Universidad Nacional Abierta y a Distancia

Vicerrectoría Académica y de Investigación

Activity 6 – Speaking assignment-Synchronous meeting

1. General description of the course

Faculty or Academic Vicerrectoría de Relaciones Internacionales

Unit
Academic Level Professional, specialization, master
Academic Field Common basic interdisciplinary training
Course name English A2
Course code 900002
Course type Methodological Can be re- Yes No ☒
opened
Number of credits 3

2. Description of the activity

Physical Remote
☐ ☐ Simulator ☐
laboratory laboratory
Type of
Specialized Professional
practice Field works ☐ ☐ ☐
software experiences
Other ☒ Which: Skype
Type of activity: Individual ☒ Collaborative ☐ Number of weeks 3
Moment of Intermediate,
Initial ☐ ☒ Final ☐
evaluation: Unit 2
Score of the activity (if Delivering environment: Collaborative
70
applicable): Learning
Starting date: September 14 , 2018 Closing date: November 15 th, 2018
Topics addressed in the practical component:
Present simple
Present progressive
There is are
Prepositions of place
Adverbs of frequency
Activities to carry out:

PHASE 1: PRACTICING PRONOUNCIATION AND SPEAKING

1. Each student will perform all the exercises of the KNOWLEDGE ENVIRONMENT
and record them in VOCAROO to share the link in the forum
Audio 1

Audio 2

Audio 3

Audio 4
 PHASE 2: VIDEO RECORDING
2. Each student has to make a video, in which he should introduce
himself/herself with all the information such as: FULL NAME, AGE,
PROFESSION, STUDIES, WORK, FAMILY, LIKES, DISLIKES, HOBBIES. The
student should be recorded showing parts of his/her real life routine, his/her
real job and his/her real house. The video should not be more than 2:00
minutes long. Look at the video to copy the format

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTZfnO743Ig
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGeasFdAlGs

3. Share the recording or the link of the video in the forum.

4. Comment one video from other person in the forum
5. The video has to be uploaded in the forum ONE DAY BEFORE THE
INTERVIEW

PHASE 3: SKYPE INTERVIEW

1. Your tutor will send you a link containing a time table for you to register in the
established days and hours.
2. Register on the schedule your ID number, full name, group number, email and
Skype username.
3. Login to the virtual tool at least 10 minutes before the interview.
4. Remember to have from 10 to 15 minutes and guarantee the headset, microphone
and camera work fine to carry out the interview.

The interview has two major parts:

- CONVERSATION  DESCRIBING YOUR BEDROOM. YOU NEED TO

ABOUT YOUR PROVIDE A PICTURE TO THE TEACHER
PERSONAL  DESCRIBING WHAT YOU MUST, HAVE TO,
INFORMATION: SHOULD AND OUGHT TO DO IN ORDER TO BE A
QUESTIONS GOOD STUDENT AT UNAD
ABOUT YOU
 Working
Collaborative Learning
environment:
Products to
deliver by the Video recording
student:
Type of No product must be
Individual ☒ Collaborative ☐ ☐
product: delivered
Individual:
Upload the video in YouTube, Vimeo, Dropbox, Onedrive etc.

4. Evaluation rubric

Evaluation rubric
Activity type: Individual ☒ Collaborative ☐
Moment of Intermediate,
Initial ☐ ☒ Final ☐
evaluation Unit 2
Items to Levels of performance of individual activity
Score
evaluate Highest score Medium score Lowest score
The student
records the
audios and The student records
shares them in some of the audios or
the forum. The the audios are hard to
audios area understand. The
understandable student records the
Audio Video and coherent. video but it does not
There is no
recording The student fully correspond to the
evidence of video
and forum records the video parts allocated in the 25
recording and
participatio describing guide. He/she
forum participation
n his/her life and may(not) have
covers all participated in the
aspects allocated forum. The video is
in the guide. The not fully
video is clear and understandable or has
understandable. some inaudible parts
Also, he/she
participates in
 the forum giving
feedback to one
of the forum
mates
(up to 25
(up to 15 points) (up to 0 points)
points)
The student has a
The student can The student can great deal of
fully understand communicate in a problems
and communicate communicating
simple fashion, using
all his/her ideas un his/her ideas in
repetitive structures
English about English. Also, he/she
himself. He/she and fair vocabulary. does not understand
can interact with He/she understands simple commands
minimum or /no some commands and and questions.
Skype error in an English questions and He/she needs first
Interview: Speaking eventually needs some language to 30
Interaction environments. The repetition. There are communicate or
pronunciation is confirm the
some mistakes in the
fluent, with good information during
pronunciation, but it
intonation and the interview. The
appropriate doesn’t affect the student makes many
intervals between understanding of the pronunciation
sentences message. mistakes and the
message is not clear.
(up to 30
(up to 20 points) (up to 0 points)
points)
The student can There is a limited The student does
construct number of sentences not construct
sentences using The student complete sentences
a wide range of or uses only
sometimes constructs
grammatical isolated words.
Skype a complete sentence
structures. He/she does not
Interview: but the structure is
He/she is able use structures
Structure too repetitive and the 10
con link them studied in the
and range of vocabulary is
together using course. The student
vocabulary limited. He
connectors. The uses a vocabulary
student uses a sometimes combines in an incorrect way,
vocabulary Spanish and English beside there is no
suggested in the to construct cohesion in the
units. The sentences. The used speech..
 message is clear vocabulary is scarce
and and not always
understandable correct.
(up to 10
(up to 5 points) (up to 0 points)
points)
The student
The students
presents the
follow the plan of
Skype interview but
the interview.
Interview: he/she changes
He/she programs
Preparation, schedules, shows
the interview 5
Responsibili up late, in a
one time and
ty and different schedule
shows on time
punctuality or alters the order
and ready
of the interview
(up to 5 points) (up to 0 points)
Final score 70