VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY – HOCHIMINH CITY Student’s Full Name: _______________________________

UNIVERSITY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES

Student ID: _______________________________________
FACULTY OF ENGLISH LINGUISTICS AND LITERATURE

DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE SKILLS Class Code: ______________________________________

Second-Degree Program
Instructor: _______________________________________

FINAL EXAMINATION
Course: ACADEMIC WRITING C1
Exam Date: March 06, 2019
ANSWER KEY
SECTION 1 Write a paraphrase for the following paragraph, using an appropriate citation style. (2
points)
Answers that merely copy words from original text receive no marks.
Answers may vary but should include the following ideas. 1.5 points

Galileo was able to make some amazing discoveries with his telescope (0.5 pts). He made discoveries about
the moon, about Jupiter, and about the Milky Way (0.5 pts). He was able to do this with a telescope that was
less powerful than even today's most basic telescopes (0.5 pts).

In text citation: APA style: (Owen, 2007) or MLA style: (Owen). 0.5 pts
(Reference list entry format is not accepted.)

SECTION 2 Write a five-paragraph essay of 500-600 words on ONE of the following topics. (8 points)
Criteria for grading
o Task Achievement (the addressing of all the questions given in the topic, the format of a five-paragraph
essay with an introduction, body paragraphs and a conclusion)
o Coherence and Cohesion
o Lexical Resource
o Grammatical Range and Accuracy

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SCORING

Points Response

• Very good response

• All content points included and dealt with properly
• Wide range of appropriate grammar and vocabulary with few serious errors
8
• Well organized and structured with appropriate linking phrases and
paragraphing
• Appropriate length

• Good response
• All content points included
• Range of appropriate grammar and vocabulary with few serious errors
6.5
• Mostly well organized and structured with appropriate linking phrases and
paragraphing
• Appropriate length

• Satisfactory response
• Major content points included
• Range of grammar and vocabulary with some errors but these do not impede
5 communication
• Reasonably well organized and structured with some use of appropriate
linking words and phrases and paragraphing
• Appropriate length

• Weak response
• Major content point not included
3.5
• Limited range of grammar and vocabulary with frequent errors
• Not clearly organized and structured

• Very weak response

2 • Frequent basic errors in grammar and vocabulary
• Disorganized text with no linking or paragraphing

0 • Task not attempted, not completed, or too short

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