ASSIGNMENT

HBET3403
LISTENING AND SPEAKING IN ESL
JANUARY 2022 SEMESTER
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SPECIFIC INSTRUCTION

1. Answer in English.

2. Number of words: 2500 – 3000 words excluding references.

3. Submit your assignment ONCE only in a SINGLE file.

4. Submit your assignment ONLINE.

5. Submission date: 13rd March 2022

6. This assignment accounts for 60% of the total marks for the course.

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 ASSIGNMENT QUESTION

PART 1: ESSAY (50 MARKS)

You are a teacher. Your pupils are in their mid-teens. Your pupils are going to sit for a
public examination in the coming year. Part of this examination is a conversation
element where each pupil will sit with an examiner face-to-face for five to ten minutes
and engage in a conversation on a topic that will be determined by the examiner. The
problem is that these pupils have only a lower intermediate level English language
mastery for their age and educational stage.

Watch this video on conversations by Celeste Headlee TED Talk.

Create TWO (2) activities (targeted at listening, speaking or combination of both) to be

a) These activities are meant to build pupils' competence in holding conversations

b) Your activities MUST be based on TWO (2) techniques described in the Celeste
Headlee’s TED Talk (see Youtube link given above).
You may use the techniques from your HBET3403 module to supplement or
enrich your techniques. Describe the techniques you are using in detail.

[Total: 50 marks]

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PART 2: ONLINE CLASS PARTICIPATION (10 MARKS)

Discuss the following topic in the myINSPIRE forum and submit proof of your participation in
the online discussions:

You cannot teach people to have conversations online in the same way that you teach them
to have face-to-face conversations. This is because talking with others through the internet
is not the same as talking with them online.

[Total: 10 marks]

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 ATTACHMENT
ASSIGNMENT RUBRICS
HBET3403 LISTENING AND SPEAKING IN ESL/ JANUARY 2022

PART 1 (50%)
Unsatisfactory
Excellent Good Fair Poor Or Max
*QN CLO No response
Criteria Weight Marks
4 3 2 1 0

Activity to build Feasible and realistic Feasible activity and Good activity and Questionable activity Very poor suggestion
pupils’ activity and strategy. strategy. strategy. and strategy. or no suggestion
conversational On point Good understanding of Fair understanding of Questionable given.
a) 1 & 2 competence either 3.0 understanding of listening and speaking listening and understanding of 12
for listening or listening and processes and speaking processes listening and speaking
speaking or both speaking processes strategies. and strategies. processes and
(Activity 1) and strategies. strategies.

Activity to build Feasible and realistic Feasible activity and Good activity and Questionable activity Very poor suggestion
pupils’ activity and strategy. strategy. strategy. and strategy. or no suggestion
conversational On point Good understanding of Fair understanding of Questionable given.
a) competence either 3.0 understanding of listening and speaking listening and understanding of 12
for listening or listening and processes and speaking processes listening and speaking
speaking or both speaking processes strategies. and strategies. processes and
(Activity 2) and strategies. strategies.

b) 1 Description of the 2.5 Argument shows Argument shows good Argument shows fair Argument shows Argument shows little 10
technique used insightful understanding of understanding of questionable or no understanding
(Activity 1) understanding of listening and speaking listening and understanding of of listening and
listening and skills within the local speaking skills within listening and speaking speaking skills within
speaking skills within context. the local context. skills within the local the local context.
the local context. Argument also shows a Argument also shows context. Argument also shows
Argument also shows good understanding of a fair understanding Argument also shows little or no
deep understanding how conversations of how conversations questionable understanding of how
of how conversations work within the local work within the local understanding of how conversations work
work within the local social and cultural social and cultural conversations work within the local social
social and cultural context. context. within the local social and cultural context.

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 context. and cultural context.

Description of the Argument shows Argument shows good Argument shows fair Argument shows Argument shows little
technique used insightful understanding of understanding of questionable or no understanding
(Activity 2) understanding of listening and speaking listening and understanding of of listening and
listening and skills within the local speaking skills within listening and speaking speaking skills within
speaking skills within context. the local context. skills within the local the local context.
the local context. Argument also shows a Argument also shows context. Argument also shows
b) 2.5 10
Argument also shows good understanding of a fair understanding Argument also shows little or no
deep understanding how conversations of how conversations questionable understanding of how
of how conversations work within the local work within the local understanding of how conversations work
work within the local social and cultural social and cultural conversations work within the local social
social and cultural context. context. within the local social and cultural context.
context. and cultural context.

Language and No errors in grammar Minimal errors in Some errors in A lot of errors in Writing is generally
grammar or spelling that grammar, structure grammar, structure, grammar, structure or incomprehensible due
distracts the reader and spelling that do or spelling that affect spelling that affect the to grammar,
1.5 6
from the content. not affect the reader's the reader's reader's structures and
understanding. understanding. comprehension. spelling mistakes

Total 12.5 50
*QN = Question Number

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PART 2: ONLINE CLASS PARTICIPATION (10 MARKS)
Unsatisfactory
Excellent Good Fair Poor Or Max
*QN CLO No response
Criteria Weight Marks
4 3 2 1 0

Participation in e- Participates actively Participates actively in Comments are The student does No postings
forum and constructively in discussions. generally vague or not initiate were
discussions (ongoing). Four of the comments taken from sources contribution and submitted. No
All five comments are are good, appropriate, outside of the lacks of interest in postings were
good, appropriate, relevant, meaningful, discussion. participation. given as proof
relevant, meaningful, and respectful. Three of the None of the of participation
and respectful. comments are comments are good in the
1.0 somewhat good, and discussion. 4
appropriate, relevant/Comments
meaningful, and are short responses
respectful. that are not
substantial nor
meaningful.
2 3 Minimum effort (e.g.
“I agree with Tina”)

Quality of Comments are always Comments are mostly Comments are Comments are No postings
comments insightful and insightful and sometimes uninformative, were
constructive. Uses constructive. Mostly constructive, with lacking in submitted.
appropriate uses appropriate occasional signs of appropriate
terminology. terminology. insight. The student terminology. 
1.5 Comments balanced Occasionally comments does not use 6
between general are too general or not appropriate
impressions, opinions relevant to the terminology;
& specific, thoughtful discussion. comments not always
criticisms or relevant to the
contributions. discussion.

Total 2.5 10

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INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO SUBMIT PROOF OF ONLINE CLASS PARTICIPATION (10%)
Do the following:
1. Select the best FIVE (5) postings from the forum discussion set up by your tutor.
2. Do screenshots of the postings and include them as images in your assignment.
3. The screenshots should be in image file (either in JPG or PNG format). Refer to the sample of Screen Grab
below
4. The screenshots should contain: Name, Title of the discussion, Day, Date and Time.