English 2

Oral production activity # 3

Week: 11 Unit: 9
Course: English 2
Topic: being away from home, living and studying abroad
Communicative function: Talking about living abroad
Interaction: Individual
Target language:
a. vocabulary associated with the topic of studying abroad
b. present perfect progressive: affirmative and negative
c. language banks from unit 9 online sessions
Length of video: Your video should last from 2’ to 3´ (2 to 3 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 “unlisted” so your
teacher can view it, but not strangers on the internet.
Assessment criteria:
 pronunciation and intonation
 discourse management
 accuracy
 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 10.
You must upload your video or paste the link to your video on Blackboard ( Unit 9 file) by Sunday at 23:59
p.m.

English online

ORAL PRODUCTION TASK INSTRUCTIONS

 English 2

Read “The wonderful experience of living abroad” here

https://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/magazine/life-around-world/wonderful-
experience-living-abroad

Then, record yourself on video telling us:

 if you agree with what the writer, Emma Douty, says in the article
 if you have ever lived/studied/worked abroad or if you see yourself living abroad
someday - Explain briefly and tell us where.
 at least one advantage and one disadvantage of being away from home
 what you would miss the most if you lived/studied/worked abroad
 how you think you could personally benefit from living abroad
 about someone you know who has lived/worked/studied abroad
 what you think has happened to “study abroad” programs because of Covid-19

Do not use scripts in your conversation.

PROCEDURE

Before recording
 Review unit 9. Use resources from English Discoveries and Blackboard.
 Watch unit 9 class recordings on Blackboard.
 Plan how you are going to start, develop and end your conversation. Avoid scripting your conversation.
Improvisation is welcome.
 Make sure you will use the vocabulary and grammar structures you have learned in Unit 9. See Target
language above.
 You may want to practice some times before recording the final version of your video.

While recording
 Be in a well-lit area.
 Look at the camera while you speak.
 Smile.
 Be confident.
 Do not just read.
 Show objects, pictures or other people doing things, if necessary.

After recording
 Test your video works well before uploading it. If you use an external service like YouTube, also test the
link before posting it. 
 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 9 on Blackboard.
 Check you have submitted your assignment in Review submission history (Revisar historial de envíos).