COURSEWORK ASSESSMENT RUBRICS

PROGRAMME: PISMP (JUNE 2021/2026 INTAKE) SEMESTER: 2 YEAR 1

CODE: TSLB3293 COURSE: CHILDREN AND LANGUAGES

TASK 1: REPORT (CASE STUDY) - Individual: 50%

A. Clarity of explanation and justifications: 40%

(C5, PLO2, KKG2)

ASSESSMENT HIGH DISTINCTION DISTINCTION CREDIT PASS FAIL

CRITERIA (90 - 100) (75 - 89) (60 - 74) (50 - 59) (< 50)
● Excellent understanding ● Very good ● Good understanding ● Adequate ● Poor understanding
of concepts of understanding of of concepts of understanding of of concepts of
bilingualism and concepts of bilingualism and concepts of bilingualism and
multilingualism. bilingualism and multilingualism. bilingualism and multilingualism.
● Excellent understanding multilingualism. ● Good understanding multilingualism. ● Poor understanding
of factors affecting ● Very good of factors affecting ● Adequate of factors affecting
bilingualism and understanding of bilingualism and understanding of bilingualism and
Content multilingualism. factors affecting multilingualism. factors affecting multilingualism.
● Excellent understanding bilingualism and ● Good understanding bilingualism and ● Poor understanding
of different contexts of multilingualism. of different contexts of multilingualism. of different contexts
language learning. ● Very good language learning. ● Adequate of language learning.
understanding of understanding of
different contexts of different contexts of
language learning. language learning.

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 ● Excellent ability to
evaluate, think critically,
make decisions based
on concrete evidence,
ability to source and
manage relevant
information based on
valid various resources.
● Excellent discussion and
justification of the impact
Discussion and of bilingualism,
Justification
multilingualism and
different contexts on the
child's language
learning.
● Excellent link and
excellent reference
made to support the
discussion.
● Excellent and relevant
references showing
extensive reading from
Source Quality various credible sources.
● Excellent referencing
skill in compliance with
APA 7 format.
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● Very good ability to ● Good ability to ● Adequate ability to ● Poor ability to
evaluate, think evaluate, think evaluate, think evaluate, think
critically, make critically, make critically, make critically, make
decisions based on decisions based on decisions based on decisions based on
concrete evidence, concrete evidence, concrete evidence, concrete evidence,
ability to source and ability to source and ability to source and ability to source and
manage relevant manage relevant manage relevant manage relevant
information based on information based on information based on information based on
valid various valid various valid various valid various
resources. resources. resources. resources.
● Very good discussion ● Good discussion and ● Adequate discussion ● Poor discussion of
and justification of the justification of the of the impact of the impact of
impact of bilingualism, impact of bilingualism, bilingualism, bilingualism,
multilingualism and multilingualism and multilingualism and multilingualism and
different contexts on different contexts on different contexts on different contexts on
the child's language the child's language the child's language the child's language
learning. learning. learning. learning.
● Very good link and very ● Good link and good ● Adequate link and ● Poor or no link and
good reference made reference made to adequate reference very poor or no
to support the support the made to support the reference made
discussion. discussion. discussion. support the
discussion.
● Very good and relevant ● Good references from ● Adequate references ● Poor references
references showing selected and from limited sources. showing very limited
wide-range of reading acceptable sources. ● Adequate referencing reading and source
from various sources. ● Good referencing skill skill somewhat in are in doubt.
● Very good referencing in compliance with compliance with ● Poor referencing
skill in compliance with APA 7 format. writing APA 7 format. skill not in
APA 7 format. compliance with
APA 7 format.
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B. Written communication: 10%
(A3, PLO5, KMK7)

ASSESSMENT HIGH DISTINCTION DISTINCTION CREDIT PASS FAIL

CRITERIA (90 - 100) (75 - 89) (60 - 74) (50 - 59) (< 50)

