Universidad Nacional Abierta y a Distancia

Vicerrectoría Académica y de Investigación

Course: English IV
Code: 90170
Activity Guide and Evaluation Rubric – Task 4 Let us talk about Social
Media

1. Activity Description

Type of activity: Individual

Evaluation moment: Intermediate Unit 2
Highest score of the activity: 90 points
The activity starts on: Sunday, July 16, The activity ends on: Tuesday, August
2023 1, 2023
With this activity, you are expected to achieve the following learning
outcomes:

The student can improve his/her communicative skills (Listening and Speaking) and
he/she can interact with a degree of fluency about a particular point of view.

The activity consists of:

Recording a video by completing the following steps in order to develop and improve
your listening and speaking skills.

Step 1 – Get Ideas

Frist week – To do list:

Watch the video with a native speaker who talks about social media. Then listen his
opinions, and check whether you agree or disagree.

Agree Disagree Opinions

Social media is training us to compare our lives,
instead of appreciating everything we are. No wonder
why everyone is always depressed.
I think people put the best of full-on social media, and
it’s not exactly representative completely how life is.

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Don´t forget! Share your answers or step in the forum.

Step 2 – Expose your ideas

Second week – To do list:

Keep this in mind! You have to choose one of the following options:

- Option 1:

Schedule a meeting video with your tutor and be ready to answer the following
questions during the practice session:

• Do you believe we compare ourselves to others on social media? Yes/no, give

reasons to support your opinion.
• Do you think the information displayed on social media inspires our actions?
Yes/no, give reasons to support your opinion.
• Can social media affect our mental health? Yes/no, give reasons to support your
opinion.

- Option 2:

Participate in Student’s Talking Time -STT Workshops. You will get 15 points in Step 2
for your attendance and active participation.

Step 3 – Let’s talk about social media

Third week – To do list:

Watch the video by a native English speaker once again and use the feedback provided
by your tutor during the practice session or STT, to give structured answers during
your video recording.

Then, record a video in the forum in which you answer the following questions.
Remember to explain your response with details and examples.

• Do you believe we compare ourselves to others on social media? Yes/no, give

reasons to support your opinion.
• Do you think the information displayed on social media inspires our actions?
Yes/no, give reasons to support your opinion.

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 • Can social media affect our mental health? Yes/no, give reasons to support your
opinion.

Keep in mind!

It is recommended that your face must appear in the video. The minimum length of
the video should be two (2) minutes.

Record in real time your video showing your face and facing the camera.

Step 4 – Student’s diary

Make a self-critical reflection of your performance in this task by answering the

following questions:

• What did you learn in this task?

• What did you find most interesting about the task?
• What area or topic would you like to find out more about?
• Areas to work on: (grammar / vocabulary / spelling / writing.

Please answer them consciously.

For the development of the activity consider that:

In the Initial Information Environment, you must:

Check the course agenda to have in mind the opening and closure dates for developing
this task.

In the Learning Environment, you must:

Access the online content (E-Book, Unit 2) and carry out the exercises proposed in
the following modules:

- Module 5: Past Perfect.

- Module 6: Phrasal Verbs.

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Then, you must participate in the task forum to share and develop the steps of the
speaking assignment.

In the Evaluation Environment, you must:

Submit the final work with all the steps (1, 2, 3, and step 4) in a PDF document with
the screenshots from your presentation with your tutor or STT screenshot of your
attendance, the link of the video, and self-assessment answers.
Evidence of individual work:
The individual evidence to be submitted is:

The final document is in PDF format.

Evidence of collaborative work:
No collaborative evidence is required in this activity.

2. General Guidelines for the Development of Evidences to Submit

For Individual evidence, consider the following:

• Each student must participate in the forum by listening and answering questions
about social media.

• For this work, there are no roles to perform.

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)

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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: Individual

Evaluation moment: Intermediate Unit 2
The highest score in this activity is 90 points
First evaluation High level: The student completes the framework and shares
criterion: his/er answers in the forum.
If your work is at this level, you can get between 15 points
Get Ideas. and 10 points.

Average level: The student partially completes the framework

This criterion and does not share his/er answers in the forum.
represents 15 If your work is at this level, you can get between 9 points
points of the total and 6 points.
of 90 points of
the activity. Low level: The student does not complete the framework. The
student does not participate in the forum.
If your work is at this level, you can get between 0 points
and 5 points.

Second evaluation High level: The answers present a clear progression of ideas
criterion: and communicate relevant information required by the task
during the practice session (Meeting or STT). It includes
Expose your appropriate detail, though it may have minor errors or minor
ideas. omissions.
If your work is at this level, you can get between 15 points
and 10 points.
This criterion
represents 15 Average level: The answers are sustained and communicate
points of the total relevant information required by the task during the practice
session (Meeting or STT). However, it shows some
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of 90 points of incompleteness, inaccuracy, and lack of specificity concerning
the activity. the content, or in the progression of ideas.
If your work is at this level, you can get between 9 points
and 6 points.

Low level: The answers communicate some relevant

information but are incomplete or inaccurate. It is incomplete if
it omits key ideas, makes vague references to key ideas, or
demonstrates limited development of important information
during the practice session (Meeting or STT).
Do not participate in the practice session (Meeting or STT).
If your work is at this level, you can get between 0 points
and 5 points.

Third evaluation High level: Speech is generally clear, fluid, and sustained. The
criterion: answers demonstrate good control of basic and complex
grammatical structures that allow for coherent, efficient
Let’s talk about expression of relevant ideas.
social media If your work is at this level, you can get between 50 points
and 40 points
This criterion
represents 50 Average level: Speech is clear at times, though it shows signs
points of the total of problems with pronunciation, and intonation, or may require
of 90 points of significant listener effort. The answers are limited in the range
the activity. and control of vocabulary and grammar. This results in limited
or vague expressions of relevant ideas.
If your work is at this level, you can get between 39 points
and 20 points

Low level: Consistent pronunciation and intonation problems

cause considerable listener effort. Range and control of grammar
and vocabulary severely limit the expression of ideas.
If your work is at this level, you can get between 19
points and 0 points
Fourth evaluation High level: The student presents his/her self-assessment
criterion: answering all the questions.
If your work is at this level, you can get between 10 points
Student’s diary. and 7 points.

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This criterion Average level: The student presents his/her self-assessment
represents 10 but doesn’t answer all the questions.
points of the total If your work is at this level, you can get between 6 points
of 90 points of and 3 points.
the activity.
Low level: The student presents his/her self-assessment but
doesn’t answer all the questions. The student does not
participate in the forum.
If your work is at this level, you can get between 0 points
and 2 points.

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