UB00102 DESCRIPTION OF COURSE ASSESSMENTS

(Semester 1, Session 2017/2018)

Formative & Summative Assessment Components Percentage

1. Grammar Presentation Time given : 20 minutes

Mode: Group Work (Groups of 5 students)

Each group is required to perform a song or a medley of songs.

Students can choose any songs in the list as follows:
a. Wonderful Tonight by Eric Claypton
b. Lemon Tree by Fools Garden
c. Because You Loved Me by Celion Dion
d. Youre beautiful by James Blunt
e. I Wont Give Up by Jason Mraz
f. Everything At Once by Lenka
g. My Favourite Things Sound of Music
h. Thinking Out Loud by Ed Sheeran
i. Blank Space by Taylor Swift
j. Any other songs (Students must consult their
instructors/lecturers for approval in using the songs not listed
here.)
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Students are required to display their song/medley lyrics when
performing (via PowerPoint, video, cardboard, etc.),
and to identify five (5) grammar items (learned in Weeks
1-8) they found in your lyrics,
and explain the functions and structure of each grammar
item.
Next, build sentences using the example of words of the
grammar item that they have identified.
Then, presenters ask their peers in class to give another 3
examples for each of the grammar items and to give
feedback to their peers on whether the answers are
correct or not.

Each group is required to submit copies of their presentation

materials to their respective instructors/lecturers.

The grammar presentation takes place in Week 9.

2. TEST 1 Time given : 1 hours

Mode: Individual Work

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TEST 1 assesses students on grammar items taught in Weeks 1 to 4
of the semester. TEST 1 takes place in Week 7.

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3. Online Assignment Time given : 5 weeks

Mode: Individual Work

Students are required to answer 5 quizzes on Grammar in the World

of Challenges (Quick & Easy) at http://myline.utm.my/moodle282/
from Week 6 (23 October 2017) to Week 11 (30 Nov 2017).
i. Articles: Exercise 1
ii. Quantifiers: Quiz 1
iii. Subject-verb Agreement: Exercise 4
iv. Tenses: Quiz 2
v. Phrasal Verbs: Quiz 10

Students can try the quizzes as many times as they want to and
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their best attempts will be taken into account for grading
purposes.
In Week 9, students are required to submit a hardcopy of
their individual grade report to their respective
instructors/lecturers as proof that they have started their
assignment.

Reminder:
a) Late submission will result in the deduction of 50% of the total
score.
b) Failure to complete the assignment will result in students failing this
course.

4. Dialogue Presentation: 25%

Mode: Pair Work

This assignment is divided into two (2) parts.

Part 1: Dialogue Writing (10%)

Each student is required to work with a partner to choose a

topic and write a dialogue with at least ten (10) exchanges
based on one (1) supporting material item, e.g. advertisement,
article, brochure, poster, newspaper, or any other media,
incorporating some of the grammatical items learned in the
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course (focusing on the function/use of the grammar items, see
Note No.2).
The supporting material must not contain any sensitive issues
and each pair must consult their instructors/lecturers for the
suitability of their material prior to working on their dialogue.
In Week 8, students are required to submit their written
dialogues to be graded. In Week 10, the instructors/lecturers
will return students written dialogues and give feedback to
improve their dialogues.

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 Part 2: Dialogue Presentation (15%)
In Week 12, students are required to present their
dialogues in about 5 minutes, without reading/looking at their
dialogues.

5. TEST 2: Interview

Mode: Individual Interview

Test 2 will assesses students ability to communicate using the

grammar items taught in during the semester.
Test 2 takes place in Week 14. Students will be interviewed
individually by their instructor/lecturer.
The instructor/lecturer will ask students 4 questions and
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students will respond to each question for approximately 1
minute, using the appropriate grammar forms.
The student should give details and examples to fill the required
time.
The questions will relate to textbook themes and will require
detailed answers.

Total 100 %