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Activity Guide and Evaluation Rubric - Unit 2 - Task 4 - Oral Production
Activity Guide and Evaluation Rubric - Unit 2 - Task 4 - Oral Production
1. Activity Description
Type of activity: Individual
Evaluation moment: Intermediate Unit 2
Highest score of the activity: 90 points
The activity starts on: Saturday, April 8, The activity ends on: Monday, May 8,
2023 2023
With this activity, you are expected to achieve the following learning
outcomes:
Check and develop all content related to eBook B1 level, Modules 9, 10, 11 and 12 as
a prior revision. Then, post your practice on the forum.
According to the Environmental issues lexicon and vocabulary in use, match the terms
with their corresponding meanings. For that, you can check what you developed in
Task 2: written production for remembering some terminology that helps you to
complete this activity. When you finish this step, remember to share it on the
forum.
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Table 1. Environmental problems
11. Drought 12. Fumes 13. Waste 14. Carbon monoxide 15. Biodiversity
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Step 3: Listening practice
Now, listen to the audio about environmental issues by clicking here: environmental
issues. Then, according to what you listened to, complete the items with the words in
the box. When you solve it, share it on the forum.
oil spill - poor air quality - extreme weather - water scarcity - sustainable
environment - Pollution - Flooding - Oil spills - carbon footprint - melting ice cap -
wind power - drought - Fracking - forest fires
Item a: There is a global water crisis and drought have left to 844 million
people lacking access to clean water.
Item b: Oil accidents at sea can cause which contaminate the ocean
water, resulting in the death of sea birds and other forms of marine life.
Item c: Growing trees, plants and your own vegetables help contribute to a
.
Item d: or drilling on the ground for oil and gas, often contaminates the
water supplies.
Item g: Air pollution and is a problem in many cities around the world.
Item i: Cars and planes burn fuel, when you travel by plane or car, you contribute
to the burning of fuel; this is your .
In this step, you must attend and participate in one of the four synchronous meeting (STT=
Students’ Talking Time) for interacting with your tutor and e-mates, where you will
comment and explain the issues developed in the steps 2 and 3.
NOTE 1: You need to register your participation in the drive provided by your
tutor.
NOTE 2: Before attending the workshop, you must have prepared and set the
stages 1, 2 and 3, if not you can not have a good performance.
In this step, you must record a tutorial video giving the steps (final product) of how to
help the environment, you can choose one of these options for your video:
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NOTE: If you have any other option to show in your video, you can present it.
7. You must show how to do it, your face must appear on the video, if not,
your video will not be taken for grading.
8. Upload your video on Youtube or Google Drive (set the link for viewing).
9. Add the link on a PDF or Word document and post it on the Evaluation
Environment.
Step 6: Self-evaluation
In this step, you must check your performance during the time this task is developed.
For that, you have to answer the following questions in a scale from 0 to
2. You can answer the questions within the chart is given. This step must appear in
the consolidation step. These are the questions:
1. Did I follow accurately the steps according to what the worksheet requires?
2. Did I attend and participate in the STT (synchronous meeting) that the task
required?
3. Did I take into account tutor’s recommendations on the forum?
4. Did I record the video according to all the indications in the worksheet?
5. Did I consolidate all the steps in the final document to be posted on the
Evaluation Environment?
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Questions 0 1 2
1
2
3
4
5
TOTAL
Step 7: Consolidation
After doing the possible corrections and receiving the positive feedback from your tutor
about the steps you developed. You must consolidate the following items in a .doc or
.PDF file:
- Revise the course agenda to be informed about the initial and closing dates of this
task.
- Look at the grammar topics and activities in modules 9 to 12 from the eBook.
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In the Evaluation Environment, you must:
- Cover
- Step 1: Checking the eBook content (screenshots)
- Step 2: Focus on vocabulary (matching the terms with definitions).
- Step 3: Listening practice (completing the items according to the audio).
