Universidad Nacional Abierta y a Distancia

Vicerrectoría Académica y de Investigación

Unique Guide for the Development of the Practical Component of the Course:
Foreign Language Acquisition and Learning - 518015

1. General Information of the Practical Component

Learning strategy: Scenario Based

Course type: Methodological
Evaluation moment: Intermediate
Highest score of the component: 120 points
Number of activities of the practical component registered in this guide: 1
With the development of this component students are expected to achieve
the following learning outcomes:

Evaluate teaching strategies used within the classroom based on the student's
learning characteristics.

2. General Activity Description of the Practical Component.

Scenarios of the practical component: In situ (practice)

Activity type: Individual
Activity number: 1
Highest score of the activity: 120 points
The activity starts on: Sunday, April 23, The activity ends on: Sunday, May 14,
2023 2023
The resources required for the development of this activity are the
following:

-Virtual Campus
-Simulated Scenario
-Institutional e-mail
-Unit 2 contents
-Pedagogical Practice Traceability forms.
The activity consists of:

Theoretical Part

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Step 1

Attend and participate in the web conference of the course (fill the attendance form),
if you can not participate you can check the recording and make a summary of it
(add your summary to the final document).

Step 2

Go to the learning environment and check the contents included in Unit 2 - Learning
trends in Foreign Language.

Step 3

Read the report cards for two unmotivated learners. Which learner do you think is the
most unmotivated? Why?

Report card for Lina Acosta:

Lina has exhibited good communication skills in English during the school year. She is
usually able to answer questions with ease and her homework is always handed in on
time. However, she often has to be reminded to put her phone away and the teacher
has to make an extra effort to get her attention and get her to concentrate on the
lesson. Lina is usually the first to finish a task during classwork periods, but she uses
the extra time to distract other students while listening to music on her headphones.
She used to leave the classroom to go to the bathroom very often but would return
after 10 to 15 minutes, so now she is not allowed to leave the classroom. When
confronted, she rolls her eyes and replies that she already knows everything about
the lesson.

Report card for Marlon Brandon Lopera:

Marlon has shown some small progress during the last term; however, he
does not always turn in his assignments. He always sits all the way in the
back of the room and refuses to sit in the front, where he can get extra
attention from the teacher. He does not engage in chitchat with other
classmates but is often found doing something else during the lesson. When
he is asked to answer a question or participate, he often responds that he is
behind in classwork and does not have the answer just “yet”. During his last
class project, it was easy to tell that Marlon had tried hard but made several
mistakes that hampered his ability to get his ideas across. When given
feedback on his performance, he seemed angry, frustrated, and
disappointed.

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Post your answers on the forum and make some meaningful comments about the
interventions of your classmates.

Step 4

• Underline all the things Marlon and Lina do that suggest they are unmotivated. Do
any of your learners behave in the same ways
(Use information from the students in your participant – observation practice?

• Why do you think Marlon and Lina are unmotivated?

Make a list of ideas, e.g. the work is too easy, the teacher talks too much. Think
about the learner, the teacher, and the lessons.

• What causes learners to be unmotivated in the school where you are developing
your practice? How do these learners usually behave?

Step 5
Make a reflection on the things that motivate and demotivate your learners in order
to write a list of motivation strategies.

Include the following elements in your reflection:

• Introduction
• Main Body (two paragraphs)
• Conclusions

Step 6: Prepare a PDF document and send it to the evaluation environment with the
following:

• Cover-page
• Summary of the web conference if you did not attend
• Answers to the questions in Steps 3 and 4
• Reflection
• References

- Upload a PDF file with the task’s evidence. Identify your file as
follows: 518015 - Phase 4 – Your Full Name.pdf

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Practical Part

For this phase you have to carry out 9 hours of pedagogical practice to complete the
32 hours mandatory for this course.

3 hours for ESAPEC

3 hours for developing the activities of the pedagogical practice simulator.
3 hours for adjusting your e-portfolio.

