas (p. 36), adding
emphasis (p. 35) and useful phrases (p. 42).

Assignment 3

Choose one of the following tasks and record a 1-minute video to answer to it:

• A. Unit 5: Talk about how a community project can help people in our city. Mention what
the project would be about and how technology would help you achieve this.

Include the phrases on real conditionals (p. 45) for introducing this hypothetical situation
and vocabulary on willingness and unwillingness (p. 46) for describing your attitude and
useful phrases (p. 52)

• B. Unit 6: Talk about a situation you lived that turned out to be completely unexpected.
Mention what you thought was going to happen and what happened in the end. Provide
information and details to fully comprehend the situation.

Use the functions related to narrative tenses (p. 55), reported speech (p. 57), making
assumptions (p. 59) and useful phrases (p. 62)