Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Title of newspaper
article
Writer
Source
Date of publication
April 1, 2012
Title of newspaper
article
Writer
Source
Date of publication
April 1, 2012
Raymond Lee
The Star
3. Find a few more articles and books and make notes from these sources.
4. Based on the notes made, prepare an academic report of approximately 20002500 words on the following:
a) Soft skills that are important for university students.
b) Reasons why some university students are not equipped with the
soft skills listed in (a).
c) Suggestions on ways to equip university students with the
appropriate soft skills to ensure their success at the university and
at the workplace.
You should also provide the reasons why some university students are
not well equipped with the soft skills that you have chosen. (These
reasons will be dependent on the soft skills that you have selected. You
can analyze the education system in Malaysia, for example)
Suggestions
o
Provide logical suggestions for future graduates, government bodies
and educational institutions to ensure that university students are
equipped with the soft skills that you have listed.
Reference List
Write proper in-text citations when including external sources in
writing.
o Students are required to paraphrase or to summarise information from
external sources and not only lifting word-by-word from any external
sources.
o A reference list should be prepared to acknowledge all sources utilised
in writing.
o The reference list should utilise the APA citation style (as shown in
Topic 5 of OUMH1103 module).
ASSESSMENT
CRITERIA
INDEX
Introduction
Body
paragraphs:
Findings (Three
important soft
skills and
Reasons why
university
students are not
well equipped
with the soft
skills listed)
2.5
Suggestions
2.5
Coherence
1.5
WEIGHT
1
MISSING
ITEM
0
No
introduction.
POOR
AVERAGE
1
Introduction has
inadequate
development and does
not contain a clear
statement of purpose
or contains faulty
thesis.
2
Introduction has
adequate
development but
statement of purpose/
thesis statement was
not clear.
3
Introduction has
adequate
development and
contains clear
thesis.
4
Introduction is welldeveloped and
contains clear thesis.
Body paragraphs
contain adequately
developed, logical
and relevant ideas.
Body paragraphs
contain welldeveloped, logical
and relevant ideas.
Essay demonstrates
very little
understanding of the
issue.
Essay demonstrates
some understanding
of the issue.
Essay
demonstrates indepth
understanding of
the issue.
Essay clearly
demonstrates indepth understanding
of the issue.
No
suggestion.
Most suggestions
given are
appropriate.
All suggestions
given are logical,
appropriate and
workable.
10
No coherence.
Writing is generally
incoherent due to
ineffective utilisation
of cohesive devices.
Writing is partly
coherent but some
parts are incoherent
due to ineffective
utilisation of cohesive
devices.
Most writing
flows due to
effective use of
cohesive devices
No body
paragraph.
GOOD
EXCELLENT
MARKS
(MAX)
4
10
References
1.5
No reference.
References and
citations contain a
number of errors.
Most writing is
properly cited and
referenced.
Writing is properly
cited and referenced.
Language
Not structured
and full of
mistakes.
Limited range of
structures utilised and
many are wrongly
constructed.
Sentences are
moderately varied but
some are wrongly
constructed.
TOTAL
POINTS
10
TOTAL
40
PENILAIAN / EVALUATION
Tugasan ini akan menyumbangkan 40% markah kepada kursus tersebut dan akan dinilai
berdasarkan kepada Rubrik. / This assignment accounts for 40% of the marks for the
course mentioned and shall be assessed based on the Rubrics.
Anda akan dimaklumkan tentang markah tugasan ini sebelum Peperiksaan Akhir
Semester bermula / You would be informed of the assignment mark before the Final
Semester Examination commences.
PLAGIARISME: POTONGAN MARKAH / PLAGIARISM: MARKS DEDUCTION
Amaran: Tugasan yang diserahkan secara automatik akan disemak untuk persamaan.
Jika plagiarisme dikesan, markah akan dipotong seperti berikut: / Warning: The
submitted assignment will automatically undergo a similarity check. If plagiarism is
detected, marks would be deducted as follows:
OUMH1103
LEARNING SKILLS FOR OPEN AND DISTANCE LEARNERS
ASSIGNMENT TITLE
Name
Matric number
NRIC
Telephone number
E-mail address
Tutors name:
Learning Centre: