English 4

Oral production activity # 2

Week: 6 Unit: 5
Course: English 4
Topic: Coronavirus and volunteering: How can you help?
Communicative function: Talking about helping others
Interaction: pairs
Target language:
a. vocabulary associated with the topic of social problems
b. use of whoever, wherever, etc. and whose, where in relative clauses
c. expressions to ask for and give opinions
d. idiomatic expressions: “in good hands” and “make ends meet” from Talking idioms on English
Discoveries
e. language banks from unit 5 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 “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 6.
Each student must upload their video or paste the link to their video on Blackboard (Unit 5 file) by Sunday,
September 26th at 23:59 p.m.

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ORAL PRODUCTION TASK INSTRUCTIONS

In pairs, exchange opinions about acts of kindness during Covid-19 global health emergency
that you have heard of, read about or done yourselves.

Then, talk about:

 who is/has been mainly in need of help because of the Covid-19 outbreak in our country/in
the world
 what kind of help has been offered during the pandemic
 how people got involved or can still get involved in lending a helping hand (charities,
donations, volunteerism, etc.)
 whether you have volunteered to help/would volunteer to help, how and why

Base your conversation on your personal experiences and on information you have read,
listened to, etc., if you want.

Do not use scripts in your conversation.

PROCEDURE
Before recording
 Review unit 5. Use resources from English Discoveries and Blackboard.
 Watch unit 5 class recordings on Blackboard.
 In pairs, 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 5. See Target
language above.
 Make sure both of you will speak equally.
 You may want to 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.
 Be in a well-lit area.
 Speak as clearly and naturally as possible.
 Look at the camera while you talk (as often as possible).
 Smile.
 Be confident.
 Do not 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 5) on Blackboard. Each student should do so.