- Step 4: Spoken interaction (screenshot from your participation).
- Step 5: Let’s talk about keeping the environment (link of your video).
- Step 6: Self-evaluation (answering chart).
- You must take part in the forum within the dates stablished in the course
agenda.
- Before submitting the final paper, you must check that it carries out all the
requirements related on this activity worksheet.
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- You must submit your own final product document in a .DOC or .PDF file on
the Evaluation Environment.
Please keep in mind that all individual or collaborative written products must comply
with the spelling rules and presentation conditions defined in this activity guide.
Regarding the use of references, consider that the product of this activity must comply
with APA style.
In any case, make sure you comply with the rules and avoid academic plagiarism. You
can review your written products using the Turnitin tool found in the virtual campus.
Under the Academic Code of Conduct, the actions that infringe the academic order,
among others, are the following: paragraph e) Plagiarism is to present as your own
work all or part of a written report, task or document of invention carried out by
another person. It also implies the use of citations or lack of references, or it includes
citations where there is no match between these and the reference and paragraph f)
To reproduce, or copy for profit, educational resources or results of research products,
which have rights reserved for the University. (Acuerdo 029 - 13 de diciembre de
2013, artículo 99)
b) In case of proven plagiarism in academic work of any nature, the score obtained
will be zero (0.0), without any disciplinary measures being derived.
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2. Evaluation Rubric
High level: all the practice activities (steps 1 to 4) are carried out
on the forum and also, submitted correctly according to the
guidelines.
First evaluation If your work is at this level, you can get between 11 points
criterion: and 20 points.
Practice activities Average level: some of the practice activities are developed on
the forum and submitted according to the guidelines. The steps
of the practice are developed with some grammar and
This criterion pronunciation mistakes.
represents 20
points of the total If your work is at this level, you can get between 5 points
of 90 points of and 10 points.
the activity.
Low level: The steps of practice activity are not carried out. The
steps of the practice activities are developed incorrectly. The
activity is not carried out.
Second High level: the final product (the video) carries out with the full
evaluation characteristics listed in the task’s worksheet.
criterion:
If your work is at this level, you can get between 11 points
Video set up and 20 points.
Average level: the final product (the video) carries out partially
This criterion with the characteristics it must have.
represents 20
points of the If your work is at this level, you can get between 5 points
total of 90 and 10 points.
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points of the
activity. Low level: the final product (the video) does not have any of
the characteristics listed in the worksheet. There is no evidence
of the final product (the video).
Third High level: The speech is carried out with normal pauses and
evaluation few hesitations. The ideas convey clearly the target topic.
criterion:
If your work is at this level, you can get between 11 points
Fluency and and 20 points.
coherence
Average level: The speech is developed with frequent pauses
and some hesitation, for that, the ideas are unclearly
This criterion understood.
represents 20
points of the If your work is at this level, you can get between 5 points
total of 90 and 10 points.
points of the
activity. Low level: The ideas are not expressed in a logical order.The
speech is unclear which makes the message confusing. It is
evident the reading aloud, instead of a speaking conscious
activity. The activity is not carried out.
Fourth evaluation High level: the pronunciation and intonation make the
criterion: message’s speech natural and understandable.
This criterion Average level: the pronunciation and intonation present some
represents 20 misunderstandings at the time of expressing the message which
points of the total do not interfere with its comprehension.
of 90 points of
the activity.
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If your work is at this level, you can get between 5 points
and 10 points.
High level: all the activities and steps in the task are done
successfully and during the time the activity was set.
Fifth evaluation
criterion: If your work is at this level, you can get between 7 points
and 10 points.
Self-evaluation
Average level: some activities and steps are done at the last
week of the task. The steps partially carry out the purpose of the
This criterion task.
represents 10
points of the total If your work is at this level, you can get between 3 points
of 90 points of and 6 points.
the activity.
Low level: the activities and steps in the task are developed in
a misunderstanding way. There is not evidence of developing the
whole task.
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