TUGASAN / ASSIGNMENT (70%)

SEMESTER JANUARY 2022

KOD SUBJEK : MPU3222

TAJUK SUBJEK : ACADEMIC WRITING / PENULISAN AKADEMIK

PERINGKAT : IJAZAH SARJANA MUDA / BACHELOR

NAMA PELAJAR :

NOMBOR MATRIK :

PROGRAM :

FASILITATOR AKADEMIK :

PUSAT PEMBELAJARAN :

ARAHAN KEPADA PELAJAR

1) Answer ALL questions/Jawab SEMUA soalan.

2) Plagiarism will not be tolerated. Student must submit this assignment to the Turnitin link
that has been prepared. Action will be taken on students found to have committed
plagiarism/Plagiat adalah dilarang sama sekali. Pelajar harus menghantar tugasan ini ke
pautan Turnitin yang telah disediakan. Tindakan akan diambil ke atas pelajar yang
dibuktikan melakukan plagiat.

3) This assignment carries 70% from the overall marks of this subject/Tugasan ini membawa
70% dari jumlah keseluruhan markah gred akhir.

4) Please read the instructions carefully/Sila baca arahan dengan teliti.

.

5) This assignmet must be submitted BEFORE or BY 03 APRIL 2022/Tugasan ini mesti

dihantar SEBELUM atau PADA 03 APRIL 2022.

THERE ARE EIGHT (8) PRINTED PAGES, INCLUDING THIS PAGE/TERDAPAT LAPAN (8)
HALAMAN BERCETAK, TERMASUK HALAMAN INI
SECTION A / BAHAGIAN A
Total: 10 marks /Jumlah: 10 markah
Briefly describe the following terms in the context of academic writing and provide
relevant example for each.
Terangkan dengan ringkas konsep yang berikut dalam konteks penulisan akademik dengan
memberikan contoh yang sesuai.

i. Analyse/Analisa

ii. Evaluate/Menilai

iii. Synthesise/Sintesis

iv. Periodicals/Terbitan berkala

v. Database/Pangkalan data (Must also provide the name of ONE (1) database that is
available in library.aeu.edu.my/Perlu juga memberikan SATU (1) nama pangkalan
data yang terdapat dalam library.aeu.edu.my)

vi. Journal/Makalah

vii. Journal Article/Artikel jurnal

viii. Citation/Petikan

ix. Paraphrasing/Memparaprasakan

x. Summarising/Meringkas

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SECTION B / BAHAGIAN B
Total: 45 marks /Jumlah: 45 markah
Task 1 - (30%)

According to a report in the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry in 2018,
around 90% of teenagers between 13 and 17 used social media. In Southeast Asia, Indonesia
has the highest percentage of social media users, with their youth contributing significantly
the to the numbers. This trend is similar in Malaysia, where an article written by scholars
from Universiti Sains Malaysia revealed youths in Malaysia made up almost 80% of social
media users.
Write a 1500-word essay on the effects of social media on the younger generation.

Students are expected to do a research on the topic given. Please note that you are
required to support your points using sources from books, journals, articles, theses,
reputable magazines, as well as other reliable sources for Academic Writing as shown in
Chapter 5. Failure to do this will cause a substantial loss of marks.
You are reminded that plagiarism in any forms is NOT tolerated. The essay should
comply with the APA format as shown in Chapter 10:

Tugasan 1 – (30%)

Menurut laporan yang dikeluarkan oleh Akademi Psikiatri Kanak-Kanak dan Remaja
Amerika pada tahun 2018, sebanyak 90% remaja yang berusia di antara 13 dan 17
menggunakan media sosial. Di Asia Tenggara, Indonesia mempunyai peratusan pengguna
sosial media yang tertinggi, di mana generasi muda merupakan sebahagian besar pengguna
yang dilaporkan. Di Malaysia, penyelidik dari Universiti Sains Malaysia melaporkan kajian
yang menunjukkan generasi muda merupakan 80% dari keseluruhan pengguna sosial di
negara ini.
Tulis satu esei sebanyak 1500 patah perkataan yang membincangkan kesan-kesan
penggunaan media sosial ke atas generasi muda masa kini.

