UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL ABIERTA Y A DISTANCIA – UNAD
School of Education – Bachelor of Arts in English as a Foreign Language
551017 – Phonetics and Phonology
Act. 10: Collaborative Work Unit 2 – Activity Guide /Evaluation Rubric
ACTIVITY 10
COLLABORATIVE WORK UNIT 2 – ACTIVITY GUIDE
The Collaborative Work Unit 2 aims to allow students transfer knowledge of Unit 2
contents of the course.
Topics: Phonemes – Minimal pairs – Features – Allophones – Syllables – Clusters –
Constraints on syllable formation – Syllable perception – Syllabic consonants – Word
stress – Intonation - Emphasis
General aspects: Revision of contents of Unit 2 about production of English sounds
– Getting familiar with word stress and intonation – Recording an audio to produce
sentences applying theoretical concepts about tonic syllable, emphasis, minimal
pairs, and intonation.
Learning strategy: Collaborative work – Applying the rules for syllables, clusters,
sonority, word stress and intonation.
Outcome: This activity has two stages: Written (group) and Oral production
(individual). Written work will be developed collaboratively and aims students getting
familiar with rules of English sounds through application of theory about syllables,
clusters, sonority. Then, in a second stage students will record a text producing word
stress and intonation accurately.
Score: 65 points
Date: Check course schedule
UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL ABIERTA Y A DISTANCIA – UNAD
School of Education – Bachelor of Arts in English as a Foreign Language
551017 – Phonetics and Phonology
Act. 10: Collaborative Work Unit 2 – Activity Guide /Evaluation Rubric
PROCEDURE
A. Written stage (Group work)
Your tutor will open two themes in the forum. In the “Written stage” topic you should
follow these directions:
1. Get familiar with the contents of unit 2. Use all the webconferences recordings
and the resources in the virtual learning environment.
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American English Pronunciation: http://pronuncian.com/Sounds/Default.aspx?
Learning the sounds:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/grammar/pron/sounds/
English Accent Coach: http://www.englishaccentcoach.com/
2. Download the attached Word file in the forum called “Collaborative_Work2Exercises”.
NOTICE: The exercises 1 to 6 are to be developed in the group stage work;
meanwhile, exercises 7 to 9 are for the individual stage (oral production).
3. The group decides on the way each member will participate. Certain number of
exercises can be assigned to each member of the team, for example.
4. Every student in the group must upload in a Word file his/her individual
contribution in the forum “Written stage”, giving answer to the chosen questions.
The file must be named: first name+last name_act10_group+number of group
(e.g. lilianamoreno_act10_group15). Everybody in the group should comment
partners’ contributions.
5. When the whole group is sure that all questions (1 to 6) have been answered, the
group leader must assemble all contributions in one Word file, with a front page
including only the names of students who made contributions to the group. This
file must be named: Act10_Group+number of group (e.g. Act10_Group15).
Remember that this document must include all the requested exercises (1 to 6)
from the attached word file in the forum that your tutor opened.
UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL ABIERTA Y A DISTANCIA – UNAD
School of Education – Bachelor of Arts in English as a Foreign Language
551017 – Phonetics and Phonology
Act. 10: Collaborative Work Unit 2 – Activity Guide /Evaluation Rubric
B. Oral production stage
Your tutor will open two themes in the forum. In the “Oral production stage” topic you
should follow these directions:
1. Each person in the group must answer individually questions 7 to 9 from the
attached word file in the forum that your tutor opened. Write the required
sentences and post them in the forum “Oral production stage – Individual work”
to be checked and approved by your tutor before you record them. Send a
message to your tutor through the internal mail telling her you’ve already posted
your proposed sentences.
2. Once your tutor has checked your written answers to questions 8 and 9, record
the words from exercise 6, and the sentences in exercises 8 and 9, to practice
word tress, minimal pairs and intonation. At the beginning of the audio, you must
greet and say your name and group number. Then you read your sentences. At
the end, be thankful and say good-bye.
3. Before recording, practice the sentences as many times as possible for you to
guarantee a very good pronunciation, according to the correct production of
English sounds. Be careful with intonation in punctuation, tonic syllables, and
emphasis as well. If you have any doubts about how to pronounce some words,
look them up at the dictionary and apply correctly the phonetic symbols. You can
also use different software or web pages to listen to the pronunciation of the words
before you record it (for example, Google translator).
4. Record your audio using tools like “Grabadora de sonidos de Windows”, Audacity,
Adobe Audition, Vocaro, etc. Check the quality of your audio before you upload it
to the Oral production stage forum. Be sure it is clear enough to be listened, with
a good level of volume and no interference or noise in the background.
