Universidad Alberto Hurtado - Education Faculty - English Pedagogy - Integrated English IV 2018

Assessment 2 / Integrated Task 2: TedTalk

In this integrated task you will have to:

Give a 15-minute TedTalk

I. What is an integrated task?

● An integrated task is a product resulting from the integration of the input provided in the
unit, the linguistic elements corresponding to the course level, and evidence of critical
thinking.
● To construct this product, you should be able to integrate and transfer the knowledge
associated to content, knowledge associated to language (structures, vocab, etc.), as well
as the understandings (see number 4 below) taken from the unit backward design.
● To know how to do your task, we suggest you to organize and plan in advance. The
questions in the chart below set out a framework to comply with this planning purpose.

CONTENT KNOWLEDGE LANGUAGE KNOWLEDGE

What content knowledge will I integrate to What language structures have I
comply with this task? used/recycled to comply with this task?

REFLECTION CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS

What have my main reflections been on How has the creation of this task helped me
this experience? What questions did this to develop my critical thinking skills?
experience trigger in me?

II. General outline.

*TED is a non-profit organization. It’s objective is to spread ideas, usually in the form of short,
powerful talks (18 minutes or less). TED is a global community, welcoming people from every
discipline and culture who seek a deeper understanding of the world. They believe passionately in
the power of ideas to change attitudes, lives and, ultimately, the world. "TED looks for engaging,
charismatic speakers whose talks present new ideas that are supported by concrete evidence and
are relevant to a broad, international audience." (Retrieved and adapted from:
https://www.ted.com/about/our-organization).
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Individually, deliver a 15’ TedTalk that formulates a proposal to deal with an issue issue
covered in these units. The proposal should be focused on dealing with an issue within the
reality of the Chilean classroom/educational setting.

Follow this structure:

1. Present your topic in an engaging way and explain the relevance of dealing with your
issue.
2. Analyze your issue from different perspectives (theory, actors involved, national policies,
etc.). Use at least 5 academic references of reliable quality (books, journal articles, etc.)
3. Present a proposal to deal with your issue. Your proposal must be in coherence with your
previous analysis.

III. Specifications.

● This task weighs 25% of your final course mark.

● You presentation should last between 13 to 16 minutes.
● Make sure that your presentation is stored on a memory stick.
● You MUST use PPT to support your presentation. Use institutional
format uploaded to the platform.
● Wear formal clothes.
*Although body language, eye contact, and the PPT are not summatively evaluated, they
can have an impact on your performance
● Failing to comply with any of the above-mentioned formal considerations may result in
teachers discounting points from your final mark at their discretion.

IV. Task objectives and understandings

Objectives Understandings

● To comprehend the cognitive, ● The teenagers’ context has an

emotional and social development impact on their emotional, social,
of teenagers. cognitive and well-being
development.
● To assess and take a position on
alternative schooling pedagogies ● Alternative pedagogies can
and their methodologies to contribute to your praxis as English
contribute to students’ cognitive, teachers.
social, and emotional development.
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V. Date

All students must be ready to present on Monday, November 12th at 8:30. No volunteers will be
taken. Teachers will come up with the presentation order.

VI. Considerations.

● Plagiarism is a serious offence, which will be dealt with severely. The first offence will be
given a 1.0. If a second offence occurs, you may be suspended from the course and
expelled from the program. (reglamento académico título VI, art 21). This also applies to
quotes that are cited incorrectly.

VII. Evaluation criteria.

● This task will be assessed using the speaking standard rubric for 2nd year, and one extra
criterion to measure content, integration, and transfer.