Anda dikehendaki untuk melakukan kajian mengenai topik yang diberi dengan
menggunakan sumber yang boleh dipercayai sebagai sokongan dalam esei anda. Sumber-
sumber ini termasuk buku, jurnal, artikel, tesis, majalah yang boleh dipercayai, dan
sumber Penulisan Akademik lain yang dinyatakan dalam Bab 5. Kegagalan untuk

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merujuk kepada mana-mana sumber akan menyebabkan kehilangan markah yang sangat
besar.
Sebarang bentuk plagiat tidak akan diterima. Esei ini haruslah mematuhi format APA
seperti yang ditunjukkan dalam Bab 10.

Task 2 – (15%)

With the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic, governments around the world are taking swift
and active steps to halt its spread. One of the common measures is to impose a geographical
lockdown or restriction on the population movements. In Malaysia, the government first
imposed the Movement Control Order (MCO) on 18 March 2020 and many subsequent
restrictions since then have been in affect. In other countries, similar actions are in place to
control the spread of the pandemic. During this restrictions on movement and how we
conduct day-to-day activities, people are faced with a new normal.

Write a 250-word essay describing effective steps that can be taken by the masses to adapt to
this ‘new normal’.

Tugasan 2 – (15%)

Dengan penularan pandemik COVID-19, negara di seluruh dunia mengambil tindakan yang
pantas untuk mengekang wabak ini. Antara langkah yang diambil ialah dengan mengenakan
kekangan pergerakan ke atas penduduk sesebuah tempat. Di Malaysia, kerajaan telah
mengarahkan Perintah Kawalan Pergerakan (PKP) bermula pada 18 Mac. Ketika ini,
Perintah Kawalan Pergerakan Pemulihan (PKPP) telah berkuatkuasa dan dijadualkan
berakhir pada 31 Disember 2020.
Dengan kekangan yang datang dengan perintah kawalan ini, masyarakat berdepan dengan
norma baru.

Tulis esei dalam 250 patah perkataan membincangkan langkah-langkah yang boleh diambil
untuk menyesuaikan diri dengan norma baru ini.

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WRITING FORMAT

 Times New Roman

 Font size 12

 1.5 to 2.0 Spacing

 Justify

SECTION C / BAHAGIAN C

AKTIVITI PEMBELAJARAN / LEARNING ACTIVITY

Total: 15 marks / Jumlah: 15 markah

For this task, you are required to login to myPLS and access the MPU3222 Academic Writing
module. Click on the forum named SECTION C: FORUM that has been prepared for you. In the
forum, there will be three (3) topics that you have to respond to. The three (3) topics will be posted
according to the following schedule.

NO FORUM DATES

1 Topic 1 31.01.2022

2 Topic 2 01.02.2022

3 Topic 3 01.03.2022

Untuk tugasan ini, anda perlu akses ke myPLS modul MPU3222 Academic Writing. Klik pada forum
yang dinamakan SECTION C: FORUM yang telah disediakan untuk anda. Dalam forum tersebut,
anda perlu memberi pendapat yang bernas terhadap tiga (3) topik yang diberikan. Ketiga-tiga (3)
topik ini akan dipaparkan mengikut jadual berikut.

BIL FORUM TARIKH

1 Topik 1 31.01.2022

2 Topik 2 01.02.2022

3 Topik 3 01.03.2022

END OF ASSIGNMENT QUESTIONS/SOALAN TUGASAN TAMAT

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 ASSESSMENT RUBRICS

SECTION B – TASK 1 (30%)

