INSTITUT PENDIDIKAN GURU KAMPUS KOTA BHARU

TUGASAN KERJA KURSUS

TAHUN AKADEMIK: 2021

Program: PPISMP Student’s Name:

Code: GEEC1052 Semester/Year: Semester 1 Year 1
Name of course: Effective Communication In Intake: June 2021
English Group: PPISMP
Tasks Date Set Date of Submission
1. Group Discussion 29 September 2021 14 October 2021
2. Reading Test 4 November 2021 13 November 2021
3. Digital Product (Writing) 30 November 2021 12 December 2021

Course Learning Outcomes:

1. Apply listening and speaking skills in a variety of social and academic contexts. (P3, A2, LO3,
LO4, KIK6)
2. Employ appropriate reading skills to comprehend a variety of text types. (C3, LO2, KKG1)
3. Write a variety of texts using appropriate writing skills. (C6, A2, LO2, LO6, KKG2, KDN2)

This coursework assesses course learning outcomes 1, 2 and 3.

Coursework Objectives:

Students should be able to:

1. Apply listening and speaking skills in a group discussion.

2. Employ appropriate reading skills to comprehend a variety of text types.
3. Write a narrative text using appropriate writing skills.

Coursework tasks are as follows:

Task 1: Group discussion (40%) – Group task

This task requires you to work in a group of three. You are only allowed to work in a group of four if there
are extra students left after dividing yourselves into groups of three.

The group discussion is based on the following situation:

Covid-19 has badly affected the whole world. It has led to a dramatic loss of human life. The
economic, education and social disruption caused by the pandemic is devastating. Now is the time
for solidarity and support, especially with the most vulnerable in our societies. Only together can
we overcome the intertwined health and social and economic impacts of the pandemic and
prevent its escalation into a protracted humanitarian catastrophe.

Discuss with your friends the impacts of the pandemic in your own life, what you have learnt
from them and suggest ways to make things better.
The meeting must display all the speaking skills you have learned during the course and these include:
 Expressing feeling and thoughts
 Stating facts and opinion
 Making suggestions
 Turn-taking

Reading of texts is not allowed throughout the discussion. The length of the meeting is approximately 30
minutes. Record your meeting and submit the recording to your respective lecturer. You may use the
class Google Classroom for this purpose.

Task 2: Reading test (30%) – Individual task

For this part of assessment, it is obligatory for you to sit for a reading test. The test will be conducted
online using Google Classroom platform. The duration of the test is one hour. The date, time and format
of test will be informed during coursework briefing.

Task 3: Digital product: Writing (30%) – Individual task

This task requires you to write a narrative text and publish it in a class blog. For this purpose, you need to
set up your own class blog.
For narrative text writing, it is mandatory for you to follow all the writing processes and all these writing
processes must be displayed in the blog together with the final product. The writing processes include:
 Prewriting
 Drafting
 Revision
 Editing
 Publishing
**Ideally each stage will take 2 days

Your narrative text must end with ‘……. And kids, that’s how I met your mother/father”.

Including the compulsory ending, your narrative text must be written in approximately 800 words.

Additional guidelines for coursework:

 Acknowledge and cite the sources you refer to using the APA (American Psychological
Association) format (if applicable).
 Plagiarism and collusion are strongly prohibited. Cases of suspected plagiarism and/or collusion
will be seriously dealt with and may result in a penalty being taken against you if found guilty. The
declaration on the Assessment Report (AR) form serves as a reminder of your responsibility in
this important matter.
 Assignments must be submitted before the end of the submission date. Request for extension
will not be entertained unless the case presented is clearly genuine and supported by valid
evidence.
 All the assignments must consist of:
a. Title of coursework
b. Name of students
c. Index number
d. Identity card number
e. Class
f. Name of academic lecturer
g. Date of submission
Prepared by: Checked by:

………………………… ……………..……………..…
(Muhaimi Saifuddin M. Salleh) (Dr. Ahmad Sabry Othman)
Course leader Subject Matter Expert

Verified by:

……………………………… …………………
(Pn Tan Siew Poh)
Head of Language Department
Institut Pendidikan Guru Kampus Kota Bharu

