Universidad Nacional Abierta y a Distancia

Vice President for Academic Issues and Research

Course: English A2
Code: 900002
Activity guidelines and evaluation rubric – Task 4 - Oral
Production: experience an activity.

1. Activity description
Type of the activity: Individual
Evaluation moment: Intermediate at Unit 2
Activity higher score: 100 points
Activity starting date: Tuesday, Activity deadline: Sunday, may 7th,
march 28th, 2023 2023.

In this activity, it is expected to achieve the following learning results:

To express through a video, experiences in English using linguistic structures and

vocabulary according to the level, taking exercises and readings from the online
content as a reference.

The activity consists in:

• Read all the directions in this guide and complete every activity directly in the
Discussion Forum - Unit 2 - Task 4 - Oral Production: experience an activity.

• Study the E-book Online content.

• Schedule a practice meeting with your tutor or participate in the Students

Talking Time (STT)

• Share the link (Youtube, Vimeo, Google Drive, Onedrive) of your video in the
forum. Verify it belongs to a public category (no passwords should be
required to open it) Check that your link works perfectly.

Upload on the evaluation environment a PDF document with the link to your
video, a screenshot of your video practice session, the evidence of your
participation in the STT and the screenshot of the step 4.
Para esta tarea tenga en cuenta:

• Para su producción oral debe dedicar tiempo en la preparación de su

exposición. Para la sesión de práctica, es su responsabilidad inscribirse en uno
de los horarios compartidos por su tutor; de no ser así, no se le garantiza el
espacio para este encuentro. Para la realización del video, comprenda e
interiorice lo que desea expresar. Evite leer durante su video.
• La suplantación de su identidad y/o el uso de un software para la creación de
una voz automática (voz diferente a la suya), será considerado como plagio y
su calificación será de cero (0.0).

Steps:

Step 1: Choose one option:

Option A: Schedule a practice meeting with your tutor. Use the feedback
provided by your tutor during the practice session to give a structured speech
during your video recording.
Option B: Participate in at least 3 Student’s Talking Time (STT), debe compartir
2 pantallazos uno del inicio y el otro del final donde se vea su nombre en la lista
de participantes.

STT 1:
Tutor in the STT: Topic and What did I learn? Date:

STT 2:
Tutor in the STT: Topic and What did I learn? Date:
 STT 3:
Tutor in the STT:
Step 2: The Video – Experience an activity
Choose 1 topic – Just ONE
The horror story:
You are going to imagine
that you are in a Bonfire
tonight, and you are in
charge of the horror story
for the participants in the
activity.
Record yourself telling
that story, have in mind
to use the past
progressive and the
simple past.
Name of the video:
MyHorrorStory _name)_
in the bonfire.
Length of the video: 2 – 6
minutes max.
Topic and What did I learn?
Interesting places in
my city:
You are going to imagine
you are a travel agent.
You are going to record a
video showing at least 2
touristic places in your
town or city.
You have to appear in the
video all the time and
show the places in real
time.
You have to say and
show:
Name of the place.
How can you get there?
What can you do there?
Can you find souvenirs
there? Which ones?
What kind of food can
you eat or drink there?
Which is a nice spot to
take a picture there?
Date:
My career:
Choose a free topic
that is related to the
program you are
studying and talk about
it in a video.
Why did you choose
that topic?
How is that topic
important for your
program?
How can you improve
that topic in your
career?
What kind of
innovations does this
topic have?
Name of the video: My
career __(name)__.
Length of the video: 4
– 8 minutes max.
 Name of the video:
Travel agent
__(name)__ for
UNADNews.

Length of the video: 4

– 8 minutes max.

Share the link (Youtube, Vimeo, Google Drive, Onedrive) of your video in the
forum. Verify it belongs to a public category (no passwords should be required to
open it) Check that your link works perfectly.

Step 3: Self-assessment: reflection and personal growth

Esta etapa está orientada a su reflexión y crecimiento personal aquí usted debe
realizar una autoevaluación dando respuesta en español a los interrogantes que
están en el siguiente link: https://forms.gle/KT7XfSwFcsXv5hYWA

Pega un pantallazo de haber realizado este punto con tu nombre en la imagen.

To have in mind:

• You can practice with the tutor before uploading your video. There will be a
link in the forum with the schedule for you to register and program your
video meeting. (Meets, Teams or Zoom)

• Use the feedback provided by your tutor during the practice session to give
a structured description during your video recording.