CRITERIA NEEDS APPROACHES MEETS EXCELLENT

IMPROVEMENT EXPECTATIONS EXPECTATIONS
Support Offers simplistic, Offers some support Offers solid but less Substantial, logical, and
undeveloped, or that may that may be original reasoning. concrete development of
cryptic support for dubious, too broad or Assumptions are not ideas. Assumptions are
ideas; inappropriate or obvious. Details are always recognized or made explicit. Details are
off-topic too general, not made explicit. Contains germane, original, and
generalizations; faulty interpreted, irrelevant some appropriate convincingly interpreted (8
assumptions; and/or to thesis, or details or examples (6 marks)
errors of fact. (1 mark) inappropriately marks)
repetitive (3 marks)
Sources Fails to use sources Uses relevant sources Uses sources to Uses sources to support,
and/or overuses but substitutes them for support, extend, and extend, and inform, but not
quotations or the writer’s own ideas. inform the writer’s substitute for writer’s own
paraphrasing and/or Quotations and own development of development of ideas.
uses source material paraphrases may be too ideas. Appropriately Skilfully combines material
without long and/or uses quotes, but may from a variety of sources.
acknowledgement. (1 inconsistently not always conform to Always conforms to style
mark) referenced. (3 marks) required style manual manual (APA) (8 marks)
(6 marks)
Style & Structure Superficial and Sentences show little Sentences show some Sentences are varied,
stereotypical language. variety, simplistic. variety & complexity. complex, and employed for
Oral rather than Diction is somewhat Uneven control. effect. Diction is precise,
written language immature; relies on Diction is accurate, appropriate, using advanced
patterns predominate. clichés. Tone may have generally appropriate, vocabulary. Tone is mature,
No sense of sturtcure. some inconsistencies in less advanced. Tone is consistent, and suitable for
(1 mark) tense and person. A appropriate. Adheres to topic and audience. Adheres
semblance sense of required length. to required length. Overall
structure is present (3 Overall structure is structure is present, with
marks). present, with evidence evidence of continuity (7
of continuity (5 marks) marks).
Conventions Mechanical and usage Repeated weaknesses Grammar and syntax Essentially error free.
errors so severe that in mechanics and are correct with very Evidence of superior control
writer’s ideas are usage. Pattern of flaws. few errors in spelling of diction (7 marks)
difficult to understand (3 marks) or punctuation (5
(1 mark) marks)

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 SECTION B – TASK 2 (15 %)

5 4 3 1-2
Organization: Well-planned and Good overall There is a sense of No sense of
Well-thought out. organization, includes organization, organization
Includes introduction some organizational although some of the
paragraph, body tools. Progression from
paragraphs and one paragraph to
conclusion paragraphs. another is not very clear.
Clear transition from
one paragraph to the
next.
Body paragraphs Body paragraphs do not organizational tools Body paragraphs do not
include clear Topic have all items in a good have Topic Sentence,
Sentence, Supporting e.g. missing Topic Supporting Sentences
Sentences and Sentence, Supporting and Concluding
Concluding Sentence Sentences or
Sentence.
Concluding Sentence.
are used weakly or
missing

Content Exceptionally well- Well-presented and Content is sound and Content is not sound
presented and argued; ideas are solid; ideas are
argued; ideas are detailed, developed present but not
detailed, well- and supported with particularly
developed, evidence and details, developed or
supported with mostly specific. supported; some
specific evidence & evidence, but
facts, as well as usually of a
examples and generalized nature.
specific details.
Language and Sentences are clear Sentences are clear Sentences are Sentences aren’t
Grammar
and varied in but may lack generally clear but clear and there are
several grammatical
errors that significantly
distract readers.
pattern, from simple variation; a few may may have awkward
to complex, with be awkward and there structure or unclear
excellent use of may be a few Content. There are also
punctuation and error- punctuation and a few grammatical
free grammar. grammar errors. errors that are
distracting to readers.

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SECTION C - FORUM

SCORE 5-4 3-2 1 0

CRITERIA Clear explanation Sufficient Short answer No or wrong
is given, explanation is is given. answer given.
demonstrating given, Student’s
complete demonstrating understanding
understanding of partial of the topic
the topic. Relevant understanding of cannot be
examples are the topic. Examples gauge by the
provided with are given, but not answer. No
sufficient enough example and
elaboration. elaboration. Little no
Complete and to no grammar elaboration.
grammartically mistake.
correct sentences
are used to respond
to the topic.
*Each topic carries five (5) marks. Full marks for this activity is 15 marks (5 marks x 3 topics).

END OF ASSIGNMENT QUESTION/SOALAN TUGASAN TAMAT

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