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Oral production activity # 2

Week: 10 Unit: 9
Course: BEGINNER
Topic: transportation
Communicative function: Talking about transportation
Interaction: Pair
Target language:
a. words related to the topic of transport
b. subject pronouns
c. object pronouns
d. possessive pronouns
e. language banks from unit 9 online sessions
Length of video: Your video should last from 1’30” 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 Our Course on Blackboard.

Timeline and deadline:
This task should be prepared during week 10.
You must upload your video or paste the link to your video on Blackboard (Unit 9 file) by Sunday at 23:59.
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ORAL PRODUCTION TASK INSTRUCTIONS

Have a conversation with your partner and record a video talking about:

• what forms of transport you and your family prefer

• what transportation people in your city are using these days
• what you think is the best form of transportation and why

Do not use scripts in your conversation.

PROCEDURE

Before recording
• Review unit 9. Use resources from English Discoveries and Blackboard.
• Watch unit 9 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 9. See Target
language above.
• You may want to practice some times before recording the final version of your video.

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 uploading it. If you use an external service like YouTube, also test the
link before posting it.
• 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 9 on Blackboard.
• Check you have submitted your assignment in Review submission history (Revisar historial de envíos).