English 3

Oral production activity # 3

Week: 11 Unit: 9
Course: English 3
Topic: unreal situations
Communicative function: Talking about unreal situations
Interaction: Individual
Target language:
a. adjectives
b. unreal conditionals
c. language banks from Week 9’s online sessions
Length of video: Your video should last from 2’ to 3´ (2 to 3 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 “unlisted” so your
teacher can view it, but not strangers on the internet.
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 during week 9.
You must upload your video or paste the link to your video on Blackboard (Unit 9 file) by Sunday, June 7th
2020 at 23:59 p.m.

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ORAL PRODUCTION TASK INSTRUCTIONS

 English 3

Think about all the possible answers to this question: If you were powerful enough to change
the world, what would you change?

Then, record yourself on video telling us at least 3 things that you would do.
Explain why, how, when, where, etc.
Question taken from EnglishPost.org

PROCEDURE

 Before
Reviewrecording
unit 9 on English Discoveries.
 Read and do exercises in Use of English files (unit 9) on Blackboard.
 Do exercises from unit 9 Practice resource files on Blackboard.
 Watch unit 9 class recordings on Blackboard.
 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 unit 9.
 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.
 Show objects, pictures or other people doing things, if necessary.

After recording

 Test your video works well before uploading it. If you use an external service like YouTube, also
test the link before posting it. 
 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 9 on Blackboard.
 Check you have submitted your assignment in Review submission history (Revisar historial de
envíos).