5. Name your audio: first name+lastname_audio_group+group number (e.g.
lilianamoreno_audio_group15), and upload in the forum “oral production stage”.
Its weight should not be higher than 2MB. When you attach your audio file, in the
body of your message include the sentences you recorded. Invite your partners
to comment your audio. Likewise, you should comment other people’s oral
contributions.
If you have any questions, ask your tutor through the course internal mail.
Remember that “procrastination is the bad habit of putting off until the day
after tomorrow what should have been done the day before yesterday.”
Napoleon Hill
UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL ABIERTA Y A DISTANCIA – UNAD
School of Education – Bachelor of Arts in English as a Foreign Language
551017 – Phonetics and Phonology
Act. 10: Collaborative Work Unit 2 – Activity Guide /Evaluation Rubric
COLLABORATIVE WORK UNIT 1 – EVALUATION RUBRIC
ITEM
Accuracy of
individual
contribution
in Written
stage
LOWER
ASSESSMENT
There is not and
individual
contribution in the
Written stage
0 points
MIDDLE
ASSESSMENT
There is an
individual
contribution but it
does not answer all
selected exercises
correctly
HIGHEST
ASSESSMENT
Individual contribution
in the Written stage
answers accurately
the selected exercises
from the ones required
SCORE
10
10 points
5 points
Individual
document
format
The individual
contribution is
uploaded but not in
the indicated forum
or it is not in a Word
file or it is not named
according to the
indications
The individual
contribution is
uploaded in the correct
forum (Written stage)
in a Word file,
including the selected
exercises and named
according to
indications
5
3 points
5 points
Social
interaction in
the Written
stage forum
Accuracy of
collaborative
document
No comments were
made to peers’
individual
contributions
Comments to peers’
contributions are not
enough to build the
final group document
Meaningful comments
to peers’ contributions
helped build the group
document
0 points
4 points
8 points
The group leader
does not assemble
in a single
document all
individual
contributions
The group document
does not include the
answers to all the
required exercises or
not all the answers
are correct
0 points
4 points
The leader of the
group assembles all
individual contributions
in a Word file, which
includes the correct
answers to all the
required exercises
(questions 1 to 6)
8
8
8 points
Format of
final group
document
The group does not
consolidate a
collaborative
document
0 points
The group document
is not uploaded
following all
instructions in
regards of format
and name
The group file is
uploaded in the
required format, in the
Written stage forum
and it is named
according to
instructions
2 points
4 points
4
UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL ABIERTA Y A DISTANCIA – UNAD
School of Education – Bachelor of Arts in English as a Foreign Language
551017 – Phonetics and Phonology
Act. 10: Collaborative Work Unit 2 – Activity Guide /Evaluation Rubric
ITEM
Propositional
competence:
sentences
according to
tonic syllable,
emphasis, and
minimal pairs
LOWER
ASSESSMENT
There is not a
written contribution
with the required
sentences
(questions 8 and 9)
before the
recording is made
MIDDLE
ASSESSMENT
The sentences are
posted in the
wrong forum or
they do not include
theoretical aspects
about the topics or
they are
incomplete
0 points
HIGHEST
ASSESSMENT
There is an individual
written post in the
“Oral production
stage” with accurate
proposed sentences
regarding tonic
syllables, emphasis
and minimal pairs
(answers 7 and 8)
SCORE
10
5 points
10 points
Pronunciation
(accurate
production of
English
sounds, word
stress and
intonation)
The sentences are
not pronounced
according to word
stress and
intonation
0 points
The audio of the
sentences is
incomplete or it
includes a lot of
pronunciation,
stress and
intonation mistakes
8 points
After tutor’s approval
of proposed
sentences, the audio
includes all words from
exercise 6, the
sentences of exercises
7 and 8, and they are
pronounced accurately
according to word
stress, and intonation
15
15 points
Greeting and
presentation
The audio includes
just the sentences,
with no greeting or
presentation
At the beginning of the
audio there is a
greeting and
presentation according
to indications. At the
end it is thankful and
says good-bye
0 points
3
3 points
Quality of audio
The volume of the
audio is too low
and it has lots of
interference and
noise in the
background
0 points
The volume of the
audio is too low or
it has lots of
interference and
noise in the
background. The
audio is not
uploaded in one of
the required
formats or it is not
named correctly
The audio is neat with
a good volume level
and no noise in the
background. The
audio is uploaded in
mp3 or WMA format
with the correct name
according to
indications
2
2 points
1 point
TOTAL AVAILABLE POINTS
65