MIDTERM ORAL TASK

Course: Basic

ABOUT THE TASK

• Topic: “Attending a pop culture event in your city”
• Interaction: pair work/group work
• Timing:
- Pairs of students should talk for 4 minutes. Both students should speak for equal
amounts of time.
- Groups of three students should talk for 6 minutes. The three students should speak for
equal amounts of time.
• Deadline: As indicated in the course calendar
• Assessment criteria: Read the rubrics to check how your task will be graded.

INSTRUCTIONS TO THE TASK

Talk together about a famous festival you have attended.

- Talk about the event (time, date, location, etc.).

- Talk about what activities you did at the event.
- Talk about your feelings towards the event.
- Talk about the people you went with.
- Plan to go to a festival together next week.

1. Use proper vocabulary and structures:

- Grammar: simple present, present continuous for future plans, and simple past
- Vocabulary: opinions and feelings, pop culture, expressions with do, have, and
make, everyday things
- Real-world strategies: Show interest and surprise; Ask for repetition; Check
information; Check your understanding.

2. Test your video works well before uploading it. If you use an external service like YouTube,
also test the link before posting it.

3. Submit your video. Read specific instructions about how to do it.

Note: If you use www.Youtube.com to make the video, change the video privacy setting to
“unlisted” so your teacher can view it but not strangers on the internet.