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    I4 Opa Week 2 Units 2-3

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    This document provides instructions for an oral production activity assignment in an Intensive English course. Students are asked to record a 1.5 to 2 minute video talking about how they are spending their time in isolation with family/friends due to the Covid-19 outbreak. They should discuss activities, problem solving, exercise routines, recommendations from provided articles, what they would do differently, and what more could have been done to prevent the situation. The document provides guidelines on preparing, recording, and submitting the video, including reviewing target language structures, practicing several times, and meeting specific criteria for assessment.

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    This document provides instructions for an oral production activity assignment in an Intensive English course. Students are asked to record a 1.5 to 2 minute video talking about how they are spending their time in isolation with family/friends due to the Covid-19 outbreak. They should discuss activities, problem solving, exercise routines, recommendations from provided articles, what they would do differently, and what more could have been done to prevent the situation. The document provides guidelines on preparing, recording, and submitting the video, including reviewing target language structures, practicing several times, and meeting specific criteria for assessment.

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    This document provides instructions for an oral production activity assignment in an Intensive English course. Students are asked to record a 1.5 to 2 minute video talking about how they are spending their time in isolation with family/friends due to the Covid-19 outbreak. They should discuss activities, problem solving, exercise routines, recommendations from provided articles, what they would do differently, and what more could have been done to prevent the situation. The document provides guidelines on preparing, recording, and submitting the video, including reviewing target language structures, practicing several times, and meeting specific criteria for assessment.

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    I4 Opa Week 2 Units 2-3

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    Intensive English 4

    Oral production activity # 1


    Week: 2 Units: 2 and 3
    Course: Intensive English 4
    Topic: spending days of isolation with your relations
    Communicative function: Talking about relationships, sport and fitness, regrets and unfulfilled conditions
    Interaction: Individual
    Target language:
    a. words related to relationships and sports
    b. past form of modals: should/could have
    c. past form of conditionals
    d. idiomatic expressions: “down in the dumps” and “get the hang of” from Talking idioms on English
    Discoveries
    e. language banks from Week 2’s online sessions
    Length of video: Your video should last from 1’30” to 2´30” (1 minute and a half to 2 minutes).
    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 “public” so your
    teacher can view it.
    Assessment criteria:
     pronunciation and intonation
     discourse management
     accuracy
     interactive communication
     task achievement (organization, clarity and use of webcam)

    See the rubrics in Información General on Blackboard.


    Timeline and deadline:
    This task should be prepared along week 2.
    You must upload your video or paste the link to your video on Blackboard (Unit 3 file) by Sunday, April 5th
    2020 at 23:59 p.m.

    English online
    Intensive English 4

    ORAL PRODUCTION TASK INSTRUCTIONS

    Record yourself on a video telling us about how you are spending these days of isolation
    because of the Covid-19 outbreak with your relations (family, friends, etc.).

    Tell us briefly about:

     the activities you (and your family) are doing in these days of isolation
     how problems are solved/decisions are taken
     if you do exercise or activities to keep fit
     If you are following any of the recommendations from the articles (See below.)
     what you would have done differently if you had known this was going to be this serious
     what you think people should/could have done before to prevent this from happening

    PROCEDURE

    Before recording
     Review units 2 and 3 on English Discoveries.
     Read and do exercises in Use of English files on Blackboard.
     Do exercises from Units 2 and 3 Practice resource files on Blackboard.
     Read these articles:
    “Coronavirus: how to ensure your relationships survive self-isolation”
    https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/love-sex/coronavirus-tips-self-isolation-family-
    partner-argument-a9411851.html
    “Coronavirus: How to exercise while staying at home”
    https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-51933762
     Read oral production task instructions carefully.
     Plan the script of your speech.
     When drafting the script, use the vocabulary and grammar structures you have learned in Units 2
    and 3. See Target language above.
     Practice several 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.
     Speak as clearly as possible.
     Look at the camera while you speak.
     Smile.
     Be confident.
     Don’t just read.
     After
    Show objects, pictures or other people doing things, if necessary.
    recording

     Test your video works well before sending the link or uploading the video file.
     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 3) on Blackboard.

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