Aspect Description 1. Type of activity Independent 2. Evaluation moment Intermediate 3. Managing unit Instituto Virtual de Lenguas INVIL 4. Score of the Task 100 5. The activity starts on: Wednesday, November 27, 2024 6. The activity ends on: Monday, December 30, 2024 7. Student independent work It consists of 96 hours of hours academic work, equally divided between 48 hours of independent study and 48 hours of tutorial support. The course aims to help students understand and master the fundamental aspects of English. By utilizing a Task- Based Learning strategy, students will engage with specific content and complete various tasks to reinforce their learning. 2. Detailed Description of the Learning Activity Through this activity, the following learning outcome is expected to be achieved: To express among a video, experiences in English using linguistic structures and vocabulary according to the level, taking exercises and readings from the online content as a reference.
The activity consists of:
With the development of this learning guide, the student will improve the English skills through his/her participation in the STT’s, the development of the audios and recording a video.
The following materials and resources are required for the development of this activity: • Modules 6, 7, 8 and 9 from the E-book. • Sanchez, L.(2021). Universidad Nacional Abierta y a Distancia. OVI Simple Future Taken From: https://repository.unad.edu.co/handle/10596/44518 • British Council (2021). Simple Future. Domina el futuro Simple. https://www.britishcouncil.org.mx/blog/future- simple • British Council (2016) [Obligation and Advice] Taken from: https://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/grammar/begi nner-grammar/have- must-should-obligation-advice • Education First (2023). Past continuous. Past continuos. https://www.ef.com.co/recursos-aprender- ingles/gramatica-inglesa/past-continuous/
To develop this activity, follow these steps:
Step 1: Student’s talking Time (STT) or meet with your tutor
For this step you have 2 options: Option A: Participate in two (2) STT (See the schedule in the activity forum). During each STT, the tutor in charge will take a moment to indicate the evidence that you must include in your work as assistance to the STT. (Be it an image, answer to some questions, complete a text according to what you did, etc.) Therefore, you must be attentive throughout the workshop when the tutor gives you that instruction. STT __#__ Date: Topic: Tutor: Evidence asked in the STT:
Option B: Organize a meeting with your tutor, in this space you can practice your pronunciation of the topic you chose for the video.
Step 2: keep improving your skills.
In this step the student is going to listen the audios at least 3 times, then you are going to record with your voice each paragraph. Upload the audios in the forum to receive a feedback from your tutor. We suggest to use Vocaroo to record your voice. Here is a tutorial about how to use Vocaroo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=osf04srJ3Ew
Asado Huilense This dish is part of the culture of the region. Its ingredients include scallions, garlic, crushed guava, ground cloves, coriander seeds, nutmeg, ground cumin, fresh thyme, fresh bay leaves, fresh oregano, salt, sour orange juice, sugar, water and marinated meat with beer. It is served cold and accompanied by fresh baked arepas and masato or corn beer.
Caterine Ibargüen Caterine Ibargüen was born in Apartadó Antioquia, she then moved to Turbo with her mother. In Turbo she played volleyball, because of her talent; she was invited to train at the Atanasio Girardot Sport Complex in Medellin. She specialized in high jump, long jump and triple jump. She is an Olympic medallist and world champion. Step 3: The Video – Experience an activity. Choose 1 topic – Just ONE Topic 1: The Fortune Teller. If you choose this topic: You are a fortune teller, tell us 10 things that will or are going to happen in 20 years. • Record a video telling your predictions for the next 20 years. • Topic: The Fortune teller. • Name of the video: The Fortune teller_(name)_. • Length of the video: 2 – 5 minutes max. Video Conditions: • Introduce yourself at the beginning. • Record the video in a luminous place and with good sound. • You have to appear in the video most of the time. • You can use photos to support your speech in the presentation.
Topic 2: The doctor / fitness coach
If you choose this topic: you are a doctor or a fitness coach, you are going to give suggestions and obligations to have a healthy life or prevent an illness. • Record a video about how to have a healthy live or prevent an illness. • Name of the video: The doctor or fitness coach_____(name)_____. • Length of the video: 2 – 5 minutes max. Video Conditions: • Introduce yourself at the beginning. • Record the video in a luminous place and with good sound. • You have to appear in the video most of the time. • You can use photos to support your speech in the presentation. Topic 3: The Newshound. If you choose this topic: You are a newshound, you are going to select 3 news stories from the country or the world and you are going to tell us about them. • Record a video with 3 stories from the country or the world. • Topic: The Newshound • Name of the video: The newshound__(your name)____. • Length of the video: 2 – 5 minutes max. Video Conditions: • Introduce yourself at the beginning. • Record the video in a luminous place and with good sound. • You have to appear in the video most of the time. • You can use photos to support your speech in the presentation. You also can practice the pronunciation with: Natural readers: www.naturalreaders.com Readloud: https://readloud.net/
Step 4 Self-assessment: reflection and personal growth
Esta etapa está orientada a su reflexión y crecimiento personal donde usted como estudiante debe realizar una autoevaluación en español: Cada estudiante va a escribir un texto donde exprese: • ¿Participó de los STT? • Si participó de estos espacios, ¿cómo se sintió? • Si no asistió, ¿Cuál fue la razón? • ¿Cómo se sintió con el desarrollo de la actividad? • ¿Qué cree usted que debe hacer para mejorar la pronunciación en inglés? • ¿Cómo cree que esta actividad le aportó a su proceso académico? • ¿Cómo cree usted que los estudiantes participarían más en este tipo de actividades? 3. Guidelines for Developing and Submitting Learning Evidence
Learning evidence refers to the actions, products, or observable processes
that are done or delivered to demonstrate acquired capabilities, skills, aptitudes, and attitudes. These serve to allow the teacher to assess and evaluate student performance effectively. The evidence to be developed individually are: • Front page. • Participation in the STT or meet with your tutor. • The 2 audios • Link of the video. • Answer the questions of reflection and personal growth. The evidence to be developed collaboratively are: • No collaborative evidence is required in this activity. For developing and submitting evidence, please consider the following guidelines: 1. All group members must participate with their contributions in the development of the activity.
2. Each group should designate one member to be responsible for
submitting the requested product in the environment specified by the teacher.
3. Before submitting the requested product, the group should check that it complies with all the requirements indicated in this activity guide.
4. Only group members who have actively contributed during the
allocated time for the activity should be included as authors of the requested product. Please note that all individual or group written products must comply with “spelling and mechanics” standards and the submission conditions defined in this activity guide. Regarding the use of references, consider that the product of this activity must comply with the standards of APA. In any case, comply with the referencing standards and avoid academic plagiarism. To do so, you can support yourself by reviewing your written products using the Turnitin tool available in the virtual campus. 4. Academic Situations Consider that in Agreement 029 of December 13, 2013, Article 99, the following actions are considered as offenses against academic order, among others: item e) "Plagiarism, that is, presenting as one's own the entirety or part of a work, paper, document, or invention created by another person. It also includes the use of false citations or references, or proposing citations where there is no match between the citation and the reference," and item f) "Reproducing or copying, for profit, educational materials or results of research products that have intellectual property rights reserved for the University." The academic sanctions that the student will face are as follows: a) In cases of proven academic fraud in the respective academic work or evaluation, the grade imposed will be zero points without prejudice to the corresponding disciplinary sanction. b) In cases related to proven plagiarism in academic work of any nature, the grade imposed will be zero points, without prejudice to the corresponding disciplinary sanction.
