UNIVERSIDAD MILITAR NUEVA GRANADA

DEPARTMENT OF INTERCULTURAL STUDIES

ENGLISH LANGUAGE COURSES
LEVEL 5

INTERCULTURAL PROJECT
2021-2
 Project: A circle of friends
•This project aims at exploring how important relationships with friends are.

•The project consists of three stages, one per term.

 Project: A circle of friends
Stage 1: General description:
Write about situations related to your circle of friends.

1 Procedure
1 First, download and install Vidyard. Make sure it works
on your desktop or laptop computer. Watch the
following tutorial to do so:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTgAw4ovZ9Q
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2 Pay close attention to the contents of the first term on the platform
Touchstone. Unit 7 is about relationships. Unit 8 relates to how to talk
about imaginary situations.

We suggest you do this before July

1st.
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3 From June 25th to July 1st devote 30 minutes to preparing
for this video exam.

a. Make sure your computer has the proper gear

(camera, microphone and internet connection).

b. Start recording with Vidyard. Make sure to record both

face and screen.

c. Start the activity: read to the question, think about

your answer for one minute and then, write a short
text answering the question.

d. You should write about 120 words in your text.

e. Copy and paste the link in the space provided (Links

sent to the tutor’s email will not be marked).

f. You will have 20 minutes to complete the activity.

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Sample question:
What would you do if you saw your
best friend stealing something?

We suggest you do this before July 1st.

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Sample answer:
My best friend’s name is Annie. So, if I saw Annie stealing something, I would
talk to her before doing anything else. Annie has been my friend for more than
10 years. I am sure she is an honest person. I remember that 5 years ago she
found a wallet on the street. There was some money in it, but Annie insisted
on reaching the owner of the wallet. So, we called the owner, and we gave him
his wallet back. Thus, I would ask Annie to tell me what she was doing.
Sometimes people misjudge what others do. Maybe I thought Annie was
stealing, but she was actually playing a joke on somebody or helping
somebody. Finally, after talking to Annie I would decide what to do next.
We suggest you do this before July 1st.
Project: A circle of friends
Ground rules

a. Have your University ID ready. It must be clearly

shown and recorded at the very beginning of the
activity.
b. You are not allowed to get any help from third
parties.
c. You are not allowed to use any dictionaries and/or
translators whatsoever.
d. You must adhere to time.
e. No second attempt and/or extensions of time
(EOTs) are to be granted.
We suggest you do this before July 1st.