High Beginner

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Oral production activity # 2

Week: 10 Unit: 9
Course: High Beginner
Topic: sports
Communicative function: Talking about sports
Interaction: En pares
Target language:
a. words related to the topic of sports
b. comparison of adjectives: equality
c. comparison of adjectives: comparatives
d. comparison of adjectives: superlatives
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 Información General 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.
 High Beginner

ORAL PRODUCTION TASK INSTRUCTIONS

Have a conversation with your partner about the following topics:

• sports you like to do and/or watch on TV

• the most popular sports in your country
• the easiest/safest/ hardest/cheapest/most expensive sports you know

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).