Intensive English 2

Oral production activity # 3

Week: 4 Units: 6 and 7
Course: Intensive English 2
Topic: World Environment Day
Communicative function: Talking about environmental issues
Interaction: Individual
Target language:
a. vocabulary related to saving energy
b. zero conditional If we provoke global warming, the animals suffer
c. If factories contaminates the air, the water contaminate too
f you help clean up a canyon, your community will be cleaner
2.if you recycle, environment aid
3.if you throw the trash in place, we will have a better world
4.If you use spotlights savers, you pay less light
5.if your plants a tree, help your community

d. first conditional
if we takes care our planet, our future generations could live in a safer place, free of contamination
e. now then, at that time.
f. today that day.
g. yesterday the day before.
h. (a week) ago (a week) before.
i. tomorrow the following/next day.
j.
k. review of present simple, present progressive, past simple, past progressive
markers of timeSuch time markers are for example: today, tomorrow, last week, next
Sunday.
 now then, at that time.
 today that day.
 yesterday the day before.
 (a week) ago (a week) before.
 tomorrow the following/next day.
l. Crear espacios para generar áreas verdes, cultivando plantas cultivando, ahorrando energía, apagando
la luz sino se utiliza, no conectar dispositivos o cargadores sin usar.
m. language banks from Week 4’s online sessions
Length of video: Your video should last from 2’-3’.
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)
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See the rubrics in Información General on Blackboard.

Timeline and deadline:
This task should be prepared during week 4.
You must upload your video or paste the link to your video on Blackboard (Unit 7 file) by Sunday at 23:59.

Good evening, you are watching BBC NEWS live. It´s 8.00 pm these
(some news or piece of news when referring to more than one.

ORAL PRODUCTION TASK INSTRUCTIONS

Read an article called “World Environment Day” here

https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/general-english/magazine-zone/world-environment-day
Then, record yourself on video telling us:

 what you think is one main problem that the environment is facing these days - when and
how that problem started)

On World Environment Day people from countries all around the world
come together to take action to defend our planet. Find out about some
of the things people are doing to celebrate this special day.
The United Nations (UN) named 5 June as international World
Environment Day at the Stockholm Conference on the Human
Environment in 1972. The idea was to draw attention to the many
problems that are facing our environment. They wanted to include as
many people, organisations and governments, both local and national,
as possible. They wanted to show that positive change is possible when
people work together to fight for a common cause.
People celebrate World Environment Day (WED) in many different ways
all over the world: planting trees, cleaning up local beaches, organising
meetings, joining online protests. Each year the United Nations
Environment Programme (UNEP) chooses a particular issue to focus on.
One year it might be forests, another year it might be wildlife. And each
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year there is a new host; a city which is the centre point for all the
celebrations.
The Industrial Revolution promoted by England in the 19th century is considered one of the
milestones that generated the greatest technological, economic, sociological and cultural
changes in the history of humanity.
 what people can do to help solve that problem
 what will happen if people don’t do anything to try to solve that problem
 what you and your family are doing these days to help solve that problem
 one thing you have learned from the article you have read

Do not use scripts in your conversation.

PROCEDURE

Before recording
 Review units 6 and 7. Use resources from English Discoveries and Blackboard.
 Watch Week 4’s 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 Units 6 and 7. See
Target language above.
 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
 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.
 Use nonverbal communication.
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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 7 on Blackboard.
 Check you have submitted your assignment in Review submission history (Revisar historial de
envíos).

Read an article called “World Environment Day” here
https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/general-english/
magazine-zone/world-environment-day
Then, record yourself on video telling us:
 what you think is one main problem that the environment is facing these days - when and
how that problem started) (Qué piensas cuál es el principal problema que el medio
ambiente está enfrentando en estos días y cómo resolverlo? Cuándo y cómo empezó?
Empezó con la revolución industrial
 what people can do to help solve that problem (lo que la gente puede hacer para ayudar a
resolver ese problema)
 what will happen if people don’t do anything to try to solve that problem
 what you and your family are doing these days to help solve that problem
 one thing you have learned from the article you have read

Timeline and deadline:

This task should be prepared during week 4.
You must upload your video or paste the link to your video on Blackboard (Unit 7 file) by Sunday at 23:59.