English 4

Oral production activity # 1

Week: 4 Unit: 3
Course: English 4
Topic: spending days of isolation with your relations
Communicative function: Talking about relationships, sport and fitness, regrets and unfulfilled conditions
Interaction: Individual
Target language:
a. words related to sports
b. past form of conditionals
c. idiomatic expressions: “down in the dumps” and “get the hang of” from Talking idioms on English
Discoveries
d. language banks from unit 3 online sessions
Length of video: Your video should last from 2’ to 2´30”.
Technical requirements:
 any video recording tool
 any video editing tool, if necessary
Note: If you use www.Youtube.com to make the video, change video privacy setting to “unlisted” so your
teacher can view it, but not strangers on the internet.
Assessment criteria:
 pronunciation and intonation
 discourse management
 accuracy
 task achievement (organization, clarity and use of webcam)

See the rubrics in Información General on Blackboard.

Timeline and deadline:
This task should be prepared during week 4.
You must upload your video or paste the link to your video on Blackboard ( Unit 3 file) by Sunday,
September 12th 2021 at 23:59 p.m.

English online

ORAL PRODUCTION TASK INSTRUCTIONS

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You are concerned about how people can stay healthy and fit during Covid-19 global health
emergency. Record yourself on video telling us about:

 sport activities people can do in these days

 if you (and your family) are doing exercise or activities to keep fit these days
 If you are following any of the recommendations from TV programs, articles, etc. (See
below.)
 what you would have done differently, in terms of doing sports and keeping fit, if you
had known this was going to be this serious

Do not use scripts in your conversation.

PROCEDURE
Before recording

 Review unit 3. Use resources from English Discoveries and Blackboard.

 Watch unit 3 class recordings on Blackboard.
 Plan how you are going to start, develop and end your conversation. Avoid scripting your conversation.
Improvisation is welcome.
 Make sure you will use the vocabulary and grammar structures you have learned in Unit 3. See Target
language above.
 You may want to practice some times before recording the final version of your video.
 Check the rubrics with specific criteria for grading oral production activities.

While recording

 Be in a well-lit area.
 Look at the camera while you speak.
 Smile.
 Be confident.
 Do not just read.
 Show objects, pictures or other people doing things, if necessary.

After recording
 Test your video works well before sending the link or uploading the video file.
 Make sure your video respects the time limit.
 Paste the link of your video or upload the video file and the script (the script is referential) in the
Assignment section (actividad in Unit 3) on Blackboard.
 Check you have submitted your assignment in Review submission history (Revisar historial de envíos).