ACTIVITY GUIDE Course: Language Forms and Functions

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551019 – Language Forms and Functions
Activity Guide
Collaborative Task U1 March 3rd 2015
ACTIVITY GUIDE
Course: Language Forms and Functions
Code: 551019
Topic: Language Forms Prezi Presentation
Learning Strategy: Collaborative
Timeline: March 3rd 2015 to March 28th 2015
Score: 100 points
FORMATIVE INTENTION: In this academic guide you will find the instructions for
your Collaborative Task U1: Make a Prezi presentation or a similar online presentation.
The assignment will be graded according to the EVALUATION RUBRIC taking into
account the strict adherence to what is required in each one of the activities described in
this guide.
APPROACH: The activity focuses on the Task Based Language Learning (TBLL). The
task is used by the student in order to master some concepts.
PURPOSE: The development of this activity will allow the interaction of the students in
the small collaborative group and promote the analysis of the course contents to complete
first individual and then group work so that to encourage team work and group agreement.
COMPETENCES:
The students argue the existing parameters with respect to characteristics of the Language
Functions, and their effect in their Language learning Process in order to unify precise
criteria by putting into consideration a series of contributions in collaborative work.
Communicative Competences: Students argue and appropriate concepts and definitions
related to Language Forms, Language Learning and its challenges.
DESCRIPTION: This activity has been designed in order to verify your understanding
and comprehension of the topics in your Language Forms and Functions course. Here as a
group the students agree on the top three more difficult topics of the English Language
Forms for them as learners from the ones discussed in the e-book used corresponding to
Unit1.
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551019 – Language Forms and Functions
Activity Guide
Collaborative Task U1 March 3rd 2015
BACKGROUND KNOWLEDGE:
1. Review the course material and write your personal summary of the three most difficult
aspects from the ones that appear in the first e-book “The nature of language”. Include
the three main topics and most relevant information related to why they are difficult for
you as a learner.
INSTRUCTIONS:
PART A. INDIVIDUAL WORK:
1. Post those impression in the forum to generate an academic discussion.
2. Post your first individual contribution before March 5th so others students can comment
your participation on time.
PART B. GROUP WORK:
3. Discuss and give feedback to all your e-mates’ contributions (at least 50 words). Think
about the nature of your comments and the final outcome of the activity.
4. As a group decide and agree on the make the top three more difficult topics from those
discussed previously to be sent as the final product for this collaborative task.
LEARNING STRATEGY
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Decide and divide the role each member of the group is going to have.
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Each student has to share their individual contribution in the forum Collaborative
Task1 available in the Collaborative Environment. This forum will allow the
interaction of all members of the small collaborative group and the strengthening of
group skills.
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Each student has to work individually to upload their work to the corresponding forum:
Collaborative Task1
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Submit your first individual contribution before March 6h 2015.
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Select the three most difficult Topics to learn for all members of the group based on
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551019 – Language Forms and Functions
Activity Guide
Collaborative Task U1 March 3rd 2015
your discussions and reflections about each one.
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Offer teaching possibilities to help learners with those difficult topics.
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The Group Leader uploads a PDF (or word) document with the LINK (making sure it
can be opened, so send ID/password if required) to the presentation through the
Evaluation Environment, according to the directions in this activity guide.
STEPS TO FOLLOW TO DO THIS TASK:
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Read this activity guide carefully and thoroughly so you can complete this task on time
and get excellent results.
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Send the link to your presentation.
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The final product has to be sent in PDF format. Name your final product:
CollaborativeTask1_GroupNumber.pdf.
Example: CollaborativeTask1_Group10.pdf
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Participate in the forum at least three (3) times: introduce yourself, share your work and
give an opinion about your e-mates’ contributions. Remember to write at least 50 words
in your comments.
III. CONTENT CRITERIA
1. Students who are not actively involved in this collaborative assignment, will
automatically get a zero (0.0) as score for this activity.
2. The socialization of the contributions to be shared in the assigned forum and the
submission of the final product on time will be assessed in the evaluation rubric.
3. Students submitting products
from
other classmates,
get a zero (0.0) as score.
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551019 – Language Forms and Functions
Activity Guide
Collaborative Task U1 March 3rd 2015
4. Assignments will be graded according to the Evaluation Rubric.
IV. FINAL PRODUCT:
A Prezi (or similar) Presentation that the Group Leader uploads a PDF (or word) document
with the LINK (making sure it can be opened, so send ID/password if required) to the
presentation through the Evaluation Environment, according to the directions in this
activity guide.
V. APA GUIDELINES: You have to follow these guidelines at all times, as expressed
by the university:
Hace alusión a los criterios de formales para la presentación del documento escrito y los
cuales se recomiendan incorporar en la rúbrica de evaluación. Son los siguientes: (Tomados
de la norma APA, versión 3 en Español como traducción de la versión 6 en Inglés)
Se espera que los estudiantes realicen paso a paso cada una de los paso/componente
presentados anteriormente y que entreguen un solo informe de manera grupal desde los
siguientes criterios
(1)
Editor de texto MS Word para Windows
(2)
Fuente: Times New Roman
(3)
Tamaño fuente: 12
(4)
Espacio entre líneas (2).
(5)
Márgenes: izquierda, derecha, superior e inferior de 2,56 cm.
(6)
Títulos en la fuente, tamaño 12 y centrado.
(7)
Subtítulos en cursiva, tamaño 12, espacio 2 y alineado al margen izquierdo.
(8)
Registre todas las referencias de las fuentes bibliográficas, cibergráficas y
hemerográficas que le darán soporte teórico, conceptual y metodológico a su trabajo de
investigación.
(9)
El trabajo debe presentarse acorde al formato tanto individual como grupal
entregado en anexos.
No se debe presentar en formato PDF, ya que no permite la información de retorno por
parte del docente.
RESOURCES:
Course Agenda.
e-book
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