Higher National Diploma in Information Technology

Business English & Communication Skills

Year 1 Semester 1 – 2020 (January Intake)
Assignment – submitting a business report and doing a presentation
Topic – customer perspectives on online shopping

Learning outcomes/ LO1: Understand the structure of a paragraph, cohesion and

Objectives
write effective paragraphs.

LO2: Speak confidently in English on various topics in a variety

of situations.

LO3: Identify the process of making an Oral Presentation,

guidelines for delivering Oral Presentations and deliver an
Oral Presentations.

LO4: Identify the correct usage of words and grammatical

devices used in speaking and writing and apply the same.

LO5: Identify the process of writing a report, format of a

report and to produce reports.

LO6: Understand the concept of a summary, the process of

writing a summary and write an effective summary.

LO7: Prepare questionnaires and interview questions for

surveys.

LO8: Demonstrate ability to critically evaluate a variety of

charts, graphs and tables.

Assessment Weighting (%) Presentation 5%

or % contribution to Report 5%
assessment component

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 Total 10%
Issue Date
Submission Deadline

Procedure for/where to Presentation – Delivering the presentation in front of the

submit work (including file subject Lecturer.
name format for Turnitin
where applicable)
Report - Submit to the Lecturer.

Description of Assessment Task

The assignment for this semester is conducting a research on the given research topic and
present the findings (in the form of a power point presentation) to the class and writing a
report on the same. 
You should do a proper survey and collect actual data to write the report. You can select
feasible number of mobile applications for your research or online questionnaires
You can work in groups (maximum 5 students) and conduct the research, deliver the power
point presentation and then submit the report on the same.  Duration of the presentation is 15
minutes (maximum).
Topics
1. Customer perspectives on Online shopping

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 Higher National Diploma in Information Technology
Business English & Communication Skills
Year 1 Semester 1 – 2020 (January Intake)
Assignment – Mobile phone market in Sri Lanka
Marking Guide
Marks are distributed as follows:
Presentation – 10 marks
● Content & the Organization – 03 marks
● Language (Written & Spoken)- Grammar & Pronunciation – 03 marks
● Audibility, Tone & Pitch – 02 marks
● Body Language (Gesture & Posture) & Eye contact – 02 marks

Report – written document – 10 marks

● Content – 05 marks
● Language – 03 marks
● Format and organization– 02 marks
Note : Considerable percentage can be deducted for plagiarism
25% -35% deduct 2 marks
35-55% deduct 4 marks
55%-75% deduct 6 marks
100% plagiarized – 0 marks

Note:
The marks of the presentation and the report will be added together and then be divided by
two to make it out of ten.
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