● The use of standard ● The use of standard ● The use of standard ● The use of standard
● The use of standard
written English is written English is very written English is written English is
excellent. No fragments good. No fragments or good. satisfactory. Several written English is
or run-ons exist. run-ons exist. fragments and run- limited.
● Syntax and word
ons exist. ● Weak in terms of
● Syntax and word choice ● Syntax and word choice are good and
are clearly superior and choice are very good writing is cohesive. ● Syntax and word syntax and
writing is very cohesive. and writing is cohesive. choice are structure. Writing
● Good command of
satisfactory and lacks cohesion.
● Excellent command of ● Very good command of language with some writing is ● Poor command of
Language language with language with some appropriate satisfactorily
sophisticated vocabulary sophisticated vocabulary and some language with many
cohesive.
and a few or no errors in vocabulary and minimal errors in grammatical inappropriate
grammatical structures errors in grammatical structures and tenses. ● Satisfactory vocabularies and
and tenses. structures and tenses. command of many major errors in
language with some grammatical
inappropriate structures and
vocabulary and many tenses.
errors in grammatical
structures and
tenses.

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 ● Excellent organisation ● Very well organised ● Well organised and ● Satisfactorily ● Poorly organised and
Clarity and and excellent and very well well developed ideas. organised and poorly developed
Organisation development of ideas. developed ideas. ● Paragraphs are satisfactorily ideas.
● Paragraphs are very ● Paragraphs are cohesive. developed ideas. ● Paragraphs are not
cohesive. cohesive. ● Paragraphs are cohesive.
vaguely cohesive.

TASK 2: PERFORMANCE (PRESENTATION OF CASE STUDY) - Individual: (10%)

Oral Communication: 10%

(A4, PLO5, KMK1)

ASSESSMENT HIGH DISTINCTION DISTINCTION CREDIT PASS FAIL

CRITERIA (90 - 100) (75 - 89) (60 - 74) (50 - 59) (< 50)
Delivery
● Holds attention of entire ● Consistent use of ● Intermittent eye ● Displays minimal eye ● Holds no eye
audience with the use of direct eye contact with contact with the contact with contact with the
direct eye contact, the audience, but still audience, while audience, while audience, and reads
seldom looking at notes. returns to notes. sometimes reading reading mostly from from notes the entire
from the notes. the notes. session.
● Speaks with excellent ● Speaks with good
fluctuation in volume variation of volume ● Speaks with ● Speaks in uneven ● Speaks in low
and inflection, very clear and inflection, clear satisfactory variation volume with little or volume and/or
audible voice and voice and speaks at a of volume and no inflection, voice is monotonous tone,
speaks at a very good good pace and most of inflection, voice is low and the pace is which causes the
pace so the audience the audience can hear moderately clear and much too fast or too audience to
can hear the the presentation. the pace is slow and the disengage.
presentation. inconsistent (a little audience have
● Speaks with clear ● Speaks with very
slow or fast at times) difficulty hearing the
● Speaks with excellent articulation and poor articulation and
and some audience presentation.
articulation and pronunciation. can hear the pronunciation /
pronunciation. ● Speaks with poor Inaudible
● Delivery is smooth and presentation.
articulation and
● Delivery is poised, is appropriately ● Speaks with ● Delivery is static, no
pronunciation with
smooth and is animated with good movement or
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 appropriately animated
with excellent
descriptive gestures.
(e.g., gestures, moving
around, etc.).
Information is presented in
excellent logical and
interesting sequences
Organisation through multimodal texts
which the audience can
follow. Flows well.
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descriptive gestures.
(e.g., gestures, moving
around, etc.).
Information is presented in
a very clear logical
sequence through
multimodal texts which the
audience can follow.
satisfactory some mumbling. descriptive gestures
articulation and (e.g., gestures,
● Delivery is static,
pronunciation. moving around,
very little movement etc.).
● Delivery is rather or descriptive
stilted with some gestures (e.g.,
descriptive gestures gestures, moving
(e.g., gestures, around, etc.).
moving around, etc.).
Information is presented Audience has difficulty Audience cannot
in satisfactory sequence following presentation understand
through multimodal texts because the information presentation because
which the audience can is not in sequence and there is no sequence of
follow. lacks clear transitions in information or
the multimodal texts. multimodal texts.
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