Step 7

Develop the Simulated Scenario Practice Activity. You will find it in the Learning
Environment. Answer all the questions suggested in the Simulation activity giving
pertinent descriptions and argumentations when it is required. Download the PDF
document when you have finished your simulation, this PDF document must be
uploaded to your e-portfolio in the folder Simulated Scenario Evidence, name the
document as follows: Simulated Scenario Evidence_Your Full Name_ID Number

Please take in mind you have 3 hours to carry out the simulation.

This simulation will be closed on May 10th.

Step 8

Attend the ESAPEC Session, considering the schedule the director of the course has
established, the attendance to this session in mandatory, and you must be available
during 3 hours for having an active and meaningful participation. You must be
available, so you can not be working because your camera must be on all time and
your mic must be on when your teacher requires your intervention.

Save evidence of your participation and fill the attendance form your teacher will share
during the session.

You can not make up this time with another activity. Please be sure you can attend.

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Step 9

Adjust your e-portfolio and please be sure all the phases are complete, and you have
made the corrections according to the comments made by your teacher.
This phase does not need a new plan de trabajo. You just must fill this form once
during the course but if you need to modify the dates or topics you can change it.

• Diario de Campo: Allows you to systematically register the participant

observation, experience, and perception the students have of the different
classes you attend. (Fill out 1 Diario de Campo in phase 4). You can fill the Diario
de Campo based on the ESAPEC.

• Formato de Asistencia al Lugar de Práctica: This form is to register the

attendance to the participant observation practice, this time your UNAD’s teacher
will sign this form. The dates you register in this form must match with the ones
you include in Plan de Trabajo form.

9 hours for this phase distributed in this way:

3 hours for ESAPEC

3 hours for developing the activities of the pedagogical practice simulator.
3 hours for adjusting your e-portfolio.

• Photo-evidence: During the development of the 9 hours corresponding to this

phase you have to the photo evidence of each activity you include in Formato de
Asistencia and Plan de Trabajo.

Take some screenshot of

ESAPEC
Simulator
E-portfolio adjustment

• Organize your evidence in a chronological order, upload it on your e-portfolio

using the template you will find the learning environment phase 4.
Step 10

When you have finished the 9 hours corresponding to this phase you must compile the
following information and send it to the e-portfolio in the space created for this activity.
This space is going to be so important during this course because in that space will be

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used as our logbook. (The link to access to the e-portfolio will be sent to your
institutional email Ex. [email protected]).

Your e-portfolio will be just for you, so you can not share the link with anybody else,
because it is personal and non-transferable. Each practical course will have its own e-
portfolio so please be sure you will not get confused with the link.

On your E-portfolio you will have the following folders, so you do not need to create
any other folder you just need to upload the required documents:

Administrative Folder

Phase 2
•Forms
•Material Evidence
•Photo Evidence
Phase 3
•Forms
•Material Evidence
•Photo Evidence
Phase 4
•Forms
•Simulated Escenario Evidence
•Photo Evidence

For the Phase 4 you must organize your documents in the following way:

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 Upload the following document to this folder, all the document must be in PDF format:
Forms Diario de Campo form:
Please identify your file as follows: Diario de Campo_Your Full Name_ID Number. Upload a
PDF file.

Example:
Diario de Campo_Monica Del Rosario Guillen_123456789.PDF

Upload the following document to this folder, all the document must be in PDF format:
Formato de Asistencia al Lugar de Practica:
Please identify your file as follows:
Formato de Asistencia al Lugar de Practica_Your Full Name_ID Number. Upload a PDF file.

