Universidad Nacional Abierta y a Distancia

Vicerrectoría Académica y de Investigación

Course: Didactics of English
Code: 518022

Activity Guide and Evaluation Rubric – Phase 1 Didactics of English: General

overview
1. Activity Description

Type of activity: Individual

Evaluation moment: Initial
Highest score of the activity: 25 points
The activity starts on: Thursday, August The activity ends on: Wednesday, August
17, 2023 30, 2023
With this activity, you are expected to achieve the following learning outcomes:

Recognize the characteristics of a didactics of English course along with the

particularities and guidelines of its pedagogical and educational practice component.
The activity consists of:

Step 1. Read the syllabus of the course didactics of English thoroughly in order to
identify the learning strategy, the content and activities to be developed along with
the distribution of hours of the pedagogical practice component.

Step 2. Read the document Lineamientos para el desarrollo de la Practica Pedagógica

y Educativa that you can find in the annexes for activity guide phase 1.

Step 3. Read the document Acuerdo reglamento de Practicas Pedagógicas y

Educativas that you can find in the annexes for activity guide phase 1.

Step 4. create an eye-catching presentation on the previous documents’ content. It

must follow the following structure:
- Cover
- Purpose
- Definition and importance of the practice
- Definition of a participant observation practice
- Distribution of practice hours within the course
- Rights and duties
- The emails to contact the leaders in charge of the practice
- Main key points of the principles of action

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 - Main key points of the chapter VII from the document Acuerdo reglamento de
Practicas Pedagógicas y Educativas
- An assessment activity that includes reading comprehension questions from
your presentation
- Conclusions
Bear in mind that you must not copy and paste from the documents but
synthesize the information in order to be concise.

Step 5. Share your presentation in the forum and check your groupmates
presentations and give feedback if necessary. Answer their assessment exercise and
share your results as evidence as well.

Step 6. Attend the first web conference of the course and take some evidence of
your participation or watch the recording and write a well-informed summary of it.

Step 7. Inform your tutor if you have already registered to the ARL, if not; please
register on the link that will be provided. You cannot start the practice if you do not
have an ARL provided by the University. The ARL from your work place is not
accepted.

Step 8. Join to your tutor TEAMS group in order to have first-hand information and
communication with your groupmates and tutor.

Step 9: Document delivery

Prepare a PDF document that includes the following components:
- Cover page (APA style)
- Link to your presentation: make sure it works and it includes the requested
items stated in step 4.
- Forum participation: take 2 screenshots of your participation, one of your
presentation posted in the forum and another one from your results of an
assessment activity.
- Web Conference Participation: Provide evidence of your participation in the web
- conference, such as a screenshot of the conference or a summary if you are
- unable to attend.
- ARL Registration Evidence: Include a screenshot of your ARL registration or ARL
if you already have it.
- References: List the references used in your document, following APA style
- guidelines.
- Please name the document as follows: Your Full Name_Phase 1_518022

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For the development of the activity consider that:

In the Initial Information Environment, you must:

Check the general agenda, check your tutor’s synchronous attention schedule, and
check the dates of the web conferences.

In the Learning Environment, you must:

Read the syllabus and the pedagogical practice guidelines, explore the contents of
the two units, and participate in the forum for Phase 1.

In the Evaluation Environment, you must:

Deliver a pdf document in the link: Phase 1- Didactics of English: General overview -
Evaluation Rubric and Activity Submission.

Evidences of individual work:

The individual evidence to be submitted is:

Prepare a PDF document that includes the following components:

• Cover page (APA style)
• Link to your presentation: make sure it works and it includes the requested
items stated in step 4.
• Forum participation: take 2 screenshots of your participation, one of your
presentation posted in the forum and another one from your results of an
assessment activity.
• Web Conference Participation: Provide evidence of your participation in the
web conference, such as a screenshot of the conference or a summary if you
are unable to attend.
• ARL Registration Evidence: Include a screenshot of your ARL registration or ARL if
you already have it.
• References: List the references used in your document, following APA style
• guidelines.
• Please name the document as follows: Your Full Name_Phase 1_518022

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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:

• Create an eye-catching presentation that summarize the key points of the

practice guidelines and clearly state the numbers of practice hours, and their
distribution in the different phases of the pedagogical practice.
• Send evidence of your participation in the forum.
• Send evidence of your participation in the web conference.
• Complete the ARL registration.
• Before submitting the requested product, you should check that it meets all
the requirements mentioned in this activity guide.

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.

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3. Evaluation Rubric Template

Type of activity: Individual

Evaluation moment: Initial
The highest score in this activity is 25 points
First evaluation High level: The student demonstrates a comprehensive
criterion: understanding of the course and pedagogical practice, delivering
a well-structured and engaging presentation. They effectively
The student critically communicate key points, provide relevant examples, and exhibit
reviews the main critical thinking skills in their analysis.
characteristics of the If your work is at this level, you can get between 12 points
course and the and 15 points
pedagogical practice
process in a well- Average level: The student shows an adequate understanding
structured of the course and pedagogical practice, presenting information
presentation. with reasonable organization. Though not as comprehensive,
they convey main points clearly and offer some examples to
This criterion support their ideas.
represents 15 If your work is at this level, you can get between 7 points
points of the total and 11 points
of 25 points of
the activity. Low level: The student displays a limited understanding of the
course and pedagogical practice, delivering a poorly organized
presentation with unclear communication. They lack relevant
examples and demonstrate little to no critical thinking skills in
their analysis or the presentation is not sent.
If your work is at this level, you can get between 0
points and 6 points
Second evaluation
criterion: High level:
The student participates actively in the web conference, or he/she
The student attends writes a well-informed summary of the web conference.
the web conference.
If your work is at this level, you can get between 4 points
This criterion and 5 points
represents 5
points of the total

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of 25 points of Average level: The student does not participate actively in the
the activity. whole web conference or his/her summary is shallow and
incomplete.

If your work is at this level, you can get between 2 points

and 3 points

Low level: The student does not participate in the web conference
or does not write a well-informed summary of it.

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

points and 1 point
Third evaluation High level:
criterion: The student demonstrates a proactive and thorough approach in
completing the initial steps to start their practice process which
The student includes an effective communication with tutors and the
successfully registration to the University ARL.
completes the first If your work is at this level, you can get between 4 points
steps to start and 5 points
his/her practice
process. Average level: The student shows a satisfactory level of
completion in the initial steps to start their practice process.
This criterion While they may not exhibit an exceptional level of proactivity,
represents 5 they demonstrate an understanding of the requirements and
points of the total adequately fulfill them, besides, he/she has not registered to the
of 25 points of ARL yet.
the activity. If your work is at this level, you can get between 2 points
and 3 points

Low level: The student displays limited progress in completing

the initial steps to start their practice process. They may have a
weak understanding of the requirements or show minimal effort
in fulfilling them, and he/she has not registered to the ARL yet.

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

points and 1 point