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Oral production activity # 4

Week: 5 Units: 8 and 9
Course: Intensive English 0
Topics: shopping, transportation
Communicative function: Talking about things you are doing
Interaction: pairs
Target language:
a. vocabulary associated with the topic of shopping
b. vocabulary associated with the topic of transport
c. nouns: possessive ‘s
d. present progressive: contractions
e. subject pronouns
f. object pronouns
g. possessive pronouns
h. language banks from Week 5’s online sessions
Length of video: Your video should last from 2’30”to 3’30”.
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 “unlisted” so your
teacher can view it, but not strangers on the internet.
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 during week 5.
Each student must upload their video or paste the link to their video on Blackboard (Unit 9 file) by Sunday,
November 15th 2020 at 23:59 p.m.

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ORAL PRODUCTION TASK INSTRUCTIONS

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Situation:
Think about your life in social distance .
In pairs, talk about:
 what activities you and your family are doing these days (the housework, university,
work, relaxation activities, etc.)
 who in your family is doing the shopping these days
 what forms of transport you and your family are using these days
Ask and answer follow-up questions to keep the conversation going.

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 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.
 Use nonverbal communication.

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 this.
 Check you have submitted your assignment in Review submission history (Revisar historial de envíos).