• Participate in the STT

• Also, you can practice the pronunciation with:

• Natural readers: www.naturalreaders.com

• Read Speaker: https://www.readspeaker.com/

Individual work evidence:
The individual evidence to submit are:

The student will upload a document in the evaluation environment with:

• Front page
• Screenshot of the speaking practice with your tutor and/or the screenshots
of your participation in the STT.
• Link of the video
• Screenshot: Self-assessment: reflection and personal growth

Group work evidence

At this activity no evidence needed

2. General guidelines for the development of the evidence to

submit
For evidence developed Individual, consider the following guidelines

• Every member of the group must participate with academic

contributions in the activity development.
• Before delivering the requested product, all the requirements indicated
in this activity guide must be checked.
• Each student must develop the steps of the task and post the evidence
in the forum.
• The final product must be sent in the Evaluation Environment.
Each student is responsible for his/her process.
Consider that all individual or group written work must fulfill with the
orthographic rules and presentation conditions that have been defined.
Concerning the use of references, consider that the
requested work in this activity must fulfill with the standards
APA.
In any case, the standards of reference must be complied. Academic plagiarism
must be avoided. Students can support the written products by using the
Turnitin tool found on the virtual campus.

Consider that In the agreement 029 of December 13, 2013, article 99, it is
considered as offenses that undermine the academic order,
among others, the following: literal e) “Plagiarism, that is, submitting as of its
own authorship the all or part of a work, document or invention made by
another person.
 It also implies the use of quotes or false references or proposing quotes where
there is no match between it and the reference”and literal f) “Reproducing or
copying for profit, educational materials or results of research products, which
have intellectual rights reserved for the University.
The academic sanctions the student will face are the following:

a) In cases of academic fraud demonstrated in the respective academic work or

evaluation, the grade that will be imposed will be zero points without
prejudice to the corresponding disciplinary sanction.

b) In cases related to plagiarism demonstrated in the academic work whatever

its nature, the qualification that will be imposed will be zero points, without
prejudice to the corresponding disciplinary sanction.

Evaluation rubric Format

Type of the activity: Individual

Evaluation moment: Intermediate at Unit 2
Activity higher score: 100 points
High level: the student attends the synchronous meeting with
the tutor at the established times and has material prepared to
work actively in the academic practice space and/or the student
participates in at least three (3) STT proposed by the course at
First evaluation the established times and actively participate in the academic
standard: practice spaces.
Practice Session
If your work is at this level, you will get from 30 to 40
and participation
points
in the STT.
Medium level: The student schedules the practice session but
does not prepare the material of the activity to show to the
This criterion tutor.
represents 40
points of the The student attends less than five STT proposed by the course
total of 100 at the established times and participate in the academic practice
points of the spaces.
activity.
If your work is at this level, you will get from 15 to 29
points

Low level: The student schedules the practice session but does
 not make part of it the first time and asks for another schedule
day.

The student doesn’t attend to the STT proposed by the course

at the established times.

If your work is at this level, you will get 0 points.

High level: The video proposal is innovative and meets the

Second theme and the criteria described in the guide.
evaluation
standard: Video If your work is at this level, you will get from 15 points to
20 points

Medium level: The student records and upload the video but
the proposal is plane and is not innovative.
This criterion
represents 20
If your work is at this level, you will get from 8 points to
points of the
14 points
total of 100
points of the
Low level: The student does not record the video.
activity.
If your work is at this level, you will get 0 points.
High level: The student records the video applying the topics
given in the guide. The student speaks softly, with little
hesitation, according to her/his level, which does not interfere
with communication.
Third evaluation The pronunciation and intonation are almost always very clear,
standard: according to his/her level.
Vocabulary,
Fluency, If your work is at this level, you will get from 25 points
Pronunciation to 30 points

Medium level: The student uses a variety of vocabulary and

This criterion expressions but makes some mistakes in the choice of words.
represents 30
points of the The student speaks with some hesitation which interferes with
total of 100 communication.
points of the
activity. Pronunciation and intonation are usually accurate with some
problems.

If your work is at this level, you will get from 15 points

to 24 points
 Low level: The student presents the video, but it is not
understandable. The student must improve a lot his/her
pronunciation and fluency.

The student does not present the video.

If your work is at this level, you will get 0 to 14 points.

High Level: The student demonstrates reflective thinking in all
of the questions included in this task, (step 3). The student self-
assess critically his/her score for this criterion.

If your work is at this level, you will get from 7 to 10

Fourth evaluation points.
standard:
Reflection and Medium Level: The student shares the answers to some
personal growth. questions of his reflection and personal growth in relation to his
performance, (step 4). The student self-critically assigns her
This criterion score for this criterion.
represents 10
points of the If your work is at this level, you will get from 4 to 6 points
total of 100
points of the Low Level: The student does not share the answers to the
activity. questions of his reflection and personal growth; and / or does not
self-assess or share her score.
The student does not participate in the forum; and / or
plagiarism is demonstrated in her/his work.

If your work is at this level, you will get 0 points