UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL ABIERTA Y A DISTANCIA – UNAD
School of Education – Bachelor of Arts in English as a Foreign Language
551035 – Colombian Education
Act. 10: Collaborative Work Unit 2 – Activity Guide
Designed by Liliana Moreno
ACTIVITY 10
COLLABORATIVE WORK UNIT 2 – ACTIVITY GUIDE
The Collaborative Work 2 aims students internalize knowledge of Unit 2 contents of
the course.
Topics: Bilingualism, Globalization, and Conflict Facing Education System
General aspects: Understanding of contents of Unit 2 about bilingual education in
Colombia, and the influence of globalization and violence in Colombian general
educational system.
Outcome: Students reflect about the proposed topics and present their ideas in a
mind map.
Score: 50 points
PROCEDURE
Before starting this activity, you should have read Unit 2 of the course:
Bilingualism, Globalization, and Conflict Facing Education System. Each
chapter of this unit focuses on a main topic: bilingualism, globalization and conflict.
Think about these three phenomena and how they affect Colombian education.
Based on these contents, some questions could be asked:
1. What does it mean to be bilingual in Colombia?
2. What would be the ideal scenario for a bilingual program in Colombia to
be successful?
3. What is the meaning of “Students are seen as a monolithic population”?
4. What are the main critics to the National Bilingualism Program?
5. Is education in Colombia independent to what happens worldwide?
6. How is globalization connected to education, language and policy in
Colombia?
7. What is cultural globalization and how it affects educational contexts?
8. What is the relationship between transnational agendas and education in
Colombia?
UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL ABIERTA Y A DISTANCIA – UNAD
School of Education – Bachelor of Arts in English as a Foreign Language
551035 – Colombian Education
Act. 10: Collaborative Work Unit 2 – Activity Guide
Designed by Liliana Moreno
9. How does armed conflict affect education in rural and urban areas?
10. How do some children in Colombia relate to armed conflict?
11. What is the relationship between society, education and violence?
12. What could be the description of some anti-violence initiatives in
Colombia?
As you can see, the above questions can be classified in the three main topics of
Unit 2. Choose three of the above questions. Your selection can take three
questions on the same topic (bilingualism – globalization – conflict), or one
question per topic.
Show your ideas and reflections about the three selected questions in a mind map
(http://www.emeraldinsight.com/learning/study_skills/skills/mind_maps.htm). You
choose how to name the central idea of your mind map. You can even use a
creative name.
A mind map allows you to visually outline information. Different kinds of software
are found to build mind maps on the web. If possible, include images in your mind
map in order to reinforce your ideas.
If you do not know any program, you can go to http://www.mapmyself.com/#, which
is a friendly tool to build mind maps including pictures.
When you have your mind map ready, save it as a “jpg” file and post it in the forum.
In your message write a brief introduction to your mind map, indicating the three
questions you selected, and invite your partners to make comments to it.
You should make at least two meaningful comments to your peers’ mind maps.
Each comment must have at least 100 words, so simplistic replies should be
avoided.
If you have any questions, ask your tutor through the course internal mail.
UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL ABIERTA Y A DISTANCIA – UNAD
School of Education – Bachelor of Arts in English as a Foreign Language
551035 – Colombian Education
Act. 10: Collaborative Work Unit 2 – Evaluation Rubric
Designed by Liliana Moreno
COLLABORATIVE WORK UNIT 2 – EVALUATION RUBRIC
ITEM
LOWER
ASSESSMENT
Content of mind
map
Pragmatic
competence
MIDDLE
ASSESSMENT
HIGHEST
ASSESSMENT
The mind map
includes the answer
to two of the
proposed questions
The mind map includes
enough content to
answer three of the
proposed questions
4 points
8 points
The mind map is not
clear enough to
explain the student’s
points of view and
reflections about the
topics, or not enough
branches are
included
The mind map outlines
the student’s reflections
and critical thinking
accurately on the three
chosen questions,
including several
branches
SCORE
8
20
20 points
10 points
Relevance of
pictures
English writing
skills
The mind map does
not include any
pictures to reinforce
its contents
0 points
The mind map shows
a high level of
inattention towards
English spelling and
grammar
The mind map
includes only one or
two pictures
The mind map includes
relevant pictures to
reinforce its contents
4 points
8 points
The text in the mind
map includes several
spelling or grammar
mistakes
The text in the mind map
does not have any
spelling nor grammar
problems
6 points
12 points
There is a message
when attaching or
posting the mind
map, but it does not
point the three
selected questions
When attaching the mind
map in the forum, there is
a brief description of it in
the message, indicating
the three selected
answers
3 points
7 points
Comments to peers’
contributions are not
meaningful or they do
not have at least 100
words
There are at least two
meaningful comments to
peers’ contributions, and
each comment is 100
words minimum
5 points
10 points
8
12
0 points
Post in the forum
Social interaction
in the forum
(Sociolinguistic
competence)
No comments were
made to peers’
individual
contributions
7
10
0 points
TOTAL AVAILABLE POINTS
65