Example:
Formato de Asistencia al Lugar de Practica _Monica Del Rosario Guillen_123456789.PDF

Simulated Upload the following document to this folder, all the document must be in PDF format:
Simulated Scenario Evidence:
Scenario Please identify your file as follows:
Simulated Scenario Evidence_Your Full Name_identification #. Upload a PDF file, PPT, Video.
Evidence It depends on the kind of material you have designed.
Example:
Simulated Scenario Evidence_Monica Del Rosario Guillen_123456789.PDF

Photo Upload the following document to this folder, all the document must be in PDF format:
Photo Evidence: Please identify your file as follows: Photo Evidence _Your Full Name_ID
Evidence Number. Upload a PDF file.
Example:
Photo Evidence_Monica Del Rosario Guillen_123456789.PDF

This information must be in the e-portfolio filled and delivered before the deadline.
The forms that you upload must be completely filled and you can not change the size,
color, or any other characteristic that the original document has.

Due to you need to add your digital signature in some of the forms I share with you
the following tutorial that will help you to know how to do it:

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https://youtu.be/leRFZuPd18Y

For the development of the practical component consider that:

In the Initial Information Environment, you must:

- Check the Course Agenda to organize your time.

- Check all available forums, introduce yourself in the General Forum.
- Verify the dates of the Web Conferences so that you can plan your participation
accordingly.
- Verify your tutors’ synchronous attention by Skype.

In the Learning Environment, you must:

- Download the Syllabus of the course to read.
- Go to the discussion forum for the task and get familiar with your collaborative
group.

In the Evaluation Environment, you must:

For the theoretical part:

Prepare a PDF document and send it to the evaluation environment with the
following:

• Cover-page
• Summary of the web conference if you did not attend
• Answers to the questions in Steps 3 and 4
• Reflection
• References

- Upload a PDF file with the task’s evidence. Identify your file as
follows: 518015 - Phase 4 – Your Full Name.pdf

For the practical part:

• Attend ESAPEC
• Make the simulation
• Adjust your e-portfolio

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Prepare the documents, fill out the forms and upload them to your e-portfolio. Check
the way you must name and organize the documents in the different folders see step
10.

Evidence of individual work:

The individual evidence to be submitted is:

For the theoretical part:

Prepare a PDF document and send it to the evaluation environment with the
following:

• Cover-page
• Summary of the web conference if you did not attend
• Answers to the questions in Steps 3 and 4
• Reflection
• References

- Upload a PDF file with the task’s evidence. Identify your file as
follows: 518015 - Phase 4 – Your Full Name.pdf

For the practical part:

• Attend ESAPEC
• Make the simulation
• Adjust your e-portfolio
Prepare the documents, fill out the forms and upload them to your e-portfolio. Check
the way you must name and organize the documents in the different folders see step
10.

Evidence of collaborative work:

No collaborative evidence is required in this activity.

3. General Guidelines for the Development of Evidences

For Individual evidence, consider the following:

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For the theoretical part:

Prepare a PDF document and send it to the evaluation environment with the
following:

• Cover-page
• Summary of the web conference if you did not attend
• Answers to the questions in Steps 3 and 4
• Reflection
• References

- Upload a PDF file with the task’s evidence. Identify your file as
follows: 518015 - Phase 4 – Your Full Name.pdf

For the practical part:

• Attend ESAPEC
• Make the simulation
• Adjust your e-portfolio
Prepare the documents, fill out the forms and upload them to your e-portfolio. Check
the way you must name and organize the documents in the different folders see
step 10.

Please keep in mind that all individual or collaborative written products must comply
with the spelling rules and presentation conditions defined in this activity guide.
Regarding the use of references, consider that the product of this activity must
comply with APA style.
In any case, make sure you comply with the rules and avoid academic plagiarism.
You can review your written products using the Turnitin tool found on the virtual
campus.

Under the Academic Code of Conduct, the actions that infringe the academic order,
among others, are the following: paragraph e) Plagiarism is to present as your own
work all or part of a written report, task or document of invention carried out by
another person. It also implies the use of citations or lack of references, or it
includes citations where there is no match between these and the reference and
paragraph f) To reproduce, or copy for profit, educational resources or results of
research products, which have rights reserved for the University. (Acuerdo 029 - 13
de diciembre de 2013, artículo 99)

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The academic penalties students will face are:
a) In case of academic fraud demonstrated in the academic work or evaluation, the
score obtained will be zero (0.0) without any disciplinary measures being derived.
b) In case of proven plagiarism in academic work of any nature, the score obtained
will be zero (0.0), without any disciplinary measures being derived.

