Universidad Nacional Abierta y a Distancia

Vicerrectoría Académica y de Investigación

Course: English B1
Code: 900003
Activity Guide and Evaluation Rubric - Task 4
Oral production – Voices in Motion

1. Activity Description

Type of activity: Individual

Evaluation moment: Intermediate Unit 3
Highest score of the activity: 100 points
The activity starts on: The activity ends on:
Tuesday, June 25th, 2024. Wednesday, July 24th,2024.
With this activity, you are expected to achieve the following learning
outcomes:
Communicate in an oral way personal experience and daily life situations, using
appropriatepronunciation, grammatical structures, and the vocabulary studied in the
contents
The activity consists of:

STEP 1 CONTENT REVIEW

1. Go to Learning / E-book /Online Content English B1.

1.1 Study the content of modules 3,4,5 & 6 in the

E-book and do all the activities in those Modules.
You should study:
Module 3
Module 4
Module 5
Module 6

1.3. Write a short description of an influential person in your region using the
past simple,present perfect, and adjectives. You can guide yourself by the
examples in Module 5 - Exercise 6 INFORMATION ABOUT FAMOUS PEOPLE.

1.4. Who is Greta Thunberg? She is a Swedish environmental activist on climate,

who has inspired many young people to pay attention to climate problems. Young
men and women worldwide have joined her in the “Fridays for Future” initiative,
which consists of Friday meetings to raise awareness about this global concern.
Watch the interview with Greta Thunberg in the TV program “Good Morning Britain”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bu2136AJUg and answer the questions using
Present Perfect and Past Simple. Then post it in the forum. Comment on your
partners’ answers.
 LEARNING TIP: Use the present simple tense, p a s t simple tense,
present Perfect tense, and comparatives or Superlatives when writing your answers.

QUESTIONS

1. Why did Greta Thunberg start to be concerned about climate change?

2. What have her parents changed to support her ideas?
3. Have you noticed any change in the environment of your region? Mention some
of them.

LEARNING TIP: Post your answers to exercises 1.3 and 1.4 and make accurate
comments to yourclassmates about their posts, in the forum.

STEP 2. SPEAKING PRACTICE

Choose one option: Attendance at practical workshop STT or
synchronous moment.

OPTION A. - ATTENDANCE TO PRACTICAL WORKSHOP STT

(Students Talking Time)

During the academic process, it is important to participate in three (3)

practical workshops in accordance with this, keep in mind:

i. The tutor will share the schedule of the workshops that will be
programmed.
ii. The invitation will be sent by e-mail or other communication channels.
iii. During the practical workshops called STT it is important to
participate actively withyour peers and tutor.
iv. Do not forget to turn on the camera during the session, take a
screenshot whichshould be posted in the forum, and fill the
attendance form.
v. The final document must support evidence of participation
in the three (3)workshops.

LEARNING TIPS
• Keep in mind the dates of the workshops programmed by the course tutors.
• Remember! You can participate in whatever Workshop given by tutors.
• Post the evidence of your participation in the Practical Workshops
(STT) in theforum and the final document.

OPTION B. -SYNCHRONOUS MOMENT.

As a part of the pronunciation activity, you will have a synchronous moment with
your tutor and classmates to put into practice your Speaking competence, by
exchanging information about the Magazine you made in task 2. In this step, you
will prepare a presentation of one of the parts of your magazine (Be you or Be
Green) Choose one of the parts, create some slides, and be prepared to share this
information with your tutor and classmates.
i. It is essential to contact your tutor to schedule your encounter,
that way, you won’t have any inconveniences to finish your activity
successfully and get the score needed.
ii. Remember that not only do you have to attend the session, but active
participation is also required to develop Speaking competence and to
get the score needed.
iii. The tutor will also give you feedback, comment suggest, or congratulate
participants during the session.
iv. Post your screenshot of the meeting with your tutor in the forum.

STEP 3- VIDEO ABOUT YOUR MAGAZINE

LEARNING TIPS
3.1 For the development of this step, you will prepare a presentation of one of
the parts of your magazine (Be You or Be Green) Choose one of the parts,
create some slides, and make your video.

