551015-Course Integrated Activity Guide

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UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL ABIERTA Y A DISTANCIA UNADSchool of Education BA in English as a Foreign Language551015 English ConversationCourse Integrated Activity Guide

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551015 English ConversaionTas! Base" Learning

Course General Activity Guide

he follo!ing is the general activity guide for your English Conversation course"#ou !ill find here the guidelines to i$%rove your English s%ea&ing s&ills 'yinteracting in the different settings or environ$ents( colla'orative !or&environ$ent) %ractical !or& environ$ent and assess$ent and $onitoringenviron$ent" he course general learning strategy is tas&*'ased learning" Byacco$%lishing different tas&s you !ill have to de$onstrate high levels of accuracy)fluency) %ronunciation) and voca'ulary in your English s%ea&ing a'ility"

#eneral To$i%s&Strategies to i$%rove s%ea&ing s&ills) %hrasal ver's) collocations) idio$s) culturalto%ics) linguistic issues) training for s%ea&ing $odule of CAE) i$%ortance of onlinelearning co$$unities to enhance $eaningful learning"

Learning Sraeg'&as& 'ased learning *

Conens&

Pre-Knowledge and Recognition Course Stage.............................................2 +revious ,no!ledge -ui...............................................................................2

/ideo Creation............................................................................................. 2

Unit 1 Fostering speaking skills troug interaction.................................4

+hrasal /er's -ui........................................................................................4

Synchronic e'ate( Controversial linguistic issues.............................................4

Live Cultural +resentation..............................................................................5

Unit ! Preparing to "eco#e an independent $nglis user troug CA$ . 7

Collocations -ui........................................................................................... 7

Intervie!( Certificate in Advanced English Ea$ 2S%ea&ing $odule3....................7

+resenting +oints of /ie! 2/oicehread3..........................................................8

Unit % $nancing tea#work troug a virtual learning co##unity........9

Idio$s -ui...................................................................................................9

Acade$ic e'ate......................................................................................... 9

LILE 4nline Learning Co$$unity..................................................................10


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Pre-Knowledge and Recognition ourse Stage

(revio)s *no+le"ge ,)i-

S%ore& 10 %ointsS%he")le& August 5th August 6th

Seing& Assess$ent

In the &no!ledge environ$ent) do!nload the follo!ing docu$ent( Leaver) BettyLou) 7adeline Ehr$an) and Boris She&ht$an" 8E%ilogue( fro$ here to there(attaining near*native %roficiency8) Achieving Success in Second Language

Acquisition" 1st ed" Ca$'ridge"

After reading it thoroughly) go to the assess.en seingand %erfor$ the testcalled (re/!no+le"ge" his !ill 'e useful for you to activate your $etacognitivestrategies to strengthen fluency in the foreign language"

Vi"eo Creaion

S%ore& 15 %ointsS%he")le& August 5th August 6th

Seing& +ractice 9or& Setting

his first %ractical !or& in English Conversation Course corres%onds to the stageof %re*&no!ledge and course recognition" he %ur%ose of this activity is studentsintroduce the$selves and e%ress their ideas on ho! to reinforce their advancedEnglish s%ea&ing s&ills through a video"

To$i%s&Introductions and $etacognitive reflections on ho! to i$%rove s%ea&ings&ills throughout the course"

Oe%ive&Students de$onstrate their current English s%ea&ing level and reflecton ho! it !ill have i$%roved 'y the end of the course"

O)%o.e&Individual video creation and %u'lication on #ouu'e"

(ro%e")re&

:sing your !e' ca$ or a video ca$era) $a&e a ;*$inute video to introduceyourself to %eers and tutor and e%ress your ideas after reflecting on ho! toi$%rove your advanced English s&ills"


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1" Based on the reading of the e%ilogue of the e*'oo&(Achieving Success inSecond Language Ac


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end) this resource $ust sho! your %rogress fro$ inde%endent to %roficient Englishuser in regards of oral %roduction s&ills"


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Unit 1 Fostering speaking skills troug interaction

(hrasal Vers ,)i-

S%ore& =0 %ointsS%he")le& August @th 4cto'er 1st

Seing& Assess$ent

he tas& !ill allo! you to reinforce your &no!ledge a'out %hrasal ver's" In the!no+le"ge seing) do!nload and go to the follo!ing sources(

Collin) +" 2nd3" Check Your English Vocabulary for FCE.A CBlac&"

English Clu' 201=3" Phrasal Verbs List.

