Intensive English 5

Oral production activity # 1

Week: 3 Units: 4 and 5
Course: Intensive English 5
Topic: health, medical issues, medicine
Communicative function: Talking about health issues
Interaction: pairs
Target language:
a. vocabulary associated with the topic of health
b. perfect and passive infinitives
c. expressions to ask for and give opinions
d. language banks from Week 3’s online sessions
Length of video: Your video should last from 3’ to 4´.
Technical requirements:
 email, Workplace or any social network to make arrangements with your partner
 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
 accuracy
 interactive communication
 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 3.
Each student must upload the video file or paste the link to the video on Blackboard (Unit 5 file) by Sunday
at 23:59.

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ORAL PRODUCTION TASK INSTRUCTIONS

 Intensive English 5

These days you have been talking about medical issues. Keep working in pairs and record a
conversation about the following:
1. what you know about the coronavirus so far
2. The vaccination process against Covid-19 in your country/the world
3. food and exercise tips to help people during Covid-19 global health emergency
4. what governments/people can do to prevent and slow down transmission
5. if you think scientists or virologists will ever find a cure for the coronavirus
6. the main challenges that Covid-19 has brought to us
Ask and answer follow-up questions to keep the conversation going.

Do not use scripts in your conversation.

PROCEDURE

Before recording
 Watch week 3’s class recordings on Blackboard.
 In pairs, 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 Units 4 and 5. See
Target language above.
 Make sure both of you will speak equally.
 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
 Interact with your partner.
 Be in a well-lit area.
 Speak as clearly and naturally as possible.
 Look at the camera while you talk (as often as possible).
 Smile.
 Be confident.
 Do not just read.
 Show objects, pictures or other people doing things, if necessary.
 Use nonverbal communication.
After recording

 Make sure both of you have spoken equally.

 Make sure your video respects the time limit.
 Test your video works well before uploading it. If you use an external service like YouTube, also
test the link before posting it. 
 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 5 on Blackboard. Each student should do this separately
so your teacher can use the rubrics and give feedback.
 Check you have submitted your assignment in Review submission history (Revisar historial de
envíos).