Universidad Nacional Abierta y a Distancia

Vicerrectoría Académica y de Investigación

Unique Guide for the Development of the Practical Component of the Course:
Methodology in Foreign Language Teaching. Code 518005

1. General Information of the Practical Component

Learning strategy: Research-Based Learning (RBL)

Course type: Methodological
Evaluation moment: Intermediate
Highest score of the component: 350 points
Number of activities of the practical component registered in this guide: 1
With the development of this component students are expected to achieve
the following learning outcome(s):

Interpret the information obtained from different data collection instruments through
participatory observation for the application and adaptation of activities in virtual and
face-to-face contexts.

2. General Activity Description of the Practical Component.

Scenarios of the practical component: In situ (practice)

Activity type: Independent
Activity number: 2
Highest score of the activity: 140 points
The activity starts on: Thursday, March The activity ends on: Wednesday, April
21, 2024 17, 2024
The resources required for the development of this activity are the
following:

• E-mail
• Virtual campus
• Pedagogical and Educational Practice Simulator
• Student’s e-portfolio
• Forms for the traceability of pedagogical and educational practice

The activity consists of:

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Step 1: Proposing an activity.

After reading the contents of Unit 2, you must propose an English activity (it is not an
activity guide). Consider being very specific, do not generalize things. Detail each
item as much as possible. Then, add a rubric for evaluating the proposed activity. If
you want, you can use a template or create your own. Just make sure you include
the criteria needed for each level.

1. Method – Approach
2. Context of the class in which you would apply this activity
3. Objectives (One general and two specific objectives)
4. Name of the activity
5. School Level
6. Topic or class to be reinforced with this activity
7. Resources
8. Time
9. Description of the activity
10. Rubric

Step 2: ESAPEC – 2 hours certified for your attendance.

ECEDU defines the strategy ESAPEC, which consists of a certain number of face-to-
face or virtual accompaniments to groups of students. Considering the above, for this
activity, you must attend this mandatory meeting whose schedule will be announced
in the course news forum and via email.

In the meeting, you are going to receive some instructions regarding your process of
practices and forms; but also, everybody is going to share experiences related to
observational practices in situ and their impact. Be ready to share your experiences,
everybody is having some minutes to talk. Do not forget to take some screenshots
because you need to send them in the final product, in order to get the certification
of the 2 hours by your UNAD tutor.

Note: Attendance is mandatory, and it will have a percentage of the score in the
evaluation rubric. A form of attendance will be shared during the meeting which must
be uploaded to the folder called FASE 3.

Step 3: Support your schoolteacher.

In this step, you must add pieces of evidence of the support given to your
schoolteacher.

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Your evidence must contain the material that you designed for your schoolteacher or
the support given during your practice such as workshops, presentations,
infographics, quizzes, flashcards, posters, tutorials…etc.

- Avoid taking photos of your students’ faces.

- The evidence files need to be sent with your work of this phase, in this sense,
through the Virtual Campus. To do this, you can compress the files to send
just one. Do not upload it to the e-portfolio.

Step 4: Forms required for this activity.

1. “Diario de campo”

You must use the “Diario de Campo” to take control of every aspect that happens in
each class observed to complete the 36 hours in situ. Choose one of those classes
you observed in this phase and fill out one “Diario de campo”.

You must write a deep interpretation and argumentation in each section of this
document. You need to mention the authors of Units 1 and 2 to support your
arguments. Cite every source in APA style and add its reference at the end of the chart.
This form must be filled out in Spanish.

Remember that the dates, hours, and activities of the “Diario de Campo” must be
included in the “Plan de Trabajo” and “Formato de Asistencia.”

Upload it in PDF format to the folder called FASE 3 and name them properly:
DIARIO DE CAMPO_YOUR NAME… (In capital letters)

2. “Formato Asistencia” Second delivery

For this phase, you must deliver the second “Formato de asistencia a prácticas” with
20 hours of participant observation and material development.

These 20 hours must be certified by your schoolteacher. You must complete the form
and include the dates, hours, and activities of the “Diario de campo” of this phase, the
classes you observed, and the material developed.

Upload it in PDF format to the folder called FASE 3 and name it properly: FORMATO
DE ASISTENCIA A PRÁCTICAS_YOUR NAME … (In capital letters)

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 3. Evaluación del escenario de practica pedagógica

Be sure to fill in the evaluation of the practice place “Evaluación del escenario de
práctica pedagógica”, this form is going to be sent by the course director and your
tutor, and it will be also posted in the news forum of the course, you need to fill in
the form and take a screenshot as evidence of the development of the form.

Send the screenshot through the Evaluation Environment, do not upload it to the e-
portfolio.

4. Evaluación de la práctica pedagógica

Make sure the teacher from the institution you are assigned develops the evaluation
of the practice “EVALUACIÓN DE PRACTICA PEDAGÓGICA”. This form is going to
be sent by the course tutor to the teacher at the practice place. The teacher
from the institution must fill in the form as required, and you need to ask for a copy
or screenshot of that evaluation.

