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English (dot) Works 2.0 A1-Level 1
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1. Access to the platform
Likewise the other SENA virtual courses, English (dot) works is hosted in the
Blackboard platform. To access the course, you can either follow the corres It is
important to check that the course you are about to access is the one identified
as 201309051: english(dot)works 2.0 A1 Level 1. Once you have accessed, you
can see an interface like the one presented below: ponding link in Sofia Plus or
go directly to the Blackboard homepage, as shown below:
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It is important to check that the course you are about to access is the one identified
as 201309051: english(dot)works 2.0 A1 Level 1. Once you have accessed, you
can see an interface like the one presented below:
2. Access to the guides
In SENA face-to-face classes, both instructors and apprentices work based on
learning guides whose information is organized in a standardized institutional
form. In the case of virtual learning, that information appears in the guides in a
multimedia format, that is, in a digital interactive version.
To access the guides, just click on the button Learning Guides, located on the left
column of the course interface.
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Once you click on that button, a set of folders will be shown. Each folder corresponds
to the different multimedia guides of the A1-Level 1 course: Diagnosis Activity,
Learning Activity 1, Learning Activity 2, Learning Activity 3, and Consolidation
Activity. The interface must look like this:
Remember that you have to scroll down in order to see the folders of all the guides
of the course.
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3. Structure of the guides
As was somehow mentioned before, the course consists of three kinds of guides:
Diagnosis Learning, and Consolidation which, in turn, correspond to three different
kinds of activities.
Diagnosis Guide
The Diagnosis Guide is intended to help the apprentice to have an introductory
approach to the course. In this regard, this guide includes some lexical review
materials and two exams: an introductory test and a final test. None of these tests is
hosted is Blackboard, but inside the guide itself. It means that both the questions and
the answers are managed in a multimedia format. However, the results of the last one
of these tests will be linked to the Score Center (Centro de Calificaciones).
To access the Diagnosis Guide, click on the corresponding button, next to the folder
icon:
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Once you access the folder, you will see a label identifying the Diagnosis Guide
and a title button. By clicking on such button, you can open the multimedia guide,
as shown below:
This multimedia guide has basically five
components from top to bottom: a section title,
a main visualization screen, an audio control
button, a navigation panel, and a help button. Such
components are illustrated below:
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The section title indicates what section of the guide you are currently in; the main
visualization screen shows the contents of the guide; the audio control button
allows you to turn the audio on or off as required; the navigation panel allows
you to browse throughout the guide by means of the three section buttons, a
pointer arrow or simply using the keyboard arrows; and the help button will show
you two options: a video help about the guides, and a downloadable version of
the guide. This downloadable version corresponds to the classical SENA form for
learning guides.
To start browsing throughout the Diagnosis Guide, just click on the Start-up
button. This button will take you to a brief introductory situation before working
on the guide. Then, when clicking on the central button (Playing at the funfair),
you will find three sub-navigation buttons: Getting ready for the fair, Exploring
the fair, and Playing the fair. In Getting ready for the fair, apprentices can take
a self-evaluation test to check their lexical knowledge; in Exploring the fair,
apprentices can interact with different learning materials to reinforce their
knowledge; in Playing the fair, apprentices will take a second interactive test. This
second test is not for self-evaluation and will be linked to the Score Center (Centro
de Calificaciones). Finally, the third navigation button (Further) will take you to a
set of external links to some support materials on the web.
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Learning Guide
In A1-Level 1, there are three learning guides that share the same structure. These
guides are intended to provide apprentices with materials and ask them for
evidences of their knowledge, performance or product development. To access
any of the Learning Guides, click on the corresponding button, next to the folder
icon:
Once you access the folder, you will see a
label identifying the Learning Guide and a title
button. By clicking on such button, you can open
the multimedia guide, as shown below:
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This type of multimedia guide has the same five components of the diagnosis
guide: a section title, a main visualization screen, an audio control button, a
navigation panel, and a help button. Such components are illustrated below:
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To start browsing throughout any of the Learning Guides, just click on the Startup button. This button will take you to a brief introductory video about how to
work on the guide. When clicking in the central button, you can see an intro subbutton and several other buttons that take you to the stages that the apprentices
have to go through in order to complete the learning activity. The way to manage
the content of the stages will be described in more detail in the Evidence
management section of this manual. Finally, by clicking on the “Further” button,
you will access a set of external links to some support materials on the web.
