Universidad Nacional Abierta y a Distancia

Vicerrectoría Académica y de Investigación

Course: English Phonetics 518014

Activity Guide and Evaluation Rubric – Task 4 – Suprasegmentals

1. Activity Description

Type of activity: Collaborative

Evaluation moment: Intermediate Unit 2
Highest score of the activity: 120 points
The activity starts on: Monday, June 21, The activity ends on: Sunday, July 18,
2021 2021
With this activity, you are expected to achieve the following learning
outcomes:
Solve oral and written exercises about the segmental features of the English sounds.
The activity consists of:

Step 1:
Go to the Learning Environment and in the Course Contents and Bibliographic
References for Unit 2, read all related to Suprasegmental features and focus on
rhythm, intonation and stress.

Step 2:
Go to the Learning Environment and open the folder Activity guide and evaluation
rubrics – Task 4 – Suprasegmentals and download the document named
Pronunciation Practice.

Step 3:
Record yourself developing and pronouncing all the exercises of the document
downloaded in step 2, including the reading, the intonation, rhythm and stress
exercises. Also, red the following specifications:

- Show your face and mouth when pronouncing the sounds, I need to see your
performance in the pronunciation of the exercises.
- Show the document with the exercises as you pronounce them, in order to
facilitate the identification of the sounds and be able to give you meaningful
feedback (you can use the tool https://screencast-o-matic.com/)
- Here you have to pronounce all the exercises of the document, including the
reading, the intonation and rhythm exercises.

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 - In this video you must focus on rhythm, stress and intonation.

Step 4:
Come back to the Learning Environment, intermediate moment, open the folder
Activity guide and evaluation rubrics – Task 4 – Suprasegmentals and download the
document named Collaborative exercises and collaboratively develop the exercises.
To do this, each member of the group must share their answers in the forum, then
the group discusses the best answers and compile a single set of answers per group.
For the development of the activity consider that:

In the Initial Information Environment, you must:

- Check the Course Agenda to organize your time.
- Check all available forums.
- Verify the dates of the Web Conferences so that you can plan your participation
accordingly.
- Verify your tutors’ synchronous attention by Skype.

In the Learning Environment, you must:

- Check the Course Contents and Bibliographic References for Unit 2
- Download the Syllabus of the course to actively read.
- Go to the discussion forum for the task and get familiar with your collaborative
group.
- Participate in the forum to get feedback from e-mates and tutor.

In the Evaluation Environment, you must:

- Upload a PDF file with the task’s individual evidences. Identify your file as
follows: 518014 - Task 4 - Your Full Name.pdf
Evidences of individual work:
The individual evidence to be submitted is:
- Link of the video.
- Post in the forum your individual answers of the exercises.
Evidences of collaborative work:
The collaborative evidence to be submitted is:
A PDF file named 518014 - Task 4 – Your Full Name.pdf with the following pages
1. Cover page
2. Link of the videos
3. Practical exercises
4. APA References (Different from the ones provided in the course if you use
other sources of information for your answers)

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2. General Guidelines for the Development of Evidences to Submit

For Individual evidences, consider the following

• Students must deliver one PDF document, with link of the videos and practical
exercises.
• 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
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)

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.

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3. Evaluation Rubric Template

Type of activity: Collaborative

Evaluation moment: Intermediate Unit 2
The highest score in this activity is 120 points
First evaluation High level: The student follows the specifications in the activity
criterion: guide and rubric. Also, he pronounces the oral exercises in the
document, taking into account the segmental and
Pronounce the oral suprasegmental features; the pronunciation, rhythm and stress
exercises correctly. are accurate.

This criterion If your work is at this level, you can get between 35 points
represents 40 and 40 points
points of the total
of 120 points of Average level: The student shows a poor understanding of
the activity. the segmental and suprasegmental features of the English
sounds. He has some problems with the pronunciation of some
sounds, and sometimes the pronunciation of the oral exercises
is not accurate.
If your work is at this level, you can get between 24 points
and 31 points

Low level: The student mispronounces most of the oral

exercises, the video is not recorded following the specification in
the activity guide, or there is no video.

If your work is at this level, you can get between 0

points and 23 point
Third evaluation High level: All the practical exercises are correct, showing a
criterion: good understanding of the features involved in the production of
the English sounds.
Solve assertively all
practical exercises If your work is at this level, you can get between 40 points
using the IPA and 50 points
alphabet.
Average level: Some practical exercises are wrong, showing a
This criterion poor understanding of the segmental features of the sound
represents 50 production.

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points of the total If your work is at this level, you can get between 30 points
of 120 points of and 39 points
the activity.
Low level: The student does not solve any practical exercise,
or the answers are not according to the course readings.

If your work is at this level, you can get between 0

points and 29 point
Fourth evaluation High level: The student participates in the forum since the
criterion: beginning of the activity, and his contributions are meaningful.

Participate actively If your work is at this level, you can get between 21 points
in the forum. and 30 points

Average level: The student does not participate since the

beginning of the activity, and his contributions are not
This criterion meaningful.
represents 30
points of the total If your work is at this level, you can get between 15 points
of 120 points of and 22 points
the activity.
Low level: The student does not post any contribution to the
forum, or his contributions are late, and they are not
meaningful.
If your work is at this level, you can get between 0 points
and 14 point