WELCOME TO LEVEL 5

WELCOME TO

ENGLISH LEVEL 5

UMB Language Center @JonathanMaestr4

Basic Concepts…

Practical Theory SubjectNo make up opportunitiesFail with 7 absencesNothing removes absences but Doctor’s notes and let you do the activities in the class.

Percentages for the first Term and important dates…

Project Presentation 10%

25th to 30th August*

Classwork 10%

First English test 10% 25th to 30th August*

+According to your scheduled classes

TEST In a laboratory, in Aulanet platform

Reading

Writing

Listening

First Project➔ Create an awareness Campaign related to a social

issue. Explain social issue. ( Groups of maximun 4 people)

➔ Your campaign must have a slogan (explain why you chose it), a design (describe it), target population, places where it can be visible, impact, ways to diminish the issue from their study and personal opinion about the problem.

➔ You are expected to use grammar, vocabulary, and expressions learnt this term.

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Assessment Rubric

0 pts 2 pts. 4 pts. 6 pts. 8 pts. 10 pts. SCORE

CONTENT*

Absent/Not presenting

Responses are in

Spanish

Responses do not

correspond to instruction

Responses are read or memorized

The presentation's content about a social issue is too short, and not relevant. It portrays

only superficial information and the solution proposed is not clear. Also, the

slogan and design are too simplitic.

The presentation's content about a social

issue is brief and it does not reflect enough

research or a possible solution to diminish the issue. The design is not

that meaningful or representative of the issue or the solution.

The presentation contains acceptable

research and information on a social issue and its impact on society. It also contains a proposal of a solution to the problem, somehow reflected on a good slogan and design.

The presentation is well structured and documented

with enough information about a social issue and how

it affects society. There is also a consistent proposal to

solve it, which includes appropriate slogan, impact, design, and an analysis on

how to diminish said issue in the student's context.

GRAMMAR

No subject-verb agreement with Simple present, simple past, modal verbs: should, could, must, have to,

passive voice in present, present

perfect.

Some subject- verb agreement with Simple present, simple past, modal verbs: should, could, must, have to,

passive voice in present, present

perfect.

Subject generally agrees with Simple present, simple past, modal

verbs: should, could, must, have to, passive

voice in present, present perfect.

Consistent subject-verb agreement with Simple

present, simple past, modal verbs: should, could, must, have to, passive voice in present, present perfect.

VOCABULARY

Few words related to social issues around

the world, his/her country and social

context.

Descriptive words related to social issues

around the world, his/her country and

social context.

It is often used words related to social issues

around the world, his/her country and social

context.

Creative expression of more vivid words related to social

issues around the world, his/her country and social

context.

PRONUNCIATION Student's

pronunciation is very difficult to understand

Student's pronunciation difficult to understand without concentrated

effort

Student's pronunciation mostly understandable

with some errors

Student's pronunciation understandable with few/no

errors

FLUENCY

Student is unable to express ideas fluently;

many pauses or breaks, hesitant or

choppy and the majority of his/her

ideas are very incoherent

Student has difficulty expressing ideas and

mostly they are incoherent

Student was able to express ideas with little

difficulty and few inconsistencies

Student was clear enough to be understood

TOTAL

*Ss' campaign must have the following sections: Slogan, target population, places where it can be visible, impact, and ways to diminish the issue from their study field. Ss are expected to use the grammar and expressions studied during the first term.

PROJECT EVALUATION SHEET NAME: ___________________________________ DATE:_____________ COURSE :_____________ TERM: _________________

OBSERVATIONS: _______________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________

PERFORMANCE

SCORE 0 2 4 6 8 10 TOTAL Content

Grammar

Vocabulary

Pronunciation

Fluency

Reading Plan

Rich Dad, Poor Dad.

➔ Activities: Quiz, presentation, or a mind map.

Show and tell…

Speaking 2 times during the term.5 students max. per class.1 minute.About..• A movie• Someone famous• A book• Memorable event in your life• Someone important in your life• Introduce yourself• Your routine• Your plans in the future

Useful webpages…• For pronuntiation:

Text-to-speech

• An excellent dictionary:

Wordreference

• To share presentations

slideshare