ud.&a*4styn) B" 200=3" ord Po!er Phrasal Verbs and Co"#ounds$ A CognitiveA##roach. Berlin( E:

4nce you consider your &no!ledge a'out %hrasal ver's has i$%roved) go to theassess.en seingand %erfor$ the ten*


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In the introduction to the foru$ of this activity) you have access to a Google rive

s%readsheet for you to register in one of the scheduled !e'*conference de'atesa'out a linguistic controversial to%ic"

he registration s%readsheet includes( date) hour) to%ic) video) and lin& to accessthe !e'*conference" For each of the %ro%osed to%ics) there is a video you should!atch 'efore the de'ate" Li&e!ise) you should have at least five


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;" In the (ra%i%e 4or! Seing2Entorno de traba'o #r(ctico3 you !ill have aforu$ availa'le to share your


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Unit ! Preparing to "eco#e an independent $nglis

user troug A$

Collo%aions ,)i-

S%ore& =0 %ointsS%he")le& 4cto'er 1st 4cto'er =0th

Seing& Assess$ent

Another of the as%ects that !ill $a&e your s%ea&ing s$oother is the accurate useof collocations" In the &no!ledge environ$ent get fa$iliar !ith collocations !ith thefollo!ing resources(

Bro!n) C" 20063"%usiness Collocations"

Farro&h) +" aising A!areness of Collocation in ESLHEFL Classroo$s"

ournal of Studies in Education* /2=3) 55*@;"

Shoe'otto$) +" 201=3" Collocation"

hen go to the assess$ent environ$ent and %erfor$ the


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(resening (oins o2 Vie+ 6Voi%eThrea"8

S%ore& ;0 %oints

S%he")le& 4cto'er 1st 4cto'er =rd

Seing& +ractice 9or& Setting

(ro%e")re&It is ti$e for you to get involved in an interactive activity to train yourself for thes%ea&ing $odule of the international Ca$'ridge ea$ called Certificate in

Advanced English 1CAE2* !hich certificates %eo%les English level at C1" 4ne ofthe sessions of this $odule is the $anage$ent of your discourse in order tocolla'orate !ith others"

1" #ou should &no! $ore a'out this international ea$ first" In the ,no!ledge

Setting 2Entorno de conoci"iento3) find the follo!ing useful resources a'out it(

Ca$'ridge English Language Assess$ent 201=3" 0o! to #re#are

for Ca"bridge English$ Advanced 1CAE2.

horn'ury) Scott) and iana Slade" 8he discourse features ofconversation8) Conversation" 1st ed" Ca$'ridge( Ca$'ridge:niversity +ress) 00?" 10@*1;1" Ca"bridge %ooks &nline.

" 4%en an account at /oicehread" 2htt%(HHvoicethread"co$3" In the foru$ of thisactivity your tutor !ill %ost the lin& for the discussion thread of your %articulargrou%" his tool allo!s conversations in the cloud" #our tutor !ill %ost t!o%hotogra%hs in this tool and !ill %rovide s%ecific indications of !hat you aree%ected to tal& a'out in the tool" #ou $ust co$$ent only according toindications" ont add infor$ation or co$$ents you are not re


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Unit % $nancing tea#work troug a virtual

learning co##unity

I"io.s ,)i-

S%ore& =0 %ointsS%he")le& 4cto'er Dth ove$'er Dth

Seing& Assess$ent

he use of idio$s is a good !ay to i$%rove your English s%ea&ing s&ills" In the&no!ledge setting get involved !ith this to%ic throughout the follo!ing resources(

Idio$ Connection 201=3" hat is an 3dio"4

Idio$ Site 201=3"

Stal&er) A" 200D3" &ne and &nly Sa". A Story E5#laining 3dio"s forChildren !ith As#erger Syndro"e. London( Nessica ,insley +u'lishers"

4nce you consider your &no!ledge a'out idio$s has i$%roved $eaningfully) go tothe assess$ent environ$ent and %erfor$ the ten*


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he tea$s cannot 'e changed" In the chart you can reach the $e$'ers ofeach tea$ as !ell as their S&y%e I"

" Contact the $e$'ers of your tea$ as soon as %ossi'le and agree a'out theto%ic) date and ti$e of the de'ate" Enter the nu$'er of your tea$ in thes%ace according to your choice" here are 6 tea$s and 6 availa'le dates forthe de'ate"

=" he set date and ti$e) all the $e$'ers of the tea$ $ust access the lin& ofthe !e' conference %rovided in the a'ove Google rive"