BE YOU VOCABULARY ARTICLE

Paste 5 or 6 Pictures of you
in high school. (If you
want to share your own
you can do it, if you don´t,
you can use pictures from
the web, related with your
text)
BE GREEN
Paste 10 pictures of your
eco actions to help and
prevent the harmful effects
on the environment. (If you
want to share your own
you can do it, if you don´t,
you can use pictures from
the web, related with your
text)
Mention the keywords Describe what you were like in high
you are going to use in school. What you liked, how you
the short article. dressed, how you talked, how you
behaved, what did you like to do and
what did you do. Remember to write
Example: two paragraphs.
Example:
High school When I was in high school, I was a
Uniforms little bit shorter than I am now. In my
Wear school, the students needed to wear
Oversize uniforms, so when I was at home, I
Sneakers used to wear black clothes, especially
caps oversize,
T-shirts and jeans. I loved to wear my
sneakers and caps...
VOCABULARY ARTICLE
Mention the keywords Write 6 sentences about ECO actions
you are going to use in to reduce harmful effects on the
the short article. environment using the conditionals,
Example: phrasal verbs, modal verbs and
Take care infinitives & gerunds.
Ice caps
Melt Example:
Cleaner
Public transport If we don't take care of our planet,
the ice caps will melt.
If we use public transport more, our
cities will get cleaner.
3.2 To practice your pronunciation, you can use https://www.naturalreaders.com/online/
3.3 To record your video you can use https://www.loom.com/ https://app.clipchamp.com/
https://vimeo.com/

Video instructions:
For your speaking presentation via video, please, bear in mind:
● Make some slides about part of the magazine you choose.
● During the video recording you must show your face. Your video must have a
maximum duration of 3 minutes. You can see the following examples:
https://url.unad.edu.co/5Wro3 or https://youtu.be/sJ6npa5m9ik.
● Record your video in real-time showing your face, looking at the camera, and
speaking in English. Make sure you use the information you have in your magazine.
● Upload your video to YouTube, Google Drive or OneDrive. Make sure it has public
access and share the link in the forum.

STEP 4 – SELF ASSESSMENT

In this step, you are going to reflect on your performance in the course activities. To
do this:
4.1 Fill in the form “Self-assessment” you will find in the Annex 2.
4.2 Take a screenshot and share it in the forum.

STEP 5 - FINAL DOCUMENT

5.1 Consolidate all the activities done in this Task in a PDF document using Annex
2 and upload it individually to the Evaluation environment. Remember that the
product of this task must comply with the APA standards.

Regarding the development of the activity, consider that:

In the Initial Information Environment, you must: Check for the initial and
closing dates.
In the Learning Environment, you must:
Review and complete the exercises proposed in modules 5 and 6 in the
E-book/Online English content.
Participate and upload individual activities in the Discussion forum - Unit 3 - Task 4 –
Oral Production – Voices in Motion
Participate in practical workshops that are programmed by tutors.
In the Evaluation Environment, you must:
Submit a PDF document containing the development of the individual and the collaborative
activities. (Annex 2)
Evidence of individual work:
The individual evidence to be submitted is A pdf document containing:
● A cover.
 • Describe an influential person in your community and answer the questions
aboutGreta Thunberg's interview.
• The evidence of the attendances to the Practical Workshops or the evidence of
themeeting with the tutor.
• The video link.
• The completed “Self-assessment” chart.
Evidence of the forum work:
The participation evidence to be submitted is: Screenshots of the comments you made to
your colleagues on the forum.
2. General Guidelines for the Development of Evidence to Submit

For the Forum evidence, consider the following:

• No collaborative evidence is required in this activity
For Individual evidence, consider the following:
Before submitting the requested product, students should check that it meets all the
requirements mentioned in this activity guide.
Please keep in mind that all individual or collaborative written products must comply withthe
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)
The academic penalties students will face are:
a) In case of academic fraud demonstrated in the academic work or evaluation, the score
obtained will be zero (0.0) without any disciplinary measures being derived.
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.

3. Evaluation Rubric Template

Type of activity: Individual

Evaluation moment: Intermediate Unit 1
Highest score of the activity: 100 points
High level: The sentences in Step 1 are built using simple past,
First evaluation
present perfect, and comparatives and superlatives with a few or no
criterion: Content
assessment grammar and spelling mistakes. Punctuation marks and capital letters
are correct, and the message can be clearly understood.

