Intensive English 4

Oral production activity # 3

Week: 5 Units: 8 and 9
Course: Intensive English 4
Topics: meeting someone, at the restaurant, regrets, possibility, deduction and recommendation
Communicative function: Talking about helping others
Interaction: pairs
Target language:
a. vocabulary associated with the topic of restaurants
b. vocabulary associated with the topic of meeting people
c. mixed time conditionals
d. past form of modals
e. expressions to ask for and give opinions
f. reaction phrases
g. language banks from Week 5’s online sessions
Length of video: Your video should last from 3’ to 4´ (3 to 4 minutes).
Technical requirements:
 email, Workplace or any social network to make arrangements with your partner
 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
 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 5.
Each student must upload their video or paste the link to their video on Blackboard (Unit 9 file) by Sunday,
April 26th 2020 at 23:59 p.m.

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ORAL PRODUCTION TASK INSTRUCTIONS

Work in pairs, plan, script and record a conversation for one of these situations:

Situation 1: You meet each other at a restaurant. Coincidentally, both of you have ordered the
same dishes and, since you are sitting next to each other at the counter, you fall into a
conversation. Unfortunately, the restaurant is not as good as you had expected.
Talk about:
 the bad experience you are having at the restaurant
 why you decided to eat there
 why you regret having decided to eat there
 what must, could, may have happened if you hadn’t deiced to eat there/if you weren’t
eating there now
 what you/the restaurant should/shouldn’t have done
 what you’ll do
End your conversation.

Situation 2: You are at Jorge Chávez Airport waiting for a flight to the USA. You do not know
each other. Neither of you is from Peru nor from the USA. Choose where you are from.
While at the airport, coincidentally, you are reading the same book. You have to wait for two
more hours because your plane is delayed. You start a conversation.
Do the following:
 Introduce each other.
 Keep the conversation going (Choose topics that are appropriate to discuss with
someone you have just met!).
 Talk about your experiences in Peru.
 Talk about embarrassing moments you have had when meeting/talking/living in Peru
because of cultural differences.
 Say what you regret doing now that you are leaving Peru .
 Say what you should or could have done.
It is time to board the plane so end your conversation.
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PROCEDURE

Before recording
 Review units 8 and 9 on English Discoveries.
 Read and do exercises in Use of English files on Blackboard.
 Do exercises from Units 8 and 9 Practice resource files on Blackboard.
 Watch Week 5’s session recordings: session 1, session 2, and session 3.
 Read the oral production task instructions carefully.
 Together, plan how you are going to start, develop and end your conversation. Some
improvisation is welcome though.
 When planning, use the vocabulary and grammar structures you have learned in Units 8 and 9.
See Target language above.
 Make sure both of you will speak equally.
 Practice some times before recording the final version of your video.
 Check the rubrics with specific criteria for grading oral production activities.

While recording

 Interact with your partner.

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

After recording

 Make sure both of you have spoken equally.

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