Universidad Nacional Abierta y a Distancia
Vicerrectoría Académica y de Investigación
Course: English Phonetics 518014
Activity Guide and Evaluation Rubric – Task 1 – Infographic
1. Activity Description
Type of activity: Individual
Evaluation moment: Initial
Highest score of the activity: 25 points
The activity starts on: Monday, February The activity ends on: Sunday, February
7, 2022 20, 2022
With this activity, you are expected to achieve the following learning
outcome:
Describe the main concepts of segmental and suprasegmental features for the
identification of English sound properties.
The activity consists of:
Step 1:
Go to the Learning Environment and in the Course Contents and Bibliographic
References for Unit 1, and read Chapter one: Phonetics and Phonology definition and
distinction. In Introductory Phonetics and Phonology of English. (pp. 1-3).
Step 2:
Design an infographic using the information of the Step 1, the infographic must
contain the following aspects:
• The definition of Phonetics, also describe the articulatory features and give
examples.
• The definition of Phonology, also describe the suprasegmental features and give
examples.
• The difference between phonetics and Phonology.
Step 3:
Come back to the Learning Environment unit 1 again and read Chapter Two: The
Mechanism of Speech Sounds. In Introductory Phonetics and Phonology of English.
(pp. 5-12).
Step 4:
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Based on the readings of the step 3, choose three English sounds, and describe the
articulators involved in their sound production and the place of articulation, in order
to understand the Vocal tract system. For instance:
I choose the phoneme /v/
The articulators involved in its production are:
Upper teeth and lower lip
The place of articulation is labio-dental
Inform about your selection in the forum of this activity, so that, no English sound is
repeated.
Step 5:
Give meaningful feedback to a least three classmates and take screenshots of this
feedback and add them to the final document.
For the development of the activity consider that:
In the Initial Information Environment, you must:
- Check the Course Agenda to organize your time.
- Check all available forums.
- 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:
- Check the Course Contents and Bibliographic References for Unit 1
- Download the Syllabus of the course to actively read.
- Go to the discussion forum for the task and get familiar with your collaborative
group.
- Participate in the forum to get feedback from e-mates and tutor.
In the Evaluation Environment, you must:
Upload a PDF file with the task’s individual evidences. Identify your file as follows:
518014 - Task 1 - Your Full Name.pdf
Evidences of individual work:
The individual evidence to be submitted is:
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A PDF file named 518014 - Task 1 – Your Full Name.pdf with the following pages:
1. Cover page
2. Infographic
3. The three sounds explanation
4. Screenshots of your feedback
5. APA References (Different from the ones provided in the course if you use
other sources of information for your answers)
Evidences of collaborative work:
No collaborative evidence is required in this activity.
2. General Guidelines for the Development of Evidences to Submit
For Individual evidences, consider the following
Students must deliver one PDF document, with the infographic Screenshots of your
feedback and explanations of the speech sounds.
• Before submitting the requested product, students should check that it meets all
the requirements mentioned in this activity guide.
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 in 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)
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.
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3. Evaluation Rubric Template
Type of activity: Individual
Evaluation moment: Initial
The highest score in this activity is 25 points
First evaluation High level: The infographic contains the descriptions, features
criterion: and differences between phonetics and phonology. Finally,
includes examples.
Include the most
relevant concepts of If your work is at this level, you can get between 8 points
phonetics and and 10 points
phonology.
Average level: The infographic does not include all the
This criterion descriptions, the differences between phonetics and phonology
represents 10 are not clear and there are not examples.
points of the total
of 25 points of If your work is at this level, you can get between 6 points
the activity. and 7.9 points
Low level: There is no infographic at all, or the product
delivered is not the required for this step.
If your work is at this level, you can get between 0 points
and 5 point
Second evaluation High level: The sounds are well explained, the student name
criterion: the articulators and sound production features of each sound.
Explain the sounds If your work is at this level, you can get between 4 points
taking into account and 5 points
their segmental
aspects. Average level: The sounds are not complete; the description
has some mistakes in the articulators and the features involved
This criterion in the production of the sound.
represents 5
points of the total If your work is at this level, you can get between 3 points
and 3.9 points
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of 25 points of
the activity. Low level: The sounds are not explained.
If your work is at this level, you can get between 0
points and 2.9 point
Third evaluation High level: The student gives meaningful feedback to at least
criterion: three members of the group, and adds the screenshots of the
feedback.
Give meaningful
feedback to their If your work is at this level, you can get between 8 points
peers. and 10 points
This criterion Average level: The student does not give meaningful feedback
represents 10 to at least three members of the group, and the screenshots are
points of the total not complete.
of 25 points of
the activity. If your work is at this level, you can get between 2 points
and 5 points
Low level: The student does not give meaningful feedback nor
include screenshots.
If your work is at this level, you can get between 0
points and 1 point
