Professional Documents
Culture Documents
1. Activity Description
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10. pollution (___) i. the gas formed when carbon is burned, or when people
or animals breathe out.
11. drought (___) j. a long period when there is little or no rain
k. a large amount of water covering an area that is
12. fumes (___)
usually dry.
13. waste (___) l. an increase in the amount of carbon dioxide and other
gases in the atmosphere
14. carbon monoxide (___) m. strong, unpleasant and sometimes dangerous gas or
smoke
15.biodiversity (___)
n. things such as minerals, forests, coal, etc. which exist
in a place and can be used by people.
o. unwanted matter or material of any type, often that
which is left after useful substances or parts have been
removed.
• Listening: listen to these items about environmental issues and complete the sentences
with the words in the box. (environmental issues)
oil spill - poor air quality - extreme weather - water scarcity - sustainable
environment - Pollution - Flooding - Oil spills - carbon footprint - melting ice cap -
wind power - drought - Fracking - forest fires
Item a: There is a global water crisis, _______________ and drought have left to 844 million
people lacking access to clean water
Item b: Oil accidents at sea can cause ______________ which contaminate the ocean water
resulting in the death of sea birds and other forms of marine life
Item c: growing trees, plants and your own vegetables help contribute to a ______________
_________
Item d: __________ or drilling on the ground for oil and gas, often contaminates the water
supplies.
Item e: Increase _______________ is a consequence of deforestation which is the cutting
down of too many trees.
Item f: One of the most common forms of renewable energy is ____________ _________
which is electricity generated by wind turbines
Item g: Air pollution and ___________ _______ _____________ is a big problem in many
cities around the world
Item h: ___________ _______________ includes tornados, cyclones and extremely high or
low temperatures.
Item i: Cars and planes burn fuel, when you travel by plane or car, you contribute to the
burning of fuel; this is your _______________ _______________
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Item j: Polar bears living in the artic are impacted by the ____________ _____ __________
Item k: ____________ ____________ seem to be hotter and worst every summer.
• Pronunciation practice: choose 5 of the items above, practice the pronunciations and
record them in a mp3 format, then share your recording in the forum.
You can use the sound recorder from your computer, or an online resource as
http://vocaroo.com/
• Speaking production: for this step you can choose one of these two options.
(Whatever your decision, post it in the forum)
1. Speaking game: during this activity, you will interact with your tutor an e-mates in
a synchronous meeting, where you will play a game which consist in spinning a wheel
that allows you to get a question at random to be answered (see example)
! You need to register your participation in the drive provided by your tutor.
Some of the questions that may appear are: (however your tutor can ask more
questions)
a. Tell me about yourself. (Personal information)
b. What do you do to help the environment?
c. For you, what are some consequences of consumerism? How can you help to
reduce it?
d. How can you lower your carbon footprint?
e. What is the difference between carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide?
f. What is the greenhouse effect?
g. What is the worst environmental problem in your region? What causes it?
h. In your opinion, why are the rainforest disappearing in our country? How could it
be solved?
i. What is the global warming?
j. In your opinion, why is water shortage happening in some parts of Colombia?
How could it be solved?
2. Video: In case you cannot participate in the speaking game, you can record a four-
to-five-minute video where you talk about one of the following environmental
situations that affect our country:
1. Deforestation and forest fires in Amazonas as strategy to expand agricultural
frontiers and pastures to feed livestock
2. Poaching and illegal trafficking of flora and fauna in Colombia, illegal timber trade.
3. Illegal minery and overexploitation of natural resources.
4. Defense and protection of social, environmental and indigenous leaders.
5. Environmental problems associated with the use of pesticides and fertilizers.
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Important:
• For your video you must introduce yourself (name, city, profession/ job, current studies
or career), start your topic with an introduction (how the problematic started and place),
develop the idea (description of the problem, how the community is being affected) and
conclude the topic by giving some solutions to the problem you chose (what
recommendations or advice you can give to solve the problem)
• Develop a script for your video and share it in the forum, so you can get feedback from
your tutor or group mates.
• Record your video in selfie mode; then, upload it to YouTube (set the privacy to PUBLIC)
and share the link in the Speaking forum.
• Practice your pronunciation using an online tool as http://www.fromtexttospeech.com/
or https://www.naturalreaders.com/online/
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Task 4_student’s name_group number
(Task 4_Pedro Salazar_255)
• Each student must take part in the forum within the dates stablished in the agenda.
• Before submitting the final paper, each student 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)
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3. Evaluation Rubric Template
Low level:
The speech is carried out with long pauses and hesitation, the
ideas are uneven and incomprehensible.
The student doesn’t take part in the activity
Low level:
7
This criterion
represents 20 Average level:
points of the total Some practice activities are developed and submitted according
of 95 points of to the guidelines, or they present some mistakes.
the activity.
If your work is at this level, you can get between 5 points
and 10 points
Low level:
Practice activities are not carried out or they are all incorrect.