High Beginner

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Oral production activity # 1

Unit: 3
Course: High Beginner
Topic: housing, location
Communicative function: Talking about where you live
Interaction: Individual
Target language:
a. words related to the topic of housing
b. prepositions: in, on, next to, under above
c. there is/isn’t-are/aren’t
d. present simple
e. language banks from Week 4’s online sessions
Length of video: Your video should last from 1’ to 2´ (1 minute to 2 minutes).
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 2.
You must upload your video or paste the link to your video on Blackboard (Unit 3 file) by Sunday at 23:59
p.m.
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ORAL PRODUCTION TASK INSTRUCTIONS

Record yourself on video telling us about your home. While speaking, answer these questions:
a. Where do you live?
b. Do you live in an apartment or in a house?
c. Describe your house (size, characteristics, number of rooms, utilities, furniture,
appliances)
d. Do you live alone? Do you live with a roommate? Do you live with your family?
e. Do you like where you live? Why? /Why not?

Show your house and/or photos of your house while speaking.

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.

You can start like this:

Hello. My name’s Ana and in this video I’ll talk about my house. I live in a small house in Lince.
It has … There is also…
(Continue.)

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).
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