4. Evaluation Rubric Template

Type of activity: Individual

Evaluation moment: Intermediate Unit 2
The highest score in this activity is 120 points
First evaluation High level: The student answered in a correct way the
criterion: questions, the arguments are strong, the ideas had a logical
order, and the information was clear and coherent. The student
The student created the reflection following the structure given in this activity
develops the guide, the information was complete and reliable. The student
theoretical part of provided enough background information and the arguments to
this phase fulfilling support their ideas are coherent and strong.
the instructions If your work is at this level, you can get 50 points
given.
Average level: The student answered in a correct way the
This criterion questions, the arguments are strong, the ideas had a logical
represents 50 order, and the information was clear and coherent. The student
points of the total created the reflection following the structure given in this activity
of 120 points of guide, the information was complete and reliable. The student
the activity. provided enough background information and the arguments to
support their ideas are coherent and strong. Most sentences are
well constructed with a few mistakes. Some attempts at complex
sentence structure are successful.
If your work is at this level, you can get 30 points

Low level: The student created the chart, but the comparisons
were not significant, or they were not correctly built. The student
did not make the proposal with the pieces of advice for the
teachers, or the proposal was incomplete and full of structural,
cohesion, coherence, and grammar mistakes or without a
theoretical support.

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 If your work is at this level, you can get between 0
points and 16 points
Second evaluation High level: The student filled out correctly the forms included
criterion: for this phase according to the instructions given in the guide.
The student named all the documents correctly and they were
The student uploaded in the respective folders fulfilling the instructions
develops the provided in this activity guide. The format of all the documents
participant is PDF according to the orientations. All the information is
observation part of complete and the number of hours and evidence. The answers
this phase fulfilling and justification the student gave in the simulation were
the instructions correctly supported and meaningful. The student attended
given. ESAPEC and the participation was active and significant. The
student corrected the e-portfolio.
This criterion
represents 50 If your work is at this level, you can get 50 points
points of the total
of 120 points of Average level:
the activity. The student filled out correctly the forms included for this phase
according to the instructions given in the guide. The student
named all the documents correctly and they were uploaded in
the respective folders fulfilling the instructions provided in this
activity guide. The format of all the documents is PDF according
to the orientations. All the information is complete and the
number of hours and evidence. The answers and justification the
student gave in the simulation were correctly supported and
meaningful. The student corrected the e-portfolio. The student
attended ESAPEC but the participation was not meaningful.

If your work is at this level, you can get 30 points

Low level: The student did follow all the instructions provided
in this activity guide, some forms were not correctly filled out,
some information was not complete, some documents were
incorrectly uploaded, or they were not uploaded to the e-
portfolio. The student did not fulfill some of the requirements
described in any of the steps. The student did not correct the
previous phases of the e-portfolio or the student did not attend
ESAPEC.
If your work is at this level, you can get 0 points

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Third evaluation High level: The student took an active role in the development
criterion: of the task by completing each step of this phase in a timely
manner in accordance with the unit's contents and concentrating
The student takes in the instructions given. Their participation in the forum and the
an active role in the web conference was on time and meaningful.
development of the If your work is at this level, you can get 20 points
task, completing all
the steps in a timely Average level: The student tried their best to take an active
manner. role in the development of the task by partially completing the
steps of the phase. The student did not make any mistake
uploading the documents to the e-portfolio. The student did not
This criterion attend the web conference but sent an incomplete summary.
represents 20
points of the total If your work is at this level, you can get 10 points
of 120 points of
the activity. Low level: The student did not take an active role in the
development of the task. The student had a hard time following
the activity guide's recommendations to fulfill the different steps
of this phase.
If your work is at this level, you can get between 0
points and 9 points

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