speaking guide 16-01

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UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AB IERTA Y A DISTANCIA – UNAD

Instituto Virtual de Lenguas - INVILPrograma: Programa Nacional de inglésCurso: Inglés 3 - 90121Campo de formación: Componente Básico ComúnTipo de curso: Teórico-PrácticoCréditos: Dos (2)

SPEAKING ASSIGNMENT

ACTIVITY GUIDE

Objective:

The goal of the speaking activity is to express ideas about real life

situations accurately and efficiently based on the contents studied in the course.

Specific objectives:

You are expected to:

Take part of an interview.

Talk about personal background.

Make use of good, accurate Pronunciation.

Make proper use of grammar and vocabulary learned in the course.

Listen to questions and instructions and respond accordingly.

Topic: Talk about an important moment based on the given topics.

Learning strategy:

You will have the chance to increase your speaking ability through the

preparation and presentation of an oral interview based on the contents learnt.

The speaking activity will have two sections:

1. Speaking assignment FORUM

Expected outcomes in the forum 30 points):

The participation in the forum will be assessed based on the comments and answers given by you.

Score : 100 points


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Procedure and instructions:

1. Post a photograph -in which you should appear- of an important moment you have

lived before with your family, your friends, at work, in a trip, at a party, or any othersituation that you want to share.

2.

After posting the photograph, you willrecord an MP3 audio 1 minute)

telling what

was happening at that time and answering to the following questions. Then you will

share it in the forum:

a.

When did it happen?

b.

Why is that moment important for you?

c.

Who were you living that moment with?

d.

How did you feel at that time?

e. What did you learn from that experience?

3.

Additionally, you will write 2 meaningful comments about two of your partners’

photographs and stories.

1. Speaking assignment INTERVIEW 70 points)

Expected outcomes in the interview

As a closing part of the activity, you will have an interview

with your tutor about an important moment in your life.

This interview will be carried out via Skype. This will be a

realistic scenario of everyday English, in which you will

use the topics below.


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Procedure:

The interview consists of two parts; personal introduction and a conversation about one of

the given topics.

1. Personal introduction.

A short introduction about yourself where you tell your tutor your name, age, place of

birth, job, address, marital status, phone number, hobbies, and other information you

want to include.

2. Important moment.

On the day of the interview your tutor will present some topics for you to perform your

activity. Talk about an important moment based on the topics presented by the tutor

(keeping in mind that you will have to use mostly past tenses). Your tutor will ask

questions according to your story.

The topics are:

Example of an interview:

Tutor So Juan, you need to choose a topic from the ones I have here for you to talk about.

Student Ok, I choose the one about my birthday.

Tutor

Ok cool! What important moment do you have about this particular topic?

Student

Well, about this topic, if there is something in my life that I could not forget, it would

be my 18th birthday. I learned the true value of friendship at that point of life. Since I was a

small child, I did not like birthday parties as it was tedious. I dislike crowds and peoplefussing over me. It can be annoying when many people tried to be nice on that particular

day. Well, my perception on birthday changed completely on my 18th birthday…

Tutor Ok, that’s great, continue please!

Student

Yes, something unexpected happened and whenever I think about that day, it puts

a smile on my face…

Your birthday Your wedding

Your graduation from high school/university Your first trip abroad

Your school days Your child’s birth

Other


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Tutor Why? What happened?

GENERAL PROCEDURE AND INSTRUCTIONS:

For the interview you will need to have the necessary virtual tools such as headphones,

microphone, webcam and a good internet connection.

Before the interview you will be required to register in a google drive, where you will

choose a date and a time for the interview established by the tutor.

To register your interview date in the drive you should include ID number, full name,

group number, email address and Skype username.

It is important to log in to the Skype at least 10 minutes before the interview in order to

guarantee that the required elements function properly.

Important: For the interview and as a security measure it is mandatory to present your ID

Cédula y carnet de la UNAD) and to use webcam.

SPEAKING ASSIGNMENT

1. SPEAKING ASSIGNMENT FORUM 2. SPEAKING ASSIGNMENT INTERVIEW

Post a photograph and

record a MP3 audio

telling what was

happening in that

moment and

answering the

questions.

a. When did this happen?

b. Is this moment important for you? Why?

c. Who were you living that moment with?

d. How did you feel in at momento?

Write 2

meaningful

comments

about two of

your partners’

photographs.

Personal Introduction Important moment

A short introduction

about yourself.

On the day of the

interview you will talk

about an important

moment based on thetopics presented. Your

tutor will ask questions

according to your story.

- Your birthday - Your wedding - Your graduation

from high school/university - Your first trip abroad -

Your school days - Your child’ s birth - Other

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