Instructions To Students: TH TH TH
Instructions To Students: TH TH TH
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OUMH1303
ENGLISH FOR ORAL COMMUNICATION
JANUARY 2018 SEMESTER
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INSTRUCTIONS TO STUDENTS
1. This assignment contains only ONE (1) question that is set in the language of the printed module for the
course.
2. Answer in English.
3. Download the language version of the assignment template concerned from the myINSPIRE for preparation
and submission of your assignment. Your assignment should be typed using 12 point Times New Roman font
and 1.5 line spacing.
4. Do not copy the assignment question and instructions to your answer. Only assignment answer developed
within the approximate word limit will be assessed. The number of words should be shown at the end of your
assignment.
5. You must submit your assignment TO YOUR FACE-TO-FACE TUTOR. You are advised to keep a copy of
your submitted assignment for personal reference.
6. Your assignment must be submitted between 16th – 18th March 2018. Submission after 18th March 2018 will
NOT be accepted.
7. Your assignment should be prepared individually. You should not copy another person’s assignment. You
should also not plagiarise another person’s work as your own.
8. Please take note that PENALTY will be imposed on late submission of assignment as specified in the
Registrar’s Office circular 6/2012 (Refer to Registrar’s Announcement in myVLE).
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EVALUATION
This assignment accounts for 30% of the total marks for the course and shall be assessed based
on the Rubrics attached.
You would be given feedback on the assignment before the Final Semester Examination
commences.
Warning: The submitted assignment will automatically undergo a similarity check. If plagiarism
is detected, marks would be deducted as follows:
Assignments found to have similarities under any of the categories above; will not be entitled to
apply for appeal. For learners who fall into the 70.01-100 similarities group, the access for online
appeal for assignment remarking of the subject will be disabled from the appeal options.
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ORAL PRESENTATION
PURPOSE
The purpose of this oral presentation is to develop learners’ speaking skills and to apply specific
skills that are required in an oral presentation.
QUESTION
1. Based on the written assignment (the speech), you need to prepare 10 - 20 MS PowerPoint
slides for a 10-15 minute talk (oral presentation).
2. Use phrases rather than whole sentences to write the text of your slides. Use
numbered/bulleted lists to organize and present main/supporting ideas on a given slide.
3. Make your slides visually interesting by using suitable colors for the background and
embedded symbols and pictures if appropriate.
4. You can prepare the presentation slides using the guidelines below:
Slide 0 Title
Slide 1 Introduction
Slide 2 Introduction
Slide 7 Conclusion
Slide 8 Conclusion
[Total: 30 marks]
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SCORING RUBRIC FOR ORAL PRESENTATION (30 marks):
Organizatio
Presentation appropriately cites requisite number of references. 2.5
n (5 marks)