VIDEO PRESENTATION

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OUMH1303
ENGLISH FOR ORAL COMMUNICATION
MAY 2019 SEMESTER
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SPECIFIC INSTRUCTION

1. Presentation must be delivered in English.

2. Each presentation is 5 – 10 minutes long.

3. Submit your video presentation to your FACE TO FACE TUTOR.

(For details, please refer to Special Instructions)

4. Submission date: 29th July 2019 until 4th August 2019.

5. This video presentation accounts for 30% of the total marks for the course.

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SPECIAL INSTRUCTION

Prepare and upload your video through this link (use MPEG/MP4 video format or any
other commonly used video format): Click this link to UPLOAD your assignment:
OUMH1303

Refer to the guideline below in order to learn on how to retrieve the video link:
Guideline: Submitting Videos for the Assignment

Once you have uploaded your video using the link above, your video link will be sent to your
email. Do not forget to copy this video link and paste it in your WORD file (put this video
link in the file). Email the file to your FACE TO FACE TUTOR.

Download WORD cover page at Assignment Question & Submission > Guideline > Video
Presentation Cover page.

EVALUATION

This task 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.

PLAGIARISM: MARKS DEDUCTION

Warning: The submitted assignment will automatically undergo a similarity check. If

plagiarism is detected, marks would be deducted as follows:

No. Similarity Percentage (%) Marks Deduction (%)

1. 0 – 30 0
2. 30.01 – 50 5
3. 50.01 – 70 10
4. 70.01 - 100 100

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 TASK FOR VIDEO PRESENTATION

PURPOSE
Many speakers suffer from some degree of nervousness and anxiety before they speak to an
audience. There are many ways to try and alleviate this problem. One of the ways is through
video presentation.
The purpose of this task are:
a. to train learners to conquer their fear of speaking in front of a live audience, boost
their self-confidence and project themselves better in diverse situations; and
b. to develop the learners’ ability in applying specific skills and strategies that are
required in an oral presentation by equip them with value added skills such as IT,
creativity and innovation, etc.

TASK

This task is an individual assignment and the title of the video presentation is “The
Guidelines in Social Communication”.

The followings are the areas that you need to consider in preparing thevideo:

a. Prepare a five to ten-minute video presentation explaining the facts and your views
regarding the given title.
b. You can refer to various resources or use your personal observations, experience, and
knowledge for creating the content but make sure that the content of the video is
appropriate to your targeted audience.
c. You need to decide who you are as a presenter, your targeted audience, the
surroundings, and other aspects to consider even though you are not going to mention
it verbally in the presentation.
d. You are encouraged to use creativity and innovation in producing the video by
catering both brain’s visual and auditory systems, body language, facial expressions,
imagery and music, etc.
e. Visual aids are compulsory.

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

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[Total: 30marks]

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 RUBRICS TO ASSESS A VIDEO PRESENTATION

Category Weight Excellent Above Average Fair Low Missing Items Marks

4 3 2 1 0
Content 1.5 Covers the topic in Includes basic Includes essential The content includes No content. 6
depth with details and knowledge of the information about the minor details and it has
examples. The topic. The content topic, but contain few several mistakes in the
knowledge of the is good and mistakes in the facts. The facts. The content is not
topic is excellent. The inviting to the content is particularly not inviting to the viewer.
structure of the viewers. really inviting to the
content is very viewer.
inviting to the
viewers.

Originality 1.5 The video shows The video shows The video uses ideas from The video is created Plagiarised video 6
& Creativity great originality. The originality with other people by quoting using other people ideas and no originality.
ideas are creative and the use of new them, but there is little without quoting them.
witty. ideas and of evidence of original ideas. There is a strong
shrewdness. evidence of plagiarism.

Attraction of 1.5 A lot (more than four) Several (more Few (more than two) Little effort has been No effort has been 6
the Video of different shots, than three) different shots, camera made to provide variety made to make the
camera angles, sound different shots, angles, sound effects and/or to the video. video interesting. No
effects, and an camera angles, an adequate use of zooming attraction at all
adequate use of sound effects and providing variety in the The structure and and/or the content is
zooming providing an adequate use video. organization of ideas in confusing.
variety in the video. of zooming the video is not smooth
providing variety There are attempts to link and/or might contains
The structure and in the video. details in the video but the some mistakes in the

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 details of the video There are clear structure and organisation of facts that affected
are placed in a logical attempts to link the video lacks direction general understanding of
order and the way details in the that affected viewer’s the viewer.
they are presented video but in one comprehension.
effectively keeps the or two parts,the
interest of the viewer. details appear
incoherent.
Clarity of 1.5 The overall quality of Most of the The quality of the video is The quality of the video The quality of the 6
the Video the video and the quality of the not very good but the is acceptable but the video and the overall
focus were excellent video and the overall focus was overall focus was not focus were very poor
and assist viewer’s focus were good. acceptable. good or quite bad. and not acceptable.
comprehension.
The ending part is There is no clear ending or There is no clear ending
The ending part of recognizable, but the ending part is part. The video just
the video is does not unexpected/ not interesting. ends.
recognizable and effectively close
gives very clear and the video.
meaningful closure to
the video.

Use of 1.5 No errors in Minimal errors in Some errors in grammar, A lot of errors in Too many major 6
Language grammar, grammar, punctuationor spelling that grammar, punctuation or errors and very poor
punctuation or punctuation or affectsviewer’s spelling that affects grammar,
spelling that distracts spelling that does understanding. viewer’s punctuation or
the viewer from the not affect Some of the words used are comprehension. The spelling. Language
content. The choices viewer’s not appropriate and not choices of words are used is not suitable
of words are very understanding. suitable for the video and very poor and not for the video and
appropriate and The choices of targeted audience. appropriate the video targeted audience.
suitable for the video words are mostly and targeted audience.
and targeted appropriate and
audience. suitable for the
video and

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targeted audience.

Total 30