TUGASAN

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OUMH1203
ENGLISH FOR WRITTEN COMMUNICATION
MAY 2019 SEMESTER

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 : 8th July 2019 until 21st July 2019

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

ASSIGNMENT QUESTION

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This assignment is intended to give you practice in academic writing. It requires you to refer
to materials / articles and include relevant ideas and quotes in your essay. You are also
required to acknowledge ideas and concepts you have picked up from sources to be
included in your writing.

TASK
Education is the fundamental necessity of life. As education progresses, most educators
today have shifted to the student-centered approach. However, there are still many learners
who believe that teacher-centered approach is a better and more effective approach in
teaching and learning process.

For this assignment, you need to present your views and ideas about which system is better:
teacher-centered or student-centered education to be applied in most colleges and
universities in Malaysia and do the following:
i. Prepare an outline for your essay
ii. Write an essay and discuss the following issues related to the above topic and
give reasons for your opinion.

Notice:
Write your own essay and avoid plagiarism. The content of the essay must be written based
on the essay outline that you have prepared. Please refer to the sequenced and numbered
outline format stated on page 27 (3.1 Planning to Write Essays) of the OUMH1203 module
and refer to the attached sample outline format.

Support your discussion with evidence drawn from a review of current and related literature
(2013 – 2019). Use the APA format for in - text citations and the reference list.

Refer to the assignment rubrics as a guide to achieve cohesion and coherence.

[Total: 60 marks]

SAMPLE OUTLINE FORMAT

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 Title of Essay

Introduction
Introduction to the topic
Thesis Statement

I. Topic Sentence 1
A. Supporting Detail
i. Example
a) Sub-example (if any)

II. Topic Sentence 2 (same structure for Topic Sentence 3 and so on)
A. Supporting Detail
i. Example
a) Sub-example (if any)

III. Conclusion
The conclusion of the essay

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 ATTACHMENT
ASSIGNMENT RUBRICS

OUMH1203 ENGLISH FOR WRITTEN COMMUNICATION / MAY 2019

Unsatisfactory Or No
Excellent Good Fair Poor
response Max
Criteria Weight Marks
4 3 2 1 0
Essay Outline 2.5  Correct and  Parts of the format are  The content and the  Outline is poorly No proper use of 10
accurate format. correct. organisation of ideas in written and the outline format.
the outline are weak. format is wrong.
The format is wrong.

 Details are placed  Details are placed in a  Some details are not in  Many details are not
in a logical order logical order, but the a logical or expected in a logical or
and the way they way in which they are order, and this distracts expected order. The
are presented presented sometimes the organisation of the outline is
effectively makes makes the outline less outline. unorganised.
the outline very interesting.
interesting.

Introduction 2.0 The introduction The introduction clearly The introduction states There is no clear Introduction presents 8
very clearly states states the thesis statement the thesis statement, but introduction of the main no purpose.
the thesis statement and previews the structure does not adequately topic or structure of the
and previews the of the paper. preview the structure of paper.
structure of the the paper.
paper.

Content 5.0  Fully addresses all  Adequately addresses  Generally writes about  Some attempt to  A weak attempt at 20
aspects of the the writing assignment. the topic but with a few address the writing addressing the
writing digressions in parts of assignment. writing assignment.
assignment. the writing.

 Full and rich  Clear and complete  Development of  Development of  Off - topic for the
development of development of content. content adequate. content is limited, may most part.
the content. be incomplete or
unclear.
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  Main points are  Main points are relevant  Some main points may  Most main points are
relevant and and extended not be fully extended; not fully extended,
extended adequately with the supporting details may serious lack of
satisfactorily with support of relevant not be relevant or supporting details.
the support of details. adequate.
relevant details.

 Ideas are  Some ideas may not be  Ideas may not be  Organization of ideas
organized logically arranged logically and arranged logically and lacks clarity and may
and coherently. coherently. coherently. lead to confusion.

Conclusion 2.0 Conclusion skillfully The conclusion is The conclusion is Conclusion is weak. Conclusion does not tie 8
reinforces thesis and recognizable and ties up recognizable, but does paper together.
gives closure to almost all the loose ends. not tie up several loose
essay. ends.

Language/ 2.0  Sentence style fits  Sentences are generally  Sentence structures are  Contains several  Contains many 8
Sentence Skills paper’s purpose. clear, well structured, generally correct, but awkward or awkward sentences.
Sentences are focused, though some sentences may be ungrammatical Displays general
varied, yet clearly may be awkward or wordy or repetitive. sentences. Sentence inability in writing
structured and ineffective. structure is simple or grammatical/meaning
carefully focused. monotonous. ful sentences.

 Language is  Language is satisfactory
excellent with with some errors in
hardly any error in grammar, lexical choice
grammar, lexical and punctuation which
choice and do not seriously impede
punctuation. understanding and
clarity.
 Frequent errors in  Very frequent errors in  Errors in grammar,
grammar, lexical choice grammar, lexical lexical choice and
and punctuation which choice and punctuation are too
may impede punctuation that frequent and severe,
understanding and seriously impair making it highly
clarity. understanding and difficult to
clarity. understand the
message.

References 1.5 All the references Most of the references are References are References are References are not 6
are effectively used, effectively used, correctly sometimes not effectively inappropriately/unclearl incorporated or
correctly cited and cited and correctly listed in used, and/or correctly y incorporated. incorporated
correctly listed in the the reference list according cited and/or correctly inappropriately.
reference list to APA style. listed in the reference list
according to APA according to APA style.
style.
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