Universidad Nacional Abierta y a Distancia

Vicerrectoría Académica y de Investigación

Course: English IV
Code: 518009

Activity Guide and Evaluation Rubric – Task 2 Comparing two civilizations.

1. Activity Description

Type of activity: Collaborative

Evaluation moment: Intermediate Unit 1
Highest score of the activity: 70 points
The activity starts on: august the The activity ends on: September the 30th,
31 ,2023
st
2023
With this activity, you are expected to achieve the following learning
outcomes:

To deal with most situations that may arise while traveling in contexts where the
language is spoken, by comparing two different civilizations.

The activity consists of:

Individual:

1. Read the contents of unit 1 and the following articles:

- NAATI (2022, 3 de Junio) Eastern vs Western Cultures. The Migration

Translators https://www.migrationtranslators.com.au/east-vs-west-cultural-
differences/

- Tanmay, P (2020, 3 de Junio) Understanding the Difference Between

Eastern & Western Culture. Stay curious.
https://medium.com/@tanmaynitinpatil/understanding-the-difference-
between-eastern-western-culture-d20f94dbf956

2. Individually, answer the following questions about the two most important
civilizations of the world. Western civilization and eastern civilization. Also,
make five comparisons between the two of them in every answer.

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 a. What are the most important social characteristics of the two mentioned
civilizations?
b. What are the most important traditions in the two mentioned civilizations?
c. What are the principal differences between the two civilizations?
d. How did the two civilizations conceive religion and spirituality? Differences
and similarities.
e. What is the role of the woman in the two civilizations in the past century and
now? Differences and similarities.
f. What do you consider are the most important values and failures of every
civilization and why?
g. What do you consider are the most important contributions of every
civilization to humanity? Why?

E.g., of the answers.

a. What are the most important social characteristics of the two mentioned
civilizations?

Western civilization:
The western civilization is characterized by having a strong believe in
democracy. Also, the rational thinking is a very important feature in the bases
of the civilization due to the…
Eastern civilization:
In the eastern countries, elders are considered as the leaders of the home and
the children…they consider the soul…

Comparisons:
Western countries are more rational than the easter ones, due to the important
Europe gives to the scientific advances.

Complete five comparisons for each question.

Note: Not all the answers are in the suggested articles, so you need to broaden the
research

3. Speaking sessions. Register your data in the link that is going to be sent inbox
and posted in the forum to participate in the speaking sessions by Skype.

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Collaborative:

4. Meet online as a group and make a debate with the advantages and
disadvantages of each civilization. Two members of the group must be in favor
of the western civilization and two in favor of the eastern civilization. And one
member must be the moderator of the debate.

Debate tips:

- Begin with brainstorming reasons to support your position

- Group specific reasons into broad categories (economic, social, historical,
political,
- case study, etc.)
- Prioritize arguments based on the topic and level of development; think
about what
this specific debate is about
- Create “tag lines” (titles) for each point (aka, contention) and flesh out the
- individual elements of the overall argument
- Each contention should have a claim, and evidence, and relate back to the
topic
- Make sure to “impact out” each contention; in other words, each contention
should
- be fully developed
- Also, each contention should be unique, contribute to the overall case, and
not
- contradict the other contentions (known as “knifing”)
- The rule of thumb in a debate is that each case should have 3 contentions

Stanley, S. (s.f.) Debate Tips. Faculty Washington EDU.

Http://faculty.washington.edu/jwilker/353/DebateTips.pdf

Record the debate with the group and upload the video on YouTube. The video must
be a minimum of 10 minutes long.

For the development of the activity consider that:

In the Initial Information Environment, you must: check the agenda, interact in the
web conferences, and participate actively in the forum

In the Learning Environment, you must: read the contents of the unit 1.

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In the Evaluation Environment, you must: Upload your final work Task 2: Comparing
two civilizations.

Evidence of individual work:

The individual evidence to be submitted is:

Post in the forum the following products:

- The answer to the questions.
Evidence of collaborative work:
The collaborative evidence to be submitted is:

Just one member of the group must upload a PDF document in the evaluative
environment with the following content:

1. Cover page
2. The answers of each student.
3. The link to the video with the group debate.
5. References

2. General Guidelines for the Development of Evidence to Submit

For Collaborative evidence, consider the following:

• All members of the group must participate with their contributions in the
development of the activity.

• In each group a single member will be chosen to submit the requested

product in the environment indicated by the teacher.

• Before submitting the requested product, students should check that it

meets all the requirements mentioned in this activity guide.

• Only the members of the group that participated with contributions during
the time assigned for the activity should be included as authors of the
submitted product.

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.

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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 Template

Type of activity: Collaborative

Evaluation moment: Intermediate Unit 1
The highest score in this activity is 70 points
First evaluation High level: The student answers all included the questions with
criterion: depth, coherence, and accuracy in grammar rules and spelling.

Content criteria of If your work is at this level, you can get between 10 points
the written and 20 points
document.
Average level: The student answers some of included the
This criterion questions without enough depth, coherence, and/or with a lack
represents 20 of accuracy in grammar rules and spelling.
points of the total If your work is at this level, you can get between 7 points
and 9 points

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of 70 points of
the activity. Low level: The student answers some of included the questions
without enough depth, coherence, and/or with a lack of accuracy
in grammar rules and spelling. Or did not answer any questions.
If your work is at this level, you can get between 6
points and 2 points
Second evaluation High level: The student makes the comparisons according to
criterion: the information of every answer with coherence and accuracy in
grammar rules and spelling.
Content criteria of If your work is at this level, you can get between 20 points
the written and 15 points
document.
Average level: The student makes the comparisons according
This criterion to the information of some answer with lack of coherence and
represents 20 accuracy in grammar rules and spelling.
points of the total .
of 70 points of If your work is at this level, you can get between 14 points
the activity. and 5 points

Low level: The student makes a few the comparisons

according to the information of some answer with lack of
coherence and accuracy in grammar rules and spelling. Or did
not do the comparisons.
If your work is at this level, you can get between 5
points and 1 point.
Third evaluation High level: The students participate in the debate with
criterion: supported arguments evidencing conscious research. Speaking
accuracy and fluency are according to the level.
Participation If your work is at this level, you can get between 20 points
criteria. and 15 points
Group debate.
Average level: The students participate in the debate with
This criterion shallow arguments evidencing shallow research. Speaking
represents 20 accuracy and fluency are not according to the level.
points of the total If your work is at this level, you can get between 14 points
of 70 points of and 5 points
the activity.
Low level: The student did not participate in the group debate
and/or the participation was short and meaningless.

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 If your work is at this level, you can get between 4
points and 0 points
Fourth evaluation High level: The student delivers an academic document with
criterion: good presentation and the steps included in the guide in PDF
format. The written task and the video have the best quality and
Formal Criteria. edition.
If your work is at this level, you can get between 10 points
Quality of the and 8 points
written document
and the video. Average level: The student delivers an academic document
with an inadequate presentation and/or some of the steps
included in the guide in PDF format. The written task and the
This criterion
video need a better quality and edition.
represents 10
points of the total
of 70 points of If your work is at this level, you can get between 7 points
the activity. and 3 points

Low level: The student does not deliver the academic document
in the evaluative environment.

If your work is at this level, you can get between 3

points and 0 points