Date: 20 Sept 2021

MARK SCHEME FOR TASK 1 (40%) – GROUP DISCUSSION

MARKS / INTRODUCTION GROUP PARTICIPATION APPLICATION OF SKILLS LANGUAGE MASTERY

TRAITS
Purpose of meeting excellently Very active discussion, full of energy and Applies all the necessary speaking Free of errors, excellent use of
explained, lay-out of meeting enthusiasm, whole team is able to give skills excellently and appropriately, terminology, excellent clarity and very
excellently stated, roles of each creative opinions, ideas are highly creative, excellent and appropriate use of easy to follow
Distinction participant is excellently clarified shows excellent listening skill when others gestures
36 - 40 are talking, excellent show of giving,
accepting and counter suggesting of ideas.
Final solution shows excellent creativity and
promise.
Purpose of meeting clearly Active discussion, shows a lot of energy and Applies most necessary speaking A few slips of the tongue errors, good
explained, lay-out of meeting stated enthusiasm, almost everyone in the team is skills appropriately, appropriate use use of terminology and clarity and easy
but a little lacking in clarity, roles of able to give creative opinions, ideas are quite of gestures to follow
High Credit each participant is well clarified creative, shows good listening skill when
31 - 35 others are talking, shows good ability of
giving, accepting and counter suggesting of
ideas. Final solution shows good creativity
and promise.
Purpose of meeting acceptably Fairly active discussion, show of energy and Applies many necessary speaking Some errors including a few major ones,
explained, lay-out of meeting stated enthusiasm a bit lacking, there is tendency skills appropriately, use of many fairly good use of terminology and clarity
but a little lacking in clarity, roles of that one person dominates, opinions/ideas appropriate gestures
Credit each participant is clarified but not are fairly creative, shows fairly good listening
26 - 30 thorough skill when others are talking, shows fairly
good ability of giving, accepting and counter
suggesting of ideas. Final solution shows a
degree of creativity and promise.
Purpose of meeting briefly Monotonous discussion, shows little energy Applies a few speaking skills Many minor and major errors but
explained, lay-out of meeting stated and enthusiasm, there is tendency that one appropriately, a few appropriate discussion is still comprehensible
but lacking in clarity, roles of each person dominates, opinions/ideas are uses of gestures
Pass participant is not properly clarified acceptable, shows acceptable listening skill
21 - 25 when others are talking, shows acceptable
ability of giving, accepting and counter
suggesting of ideas. Final solution lacks
creativity and promise.
Fail Purpose of meeting unexplained, Poor/no discussion, shows no energy and Applies inappropriate speaking Littered with all kinds of errors making
Less than 20 lay-out of meeting unstated, roles enthusiasm, dominates by silence, skills, inappropriate use of gestures discussion incomprehensible
of each participant unclarified opinions/ideas are poor. No final solution.
MARK SCHEME FOR TASK 3 (30%) – DIGITAL PRODUCT (INDIVIDUAL WRITING)

MARKS / Ideas/Organization/Content Style/Voice Display of processes Mastery of Language

TRAITS
Setting, characters and plot are fully Vivid and imaginative descriptive details are All writing processes are Free of errors, excellent use of
fleshed out, vibrant, and connected, present, writing reflects a unique, consistent excellently and comprehensibly terminology, excellent clarity and very
flow of action is logical and personal voice, writing (when appropriate) displayed, shows very systematic easy to follow
Distinction deliberate, uses multiple subplots (if incorporates experiments with many working order
27 - 30 appropriate), plot is different styles
original/creative/imaginative, uses
good creative dialogues, storyline fits
the given ending.
Setting, characters and plot are Vivid and fairly imaginative descriptive details Most writing processes are A few slips of the tongue errors, good
present and connected, flow of action are present, writing reflects a fairly unique, comprehensibly displayed, shows use of terminology and clarity and easy
High Credit is logical, plot is original/imaginative, consistent personal voice, writing (when very systematic working order to follow
23 - 26 uses good dialogues, storyline fits the appropriate) incorporates some experiments
given ending. with different styles
Setting, characters and plot are Fairly vivid and imaginative details are Many writing processes are Some errors including a few major ones,
present and connected, flow of action present, writing reflects a fairly unique, comprehensibly displayed, shows fairly good use of terminology and clarity
Credit is logical, plot shows some originality, consistent personal voice, writing (when fairly good systematic working
19 - 22 uses acceptable dialogues, storyline appropriate) incorporates a few experiments order
fits the given ending. with different styles
Setting, characters and plot are Fairly imaginative details are present, writing Only a few writing processes are Many minor and major errors but
Pass present but not properly connected, barely reflects a unique, consistent personal comprehensibly displayed, shows discussion is still comprehensible
15 - 18 flow of action is less logical, plot voice, writing (when appropriate) acceptable systematic working
shows a little originality, storyline fits incorporates limited experiments with order
the given ending. different styles
Setting, characters and plot are No imaginative details are present, writing No writing process is displayed Littered with all kinds of errors making
Fail absent, flow of action is illogical, plot does not reflect a unique, consistent personal discussion incomprehensible
Less than 15 shows no originality, storyline does voice, writing ability is evidently is limited
not fit the given ending.