English 2

Oral production activity # 1

Week: 4 Unit: 3
Course: English 2
Topic: emotions, anecdotes
Communicative function: Telling an anecdote
Interaction: Individual
Target language:
a. Adjectives
b. Past Progressive: Statements
c. Past Progressive: Questions and Answers
d. first of all, then, after that, later on, finally, in the end
e. language banks from Week 4’s online sessions
Length of video: Your video should last from 1’ to 2´ (1 minute to 2 minutes).
Technical requirements:
 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 “public” so your
teacher can view it.
Assessment criteria:
 pronunciation and intonation
 discourse management
 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 along week 4.
You must upload your video or paste the link to your video on Blackboard (Unit 3 file) by Sunday, April
19th 2020 at 23:59 p.m.

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ORAL PRODUCTION TASK INSTRUCTIONS

In unit 3 session 1 this week, you have talked about how you feel during the mandatory social
isolation because of Covid-19 outbreak. Record yourself on a video telling us about more
about that. Tell us some recent (funny) personal anecdotes during quarantine (or about any
anecdotes you have watched in videos, seen in memes or watched on TV).

In your video:

a. Say briefly what the anecdote is about.

b. Give the background to the anecdote. Say when and where it took place and what you
were doing at that time.
c. Say what happened step by step.
d. Finish your story or anecdote by saying why it is important to you, why you lied it or
why you remember it.

PROCEDURE

 Before
Reviewrecording
unit 3 on English Discoveries.
 Read and do exercises in Use of English files (unit 3) on Blackboard.
 Do exercises from unit 3 Practice resource files on Blackboard.
 Watch this video: “Funniest Coronavirus Memes: Hilarious Things That People Do During
quarantine” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NossqpJn4ro
 Read oral production task instructions carefully.
 Plan the script of your speech.
 When drafting the script, use the vocabulary and grammar structures you have learned in unit 3.
See Target language above.
You can start like this:
Hello. My name’s Ana and in this video I’ll tell you something really funny that
happened to me last week. This happened on Wednesday. It was 8 p.m. I opened the
window for the nightly applause to say thank you to doctors and police officers as
every night in quarantine. I wanted to play some music too, so I turned on my cell
phone and kept it in my hand. I was clapping out the window when suddenly…
(Continue.)
 Practice several times before recording the final version of your video.
 Check the rubrics with specific criteria for grading oral production activities.

While recording

 Be in a well-lit area.
 Speak as clearly as possible.
 Look at the camera while you speak.
 Smile.
 Be confident.
 Don’t just read.
 Show objects, pictures or other people doing things, if necessary.
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After recording

 Test your video works well before sending the link or uploading the video file.
 Make sure your video respects the time limit.
 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 3) on Blackboard.
 Check you have submitted your assignment in Review submission history (Revisar historial de
envios).

Questions adapted from http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/exams/speaking-exams/tell-story-or-personal-anecdote