Consolidation guide
The Consolidation Guide is intended to help the apprentices to improve their
previous work in the learning guides. To access the Consolidation Guide, click on
the corresponding button, next to the folder icon:
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Once you access the folder, you will see a label identifying the Consolidation
Guide and a title button. By clicking on such button, you can open the multimedia
guide, as shown below:
However, this type of multimedia guide only has two navigation buttons: Start-up
and Stages. The Start-up button will take you to a brief welcome and video tutorial
about what apprentices have to do. The Stages button will show you a set of steps
that the apprentice has to go through in order to complete the activity.
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4. Evidence management
Based on the methodological approach of SENA, the training process includes the
work on different learning activities to develop three types of evidences: product,
performance and knowledge. In every virtual guide (diagnosis, learning and
consolidation), the instructions to hand in or fulfill the tasks are located after the
introductory video.
When selecting each stage, you will find a slide with the components of every
task the apprentices have to fulfill.
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The apprentices need to identify the things they have to do in every stage. This
information is located in the button “What to do?
Every stage has
three parts:
• How to do it?
It explains how to
carry out every stage.
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There, you can see all the things that must be done per stage.
• What to
study?
It allows the
apprentices to
download the
established learning
material to fulfill the
tasks of the activity.
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Every learning material is intended to provide what the apprentices need to know
in order to fulfill the goals of every learning guide.
• How to
check it?
It allows the
apprentices to
download the
established learning
material to fulfill the
tasks of the activity.
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Every assessment instrument will allow the apprentices determine if their products
fulfill the requirements of the stage. In order to approve the course, every guide
must have the letter “A” which stands for Approved. However, the evidence can
be approved with a minimum score of 70 points out of 100.
For this course, A1- Level 1 (2.0), the product evidences have to be uploaded in
a blog. This tool is provided by Blackboard® and the instructor has to create one
blog per apprentice. The different links or products must be uploaded to the
personal blog.
To create the blog, the instructor has to locate the “blog tool” on the left panel.
Then, create the blog by following the procedure to do so.
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To hand in the performance evidences (written participation in forums), the
apprentice must press the button “Forums” on the left panel. Here, he/she need to
identify the correspondent forums and do the activity.
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In the case of the speaking performance (oral participation in forums), the
instructor and apprentice need to use the Blackboard Collaborate tool. In order to
use this option, the instructor has to select the “Control Panel” option on the left
part of the platform and select the button options. Then, press on “Course tools”
and click on “Blackboard Collaborate”. After this, the instructor has to fill in some
information in order to create the oral meeting with the apprentice to assess the
speaking performance.
Finally, the knowledge evidences are tests which
are intended to assess the apprentices’ knowledge
throughout the learning process. In the diagnosis
learning activity, the test is included in the guide. The
apprentices have to follow the instructions and check
their process.
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In the learning activities, there is a button that links the guide to the test. The
instructor can enable different options of the test if it is required
Inventory of
evidences level
A1.1 2.0
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The chart below allows instructors to identify,
in an easier and faster way, the evidences in the
Score Center.
Resultado de
aprendizaje
Learning
activity
Evidence
Type of
evidence
Assessment
instruments
Identificar los
requerimientos para
el intercambio de
información al respecto
de los datos personales
y familiares, de las
actividades de la vida
diaria y los lugares en
que ellas se ejecutan
de acuerdo con los
requerimientos sintácticos
y léxicos determinados
Diagnosis
Knowledge Test 1.0
Knowledge
Multimedia version
interactive test
Compartir información
personal básica y de la
familia, de acuerdo con
las estructuras requeridas
para cada contexto
Compartir información
personal básica y de la
familia, de acuerdo con las
estructuras requeridas para
cada contexto
Checklist
Learning
Activity 1
Posting a profile on
the blog
Product
(Completing my profile
checklist)
Checklist
Learning
Activity 1
Video-introducing
the members of the
family
Product
(Writing about myself
checklist)
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Compartir información
personal básica y de la
familia, de acuerdo con
las estructuras requeridas
para cada contexto