If your work is at this level, you can get between 13 points

 to 20 points.
Completion of Step Average level: The sentences in Step 1 are built using simple past,
1
present perfect, and comparatives and superlatives, with some
grammar or spelling mistakes. Punctuation marks and capital letters
use is sometimes correct, but the message can be understood.
If your work is at this level, you can get between 3 points to 12
This criterion points.
represents 20 points
of the total of 100 Low level: The sentences used in Step 1 do not follow the
points of theactivity. instructions given and the message is not understood. The student
doesn't participate in this task.
If your work is at this level, you can get between 0 pointsto 2
points.
High level: The student posts the evidence of his/her participationin
the 3 Practical Workshops programmed by tutors in the finaldocument.
Second evaluation
The student planned, prepared and actively participated in the
criterion:
meeting with her/his tutor, and He / She madea few mistakes in
Content
assessment pronunciation that did not interfere with the effective communication
of the speech.
Development of If your work is at this level, you can get between 20 points
Step 2. to 30 points.

Attendance to Average level: The student posts some evidence of his/her

Practical participation in the Practical Workshops programmed by tutors in the
Workshop STT final document. The student participated in the meeting but didn't
or Meeting with prepare very well. He / She made some mistakes in pronunciation that
her/his tutor could occasionally interfere with the effective communication of the
(Students Talking speech. His speech is slow and hesitant, except for some memorized
Time) phrases.
If your work is at this level, you can get between 10 pointsto 19
points.
This criterion
Low level: The student does not post any evidence of his/her
represents 30points
of the total of 100 participation in the Practical Workshops nor in the meeting, with the
points of the activity. classmates and tutor. The student doesn't participate in this task.
. If your work is at this level, you can get between 0 points to 9
points.
High level: The student makes the video using one of the parts
developed in Task 2. The student shows an accurate use of descriptive
Third evaluation language and vocabulary. The student has good pronunciation with
criterion: Content
smooth, natural, and fluid speech. The student shares the link to the
assessment
video directly in the forum (no files attached).
If your work is at this level, you can get between 20 points to
Development of Step 3 30 points.
(Oral Production video)
Average level: The student makes the video using someinformation
This criterion developed in Task 2. The student shows a basic use of descriptive
represents 30points language and vocabulary. The student makes some pronunciation
of the total of 100 mistakes which somehow interfere with his/her speechfluency. The
points of the activity. student shares the link to the video directly in the forum (no files
attached).
If your work is at this level, you can get between 10 points to
19 points.

Low level: The student makes the video but does not use any of the
information proposed in Task 2. The student shows poor use of
descriptive language and vocabulary. The student makes many
pronunciation mistakes that interfere with his/her speech fluency.
The student does not share the link of the video directly in the forum
(no files attached). The student doesn't send the video.
If your work is at this level, you can get between 0 points to 9
points.
High level: The student fills completely the self-assessment format
Fourth evaluation
inthe final document. It includes all the items established.
criterion:
If your work is at this level, you can get between 8 points to
Participation
assessment 10 points.

Self-assessment Average level: The student fills in some of the items established in
the self-assessment format in the final document.
If your work is at this level, you can get between 3 points to
This criterion 7 points.
represents 10 points
Low level: The student does not post the self-assessment format in
of the total of 100
points of the activity. the final document. The student doesn't participate in this task.
If your work is at this level, you can get between 0 points to
2 points.
High level: The final document is consolidated individually in a PDF
format and uploaded in the Evaluation Environment according to the#
of items requested in “Evidence of individual work”.
Fifth evaluation If your work is at this level, you can get between 8 points to 10
criterion: points.
Participation
assessment Average level: The final document is consolidated individually in a
PDF format and uploaded in the Evaluation Environment but does
Consolidation and
not include all the items requested in the “Evidence of individual work”.
submission
The final document is consolidated individually in a PDFformat but is
This criterion not uploaded in the Evaluation Environment. It includes all the items
represents 10 points requested in the “Evidence of individual work”.
of the total of 100 If your work is at this level, you can get between 3 points to
points of the activity. 7 points.
Low level: The final document is not uploaded in the Evaluation
Environment. The student doesn't participate in this task.
If your work is at this level, you can get between 0 points to2
points.