Send the screenshot through the Evaluation Environment, do not upload it to the e-
portfolio.

For the development of the practical component consider that:

In the Initial Information Environment, you must: N/A

In the Learning Environment, you must check unit 2 and read all about recent
methods to be able to design the activity, as well as to check the forum of the
activity Phase 3 – Scenario 2 and share your products in the forum.

In the Evaluation Environment, you must deliver:

One PDF file with:

• Cover page
• Proposed Activity
• Evidence of the ESAPEC attendance
• Evidence of the material developed
• Evidence of both evaluations

Your e-portfolio link with:

• One “Diario de campo” in PDF format. This needs to be placed in your e-
portfolio in the folder called: “FASE 3”.

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 • “Formato de Asistencia a prácticas” with 20 hours. This needs to be placed in
your e-portfolio, in the folder called: “FASE 3”.

Evidence of independent work:

The independent evidence to be submitted is:

One PDF file with:

• Cover page
• Proposed Activity
• Evidence of the ESAPEC attendance
• Evidence of the material developed
• Evidence of both evaluations

Your e-portfolio link with:

• One “Diario de campo” in PDF format. This needs to be placed in your e-
portfolio in the folder called: “FASE 3”.
• “Formato de Asistencia a prácticas” with 20 hours. This needs to be placed in
your e-portfolio, in the folder called: “FASE 3”.

Evidence of group work:

No collaborative evidence is required in this activity.

3. General Guidelines for the Development of Evidence

For Independent evidence, consider the following:

• Before submitting the requested product, students should check that it meets all
the requirements mentioned in this activity guide.
• The formats must be submitted in PDF format. It must have the schoolteacher’s
handwritten signature. All the information required in the formats must be filled
in.

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 on the virtual
campus.

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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.

4. Evaluation Rubric Template

Activity type: Independent

Activity number: 2
Evaluation moment: Intermediate
The highest score possible is 140 points
Criteria Performance levels
First evaluation High level: The student creates an English activity supporting
criterion: his/her ideas with the readings of the course, showing a good
understanding of the method/approach selected. The
Students propose description of this activity is clear and well-organized.
an activity.
If your work is at this level, you can get between 35 points
This criterion and 40 points.
represents 40
points of the total Average level: The English activity proposed is not related to
of 140 points of the characteristics of the method/approach selected. The
the activity. description of the information is not complete. Also, the student
does not support the information with the readings of the course.
If your work is at this level, you can get between 10 points
and 34 points.

Low level: The student does not deliver the activity and its
rubric.

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 If your work is at this level, you can get between 0 points
and 9 points.
Second evaluation High level: The student adds pieces of evidence of his/her
criterion: attendance to the ESAPEC encounter. Also, he/she participates
with his/her experiences and gives meaningful feedback to
Students attend the his/her classmates.
ESAPEC encounter If your work is at this level, you can get between 18
and participate points and 20 points.
actively.

This criterion Average level: The student attends the ESAPEC encounter,
represents 20 but he/she does not participate in the encounter, nor give
points of the total feedback to his/her classmates.
of 140 points of If your work is at this level, you can get between 10
the activity.
points and 17 points.

Low level: The student does not attend the ESAPEC

encounter.
If your work is at this level, you can get between 0
points and 9 points.
Third evaluation High level: The student delivers the files of evidence of his/her
criterion: support to the schoolteacher, through screenshots, and
materials created for supporting the observed classes.
Students add If your work is at this level, you can get between 18 points
enough meaningful and 20 points.
evidence of their
support to the Average level: The student does not deliver enough evidence
schoolteacher. of his/her support to the schoolteacher.
If your work is at this level, you can get between 10 points
This criterion and 17 points.
represents 20
points of the total Low level: The student does not deliver any evidence of his/her
of 140 points of support to the schoolteacher.
the activity. If your work is at this level, you can get between 0 points
and 9 points.
Fourth evaluation High level: The student filled out correctly the forms of this
criterion: phase according to the instructions given in the guide. The
student named all the documents correctly and they were
The student uploaded to the respective folders fulfilling the instructions
develops the provided. The format of all the documents is PDF according to

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participant the orientations. All the information is complete, including the
observation part of number of hours and screenshots.
this phase fulfilling If your work is at this level, you can get between 48 points
the instructions and 60 points.
given.
Average level: The student partially filled out the forms. The
hours are not complete, and the signature is not handwritten.
This criterion The organization of the different files is not correct.
represents 60 If your work is at this level, you can get between 10 points
points of the total and 47 points.
of 140 points of
the activity. Low level: The student did follow all the instructions provided
in this activity guide, some forms were not correctly filled out,
some information was not complete, some documents were
incorrectly uploaded, or they were not uploaded to the e-
portfolio. The student did not fulfill some of the requirements
described in any of the steps.
If your work is at this level, you can get between 0
points and 9 points.