Compartir información
personal básica y de la
familia, de acuerdo con las
estructuras requeridas para
cada contexto
Compartir información
personal básica y de la
familia, de acuerdo con las
estructuras requeridas para
cada contexto
Compartir información
personal básica y de la
familia, de acuerdo con las
estructuras requeridas para
cada contexto
Checklist
Learning
Activity 1
Post on the blog –
Writing about oneself
Learning
Activity 1
Oral participation
in web-conference
to ask for personal
information
Product
(Writing about myself
checklist)
Checklist
Performance
(Interviewing my partner
webconference checklist)
Checklist
Learning
Activity 1
Writing a post about
one partner in the
social forum
Performance
(Let me introduce my
partner forum checklist)
Test in the platform
Learning
Activity 1
Creating My Profile
Test – A1.1
Knowledge
(Creating My Profile Test –
A1.1)
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Expresar ideas básicas
acerca de la rutina diaria
y de las actividades en
el tiempo libre teniendo
en cuenta el léxico y las
estructuras gramaticales
pertinentes en cada
situación
Expresar ideas básicas acerca
de la rutina diaria y de las
actividades en el tiempo
libre teniendo en cuenta
el léxico y las estructuras
gramaticales pertinentes en
cada situación
Expresar ideas básicas acerca
de la rutina diaria y de las
actividades en el tiempo
libre teniendo en cuenta
el léxico y las estructuras
gramaticales pertinentes en
cada situación
Expresar ideas básicas acerca
de la rutina diaria y de las
actividades en el tiempo
libre teniendo en cuenta
el léxico y las estructuras
gramaticales pertinentes en
cada situación
Checklist
Learning
Activity 2
Writing a post about
my daily routine
Product
(Writing a post about daily
routines and leisure time
activities checklist)
Checklist
Learning
Activity 2
Leisure activities
in my town webconference
Performance
(Making a presentation
about leisure time
activities checklist)
Checklist
Learning
Activity 2
Interview script about
daily routine and
leisure activities
Product
Interviewing a classmate
about daily life activities
script checklist)
Checklist
Learning
Activity 2
Classmate interview
about daily life
activities (Video)
Product
Interviewing a classmate
about daily life activities
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Expresar ideas básicas
acerca de la rutina diaria
y de las actividades en
el tiempo libre teniendo
en cuenta el léxico y las
estructuras gramaticales
pertinentes en cada
situación
Expresar ideas básicas acerca
de la rutina diaria y de las
actividades en el tiempo
libre teniendo en cuenta
el léxico y las estructuras
gramaticales pertinentes en
cada situación
Describir detalladamente
lugares a partir del
vocabulario pertinente y las
estructuras correspondientes
Describir detalladamente
lugares a partir del
vocabulario pertinente y las
estructuras correspondientes
Checklist
Learning
Activity 2
Video presentation of
a recipe
Product
(Preparing a recipe
checklist)
Test in the platform
Learning
Activity 2
Reporting your daily
life activities Test –
Level A1.1
Knowledge
(Reporting your daily life
activities Test – Level A1.1)
Checklist
Learning
Activity 3
Rental ad
Product
(My house for rent ad
checklist)
Checklist
Learning
Activity 3
Home search
application form
Product
(Home search application
form checklist)
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Describir detalladamente
lugares a partir del
vocabulario pertinente
y las estructuras
correspondientes
Learning
Activity 3
Neighborhood
description
Describir detalladamente
lugares a partir del
vocabulario pertinente y las
estructuras correspondientes
Learning
Activity 3
Video about my
neighborhood
Product
Describir detalladamente
lugares a partir del
vocabulario pertinente y las
estructuras correspondientes
Learning
Activity 3
Giving directions
web-conference
Performance
Describir detalladamente
lugares a partir del
vocabulario pertinente y las
estructuras correspondientes
Checklist
Learning
Activity 3
Furniture Budget
form
Product
(My neighborhood
description checklist)
Test in the platform
(A good place to live video
checklist)
Checklist
(Giving direction
checklist)
Checklist
Product
(Furniture budget form
checklist)
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Describir detalladamente
lugares a partir del
vocabulario pertinente
y las estructuras
correspondientes
Learning
Activity 3
Description of house
decoration
Describir detalladamente
lugares a partir del
vocabulario pertinente y las
estructuras correspondientes
Learning
Activity 3
Moving to a new
place test – Level A1.1
Knowledge
(Moving to a new place
test – Level A1.1)
Implementar acciones
mejora en el intercambio
de información al respecto
de los datos personales y
familiares, de las actividades
de la vida diaria y los lugares
en que ellas se ejecutan de
acuerdo con los resultados
obtenidos en el proceso de
aprendizaje
Consolidation
Activity
Blog posts
improvement
Product
Checklist
Implementar acciones
mejora en el intercambio
de información al respecto
de los datos personales y
familiares, de las actividades
de la vida diaria y los lugares
en que ellas se ejecutan de
acuerdo con los resultados
obtenidos en el proceso de
aprendizaje
Consolidation
Activity
Consolidation TestLevel A1.1
Checklist
Product
(Let’s decorate checklist)
Test in the platform
(Blog checklist)
Checklist
Knowledge
(Consolidation Test-Level
A1.1)
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