Universidad Nacional Abierta y a Distancia

Vicerrectoría Académica y de Investigación

Course: Introduction to Linguistics
Code: 518017

Activity Guide and Evaluation Rubric - Task 1 - Introduction to main terms

1. Activity Description
Type of activity: Individual
Evaluation moment: Initial
Highest score of the activity: 25 points
The activity starts on: Monday, February The activity ends on: Sunday, February
6, 2023 19, 2023
With this activity, you are expected to achieve the following learning
outcome:

- Reflect on the nature of linguistics and language by answering questions

through understanding specific information.

The activity consists of:

Step 1:

- Watch the video [Big Think]. (2012, October 6). Steven Pinker: Linguistics as a
Window to Understanding the Brain [Video File].
You should activate Subtitles/closed captions to make it easier for you to take
notes.

Step 2:

- According to the video of step 1, answer the following questions in the forum:
o What is language?
o What concept is developed with the famous Noam Chomsky phrase
“Colorless green ideas sleep furiously”? Give 1 example.
o What is the basic explanation for the fact that a person speaks a foreign
language with a specific accent?

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Step 3:

- Create three (3) original questions based on the video of step 1 and answer
them. Be sure to share them in the forum for your e-mates to read.

Step 4:

- Go to the Learning Environment, under this activity guide and evaluation

rubric, you will find the ANNEX 1 – ECEDU - ACUERDO REGLAMENTO DE
PRACTICAS PEDAGÓGICAS Y EDUCATIVAS.
Here you have to read the document and answer the following questions:

• ¿Cuál es el propósito del reglamento de la práctica pedagógica y

educativa?
• ¿Qué es el seminario pre-práctica? Explique como es el proceso de
inscripción.
• ¿Cuál de los actores de la práctica pedagógica se encarga de la gestión y
dinamización de los escenarios de práctica?
• Nombre los cinco principios de actuación de la práctica pedagógica.

Step 5: Delivery

- Send to the Evaluation environment a PDF file with Step 2, Step 3, and Step 4.

For the development of the activity consider that:

In the Initial Information Environment, you must:

- Check the Course Agenda to organize your time.

- Check all available forums, introduce yourself in the General Forum.
- Verify the dates of the Web Conferences so that you can plan your participation
accordingly.
- Verify your tutors’ synchronous attention by Skype.

In the Learning Environment, you must:

- Download the Syllabus of the course to read.

- Go to the discussion forum for the task and get familiar with your collaborative
group.

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 - Participate in the forum to get feedback from e-mates and tutors.

In the Evaluation Environment, you must:

- Upload a PDF file with the task’s individual evidence. Identify your file as
follows: 518017 - Task 1 - Your Full Name.pdf

Evidences of individual work:

The individual evidence to be submitted is:

A PDF file named 518017 - Task 1 – Your Full Name.pdf with the following pages:
1. Cover Page
2. Answers from Step 2
3. Questions and answers from Step 3 and Step 4
4. Screenshot of participation in the forum
5. APA References (Different from the ones provided in the course if you use
other sources of information for your answers)

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 write proper citations and references for other sources you might
use.
▪ Be sure to answer all the questions in your own words.
▪ Be sure to revise content, structure, and mechanics in everything you post in
the forums and/or sent for evaluation.
▪ Before submitting the requested product, the student 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.

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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: Initial
The highest score in this activity is 25 points
First evaluation High Level: The given answer shows that the student
criterion: explored and analyzed the video. The information shows that
the student understood the basic concepts and mastered the
Answer assertively topics.
and relevantly to
the provided If your work is at this level, you can get between 8
questions. points and 10 points

This criterion Average Level: The given answer partially shows that the
represents 10 student explored and analyzed the video. The information
points of the total partially shows that the student understood the basic concepts
of 25 points of and mastered the topics.
the activity.

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 If your work is at this level, you can get between 6
points and 7 points

Low level: The given answer does not show that the student
explored and analyzed the video. The information does not
show that the student understood the basic concepts and
mastered the topics.
If your work is at this level, you can get between 0
points and 5 points

Second evaluation High Level: The student shows assertiveness and relevance in
criterion: the creation of the questions while its answers clearly show
comprehension of basic concepts about the nature of language
Create original and linguistics.
questions derived
from the provided If your work is at this level, you can get between 8
material. points and 10 points

This criterion Average Level: The student partially shows assertiveness

represents 10 and relevance in the creation of the questions while its answers
points of the total partially show comprehension of basic concepts about the
of 25 points of nature of language and linguistics.
the activity.
If your work is at this level, you can get between 6
points and 7 points

Low level: The student hardly shows assertiveness and

relevance in the creation of the questions while its answers
hardly show comprehension of basic concepts about the nature
of language and linguistics.
If your work is at this level, you can get between 0
points and 5 points

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

Present a PDF file If your work is at this level, you can get between 4
according to APA points and 5 points
standards.
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 Average level: The document partially meets the criteria for
This criterion presentation and references according to APA standards.
represents 5
points of the total If your work is at this level, you can get between 3
of 25 points of points and 3.9 points
the activity.
Low level: The document does not meet the criteria for
presentation and references according to APA standards.

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

points and 2.9 points