Se$s an" R)les o2 he Deae

a" Each student in 'oth %arts 2%ro and con3 !ill have ; to 5 $inutes to$a&e their o%ening state$ents" he %ro %art !ill al!ays 'e first"

'" Each %art !ill $eet for 5 $inutes through S&y%e or in an inde%endentroo$ fro$ the !e' conference to %re%are the re'uttal and a


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Ba%!gro)n"&

Along English Conversation Course you have had the o%%ortunity to 'e e%osed toreal conversation stuff through LILE 4nline Conversation Co$$unity" Everyhursday fro$ ?(=0 to @(=0 %$) these encounters conducted 'y a native s%ea&erhave 'een a suita'le s%ace to interchange ideas a'out cultural to%ics"

he !ay to i$%rove s%ea&ing s&ills is 'y %roviding as $any discussion s%aces as%ossi'le to have live s%ea&ing discussions through the use of infor$ation andco$$unication technologies 2!e' conference3"

By the ti$e you get to this activity) you should have %artici%ated actively in at leastt!o encounters %er $onth) for a total of at least 6 encounters in the !hole ter$"

herefore) the 6 %artici%ations !ill su$ u% a total of ;0 %oints 25 %oints each3"

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Belonging to an online learning co$$unity %rovides lots of advantages to enhance$eaningful learning"

1" In the ,no!ledge Setting 2Entorno de conoci$iento3) go over the follo!ingdocu$ent for you to 'uild &no!ledge around the i$%ortance of online learningco$$unities"

aythornth!aite) Caroline" 8Building Social et!or&s /ia Co$%uteret!or&s( Creating and Sustaining istri'uted Learning

Co$$unities8) %uilding Virtual Co""unities" Ed" enninger) ," Ann)

and 9esley Shu$ar" 1st ed" Ca$'ridge( Ca$'ridge :niversity +ress)

00" %%" 15D*1D0" Ca"bridge %ooks &nline" 9e'" 15 Nuly 01;"

" he online learning co$$unity holds !ee&ly encounters) !here differentcultural to%ics are discussed" he schedule has 'een %u'lished in the coursee!s Foru$) !here you !ill find dates) to%ics and in%ut to 'e addressed 'eforeeach encounter"

=" It is e%ected your %artici%ations to 'e $eaningful" It is not enough to login inthe !e'*conference for >ust to listen or to 'e a %assive s%ectator" #ou should 'eactively involved in the discussions" 4ther!ise) your %artici%ation !ould not 'egraded and useful for this activity"

;" In the Assess$ent Setting 2Entorno de evaluaci)n3 u%load a docu$ent !ith achart !here all your %artici%ations on hursdays encounters have 'eenregistered" he follo!ing is a $odel of the chart(


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Nr. DateTime oflogging

in

Time oflogging

out

Topic of

Encounter

QuantitativeSelf-Assessment

(1 to 5)Qualitative Self Assessment !servations

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

If you %artici%ated in $ore than 6 encounters along the ter$) you should also

register the$ in the chart" In the Self*Assess$ent colu$n) %lease !rite do!na 'rief descri%tion of your %artici%ation in the encounter" 9ere you activelyinvolved in the discussion) or !ere you >ust a listener #our s%ea&ing ti$e in theencounter !as too short) >ust 4,) or enough 9hy

5" For each encounter in !hich you $a&e an effort to 'e actively involved in thediscussion) you !ill get five %oints" So that) at the end of the ter$ you !ill haveu% to ;0 %oints for this %articular activity" For ea$%le) if you actively %artici%atein >ust = encounters) you !ill get 15 %oints out of ;0"

?" :%load your file 29ord3 !ith the chart in the Assess$ent setting in :nit = lin&(

LILE 4nline Learning Co$$unity" #ou should na$e the file( 2irs na.e iniial:las na.e;%o..)ni';en%o)ners2i"e" l$orenoKco$$unityKencounters3"

E/$or2olio 67o)rh enr'8( It is ti$e to go 'ac& to your e*%ortfolio in theAssess$ent setting 2Entorno de evaluaci)n3" 9rite there your reflections on the%artici%ation in an acade$ic de'ate" as %artici%ation in LILE 4nline learningco$$unity hel%ed to strengthen your English s%ea&ing s&ills Are idio$s i$%ortantto reinforce your co$$unication in English e$e$'er that the construction ofyour e*%ortfolio !ill have score at the end of the course) as %art of the course finalea$ 2;0 %oints out of 153"

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