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ASSIGNMENT BRIEF

HTU Course No: 30302111 HTU Course Name: Soft Skills 1

Assignment Brief
Student Name/ID
Number/Section
HTU Course Number and Title 40302111 Professional Skills
Academic Year 2022/2023
Assignment Author Professional Skills Team
Course Tutor Gida Hamam
Assignment Title Assignment One – Story of Self
Issue Date Oct. 2022
Formative Assessment dates 12th & 14th Dec. (in class)
Submission Date 19th Dec. (in class)
IV Name & Date Ms. Areej Abuqudeiri – Oct. 2022

Submission Format
1. Story of self: personal essay (about two pages long) via e-learning due before class time.

2. In class presentation (five minutes long).

Unit Learning Outcomes
- LO1: Students are expected to increase self-awareness, self-esteem, and
confidence as they relate to goal development, own values, interests, and skills.

- LO2: Improved Interpersonal and Communication skills—listening, speaking,

writing and interpretation and interacting.
Assignment Brief and Guidance
For this assignment, you will introduce your story of the self through a written personal essay and
in-class oral presentation.

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Your story of self -personal essay- should reflect an increased sense of self-awareness by
demonstrating your ability to identify your values, goals, strengths and weaknesses and how they
shape the story of yourself (who you are). It should demonstrate your understanding of the
concepts discussed in class and how they influence your daily life.

Please use font Times New Roman Size 12 with 1.5 spacing for the written report, which should
be somewhere between one to two pages (500 – 1000 words). This is a personal essay, so you do
not have to do any external research for this paper. However, if you do consult any external sources
you must cite your sources and provide a bibliography.

Your Presentation of the story of the self should demonstrate your ability to deliver a presentation
to an audience (your classmates) and employ presentation skills discussed throughout the
semester.

The presentation should be five minutes long. You are encouraged to use any accompanying
methods such as PowerPoint slides and videos. Please be ready to turn your camera while
delivering your presentation. If you have any technical difficulties, please contact the IT department
beforehand to sort them out.

Learning Outcomes and Assessment Criteria

Learning Outcome Pass Merit Distinction
- LO1: Students are P1 - Demonstrate a D1 - Analyses
expected to increase self- basic awareness of the connection
awareness, self-esteem, self and strengths between values,
and confidence as they and weaknesses M1 - Identifies goals and self-
relate to goal development, methods for awareness to
own values, interests, and P2 - Identifies basic improving daily life and the
skills goals weaknesses and importance of an
building on understanding of
strengths strengths,
weaknesses and
values to building
an ideal life-story
- LO2: Improved P3 – Demonstrates M2 – Engage the D2 - Show
Interpersonal and ability to carry out a audience using exceptional
Communication skills— 5-minute various presentation skills
listening, speaking, writing presentation in front communication and distinctive
and interpretation of the class based skills such as eye to engaging
on a written report eye contact, visual communication
presentation and methods (use of
voice visual methods,
personal

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presentation
skills…etc)