Universidad Nacional Abierta y a Distancia

Vicerrectoría Académica y de Investigación

Course: Introduction to Linguistics
Code: 518017
Activity Guide and Evaluation Rubric - Task 3 - The nature of grammar
1. Activity Description
Type of activity: Individual
Evaluation moment: Intermediate Unit 1
Highest score of the activity: 120 points
The activity starts on: Monday, March The activity ends on: Sunday, April 16,
20, 2023 2023
With this activity, you are expected to achieve the following learning
outcome:

- Analyze the nature of grammar by understanding the foundations of the

different classical levels of language study.

The activity consists of:

Step 1- Reading: Go to the Learning Environment and check the Course Contents
and Bibliographic References for Unit 1.
- Read Chapter 7 - Grammar, pages 80-95, in Yule, G. (2010).

Step 2 – Parts of speech: In this step, you have to identify all the parts of speech
considering page 82 in Yule, G. (2010). To do this you have to choose one of the
following sentences to identify its parts of speech.

Inform about the sentence you choose in the forum so that no sentences are
repeated among students.

a) “I have learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you
did, but people will never forget how you made them feel." -Maya Angelou

b) “The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched
— they must be felt with the heart. -Helen Keller

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 c) “How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to
improve the world." -Anne Frank

d) “The cosmos is within us. We are made of star stuff. We are a way for the
universe to know itself.” ― Carl Sagan

e) “We can judge our progress by the courage of our questions and the depth of
our answers, our willingness to embrace what is true rather than what feels
good.” - Carl Sagan

Example: I = first person pronoun

Have=auxiliary verb

Step 3 – Analysis: Answer the following question, considering pages 83 – 85 in Yule,

G. (2010).:

-What is the difference between grammatical gender and natural gender?

- Write the reasons each sentence is Grammatically correct or incorrect in the

following sentences:

(1) I saw the white house. (Grammatically correct)

(2) I saw the house white. (Grammatically incorrect)

(3) I painted the house white. (Grammatically correct)

Why is (3) grammatical while (2) is not, given that both end in the same sequence
of house white?

Step 4 – Feedback: Check your mates’ individual works and give relevant feedback
in order to improve. You can provide some recommendations in terms of content,
presentation, organization, language, etc. Take in mind that your comments have to
be really important. Comments like “excellent work”, “congratulations”, and “good
job” are not considered relevant feedback, just comments that allow your partners to
improve. It is asked to check at least once each one of your mates’ works.

Step 5 – Delivery: Send to the Evaluation environment a PDF file with the analysis,
answers from step 3, and screenshots of your forum participation.

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For the development of the activity consider that:

In the Initial Information Environment, you must:

- Check the Course Agenda to organize your time.

- Check the Course News for important information.
- Verify your tutors’ synchronous attention by Skype.

In the Learning Environment, you must:

- Check the Course Contents and Bibliographic References for Unit 1.

- Go to the discussion forum for the task and participate.
- Give proper feedback to your e-mates.

In the Evaluation Environment, you must:

- Upload a PDF file with the task’s individual evidences. Identify your file as
follows: 518017 - Task 3 - Your Full Name.pdf

Evidences of individual work:

The individual evidence to be submitted is:

A PDF file named 518017 - Task 3 - Your Full Name.pdf with the following pages:
1. Cover Page
2. Parts of the speech, analysis
3. Screenshot of forum participation
4. APA References

Evidences of collaborative work:

No collaborative evidence is required in this activity.

2. General Guidelines for the Development of Evidences to Submit

For Individual evidences, consider the following:

• Be sure to carefully read the instructions in this activity guide.

• Be sure to revise content, structure and mechanics in everything you post in the
forums and/or sent for evaluation.

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Please keep in mind that all individual or collaborative written products must comply
with the spelling rules and presentation conditions defined in this activity guide.
Regarding the use of references, consider that the product of this activity must
comply with APA style.

In any case, make sure you comply with the rules and avoid academic plagiarism.
You can review your written products using the Turnitin tool found in the virtual
campus.

Under the Academic Code of Conduct, the actions that infringe the academic order,
among others, are the following: paragraph e) Plagiarism is to present as your own
work all or part of a written report, task or document of invention carried out by
another person. It also implies the use of citations or lack of references, or it
includes citations where there is no match between these and the reference and
paragraph f) To reproduce, or copy for profit, educational resources or results of
research products, which have rights reserved for the University. (Acuerdo 029 - 13
de diciembre de 2013, artículo 99)

The academic penalties students will face are:

a) In case of academic fraud demonstrated in the academic work or evaluation, the
score obtained will be zero (0.0) without any disciplinary measures being derived.
b) In case of proven plagiarism in academic work of any nature, the score obtained
will be zero (0.0), without any disciplinary measures being derived.

3. Evaluation Rubric

Type of activity: Individual

Evaluation moment: Intermediate Unit 1
The highest score in this activity is 120 points
First evaluation High level: The information shows that the student explored
criterion: and analyzed the provided references. It is evident that the
student understood the concepts and mastered the topics.
Explore the required
references. If your work is at this level, you can get between 24
points and 30 points
This criterion
represents 30 Average level: The information partially shows that the
student explored and analyzed the provided references. It is
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points of the total partially evident that the student understood the concepts and
of 120 points of mastered the topics.
the activity.
If your work is at this level, you can get between 18
points and 23 points

Low level: The information hardly shows that the student

explored and analyzed the provided references. It is hardly
evidence that the student understood the concepts and
mastered the topics.

If your work is at this level, you can get between 0

points and 17 points

Second evaluation High level: Actively participates in the forum to give relevant
criterion: feedback to all the group members that participated in the
task.
Participate in the
forum. If your work is at this level, you can get between 24
points and 30 points
This criterion
represents 30 Average level: Partially participates in the forum giving two or
points of the total more incomplete comments to partners.
of 120 points of
the activity. If your work is at this level, you can get between 18
points and 23 points

Low level: Does not participate actively in the forum and/or

comments are not relevant.

If your work is at this level, you can get between 0

points and 17 points

Third evaluation
criterion: High Level: The student shows assertiveness and relevance in
the answers given to the provided questions.
Answer assertively If your work is at this level, you can get between 40
and relevantly to points and 50 points
the provided
questions.

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 Average Level: The student partially shows assertiveness
This criterion and relevance in the answers given to the provided questions.
represents 50
points of the total If your work is at this level, you can get between 30
of 120 points of points and 39 points
the activity.
Low level: The student hardly shows assertiveness and
relevance in the answers given to the provided questions.
If your work is at this level, you can get between 0
points and 29 points

Fourth evaluation High level: The document meets the criteria for presentation
criterion: according to APA standards.

Present a PDF file If your work is at this level, you can get between 8
according to APA points and 10 points
standards.
Average level: The document partially meets the criteria for
This criterion presentation according to APA standards.
represents 10
points of the total If your work is at this level, you can get between 6
of 120 points of points and 7 points
the activity.
Low level: The document does not meet the criteria for
presentation according to APA standards.

If your work is at this level, you can get between 0

points and 5 points