learning skillfor open distance learners
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PENYERAHAN DAN PENILAIAN TUGASAN
ASSIGNMENT SUBMISSION AND ASSESSMENT
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_KOD KURSUS /COURSE CODE : OUMH1103
TAJUK KURSUS /COURSE TITLE : LEARNING SKILLS FOR OPEN
DISTANCE LEARNERS
SEMESTER/SEMESTER : SMP PPG MAC 2012
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ARAHAN KEPADA PELAJAR/INSTRUCTIONS TO STUDENTS
1. Tugasan ini mengandungi SATU (1) soalan sahaja yang disediakan dalam bahasa modul
bercetak kursus ini. / This assignment contains only ONE (1) question that is set in the
language of the printed module for the course.
2. Jawab dalam Bahasa Melayu atau Bahasa Inggeris. / Answer in Malay orEnglish.
3. Muat turunkan templet tugasan versi bahasa yang berkenaan daripada MyVLE untuk
penyediaan dan penyerahan tugasan anda. Tugasan anda hendaklah ditaip dengan
menggunakan saiz fon 12 Times New Roman dan langkau baris 1.5. / Download the
language version of the assignment template concerned from the MyVLE for preparation
and submission of your assignment. Your assignment should be typed using 12 point Times
New Roman font and 1.5 line spacing.
4. Tugasan anda hendaklah antara 2500 hingga 3000 patah perkataan tidaktermasuk rujukan.
Bilangan perkataan hendaklah ditunjukkan di hujung tugasan anda. Jangan menyalinsoalan
dan arahan tugasan dalam jawapan anda. / Your assignment should be between 2500 and
3000 wordsexcludingreferences. The number of words should be shown at the end of yourassignment.Do notcopy the assignment question and instructions to your answer.
5. Anda dikehendaki menghantar tugasan SECARA ON-LINE melalui MyVLE. Sila rujuk
kepada portal untuk arahan mengenai prosedur menghantar tugasan anda secara on-line .Anda dinasihatkan menyimpan senaskah tugasan yang diserahkan untuk rujukan sendiri. /
You must submit your assignment ON-LINE via the MyVLE. Refer to the portal for
instructions on the procedures to submit your assignment on-line. You are advised to keep a
copy of your submitted assignment for personal reference.
6. Anda hanya boleh menghantar tugasan SEKALI sahaja dalam SATU fail. / You can submityour assignmentONCEonly in aSINGLE file.
7. Tugasan anda hendaklah diserahkan antara 10 April 2012 hingga 22 April 2012. Serahan
selepas 22 April 2012TIDAKakan diterima. / Your assignment mustbe submitted between
10 April 2012and22 April 2012. Submission after 22 April 2012 willNOTbe accepted.
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8. Tugasan hendaklah disiapkan secara individu. Anda dilarang meniru tugasan orang lain.
Anda juga dilarang sama sekali memplagiat kerja orang lain sebagai kerja sendiri . /
Your assignment should be prepared individually. You should not copy another persons
assignment. You should also not plagiarise another persons work as your own.
SOALAN TUGASAN /ASSIGNMENT QUESTION
1. You are required to find information on important skills that employers arelooking for in graduates.
2. For this assignment, you are only allowed to find information from reliable
sourcescredible websites, journal and newspaper articles. Below are examples
of sources that you can utilise for your report:
Title of newspaperarticle
Top jobs only for those who know the language well
Writers Hariati Azizan and Lee Yen Mun
Source The Star Date of publication August 10, 2011
Title of newspaper
article
Don: English standard for undergraduates is still not
up to par
Source Bernama
Source The Star
Date of publication November 7, 2011
Title of journal article Globalisations Impact on Soft Skills Demand in the
Malaysian Workforce and Organisations: What makesgraduates employable?
Writer Kahirol Mohd Salleh, Nur Lisa Sulaiman, KhairulNazry Talib
Source Proceedings of the 1st UPI International Conference onTechnical and Vocational Education and Training
Date of publication November 2010
3. Find a few more articles and books and make notes from these sources.
4. Based on the notes made, prepare an academic report of approximately 2000-
2500 words on the following:
a) The important skills that employers are looking for in graduates
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b) Suggestions for future graduates, government bodies or
educational institutions in Malaysia to ensure that future
graduates are equipped with the skills listed.
*An academic report resembles an academic essay. However, an academic report
is divided accordingly using appropriate headings and subheadings.
5. Your academic report should have the followingsections:
Preliminaries
- Table of Content(containing the main content and page number)
Main Content
Introduction
o The introduction should contain background information on the
topic, for example, the challenges faced by future graduates in
Malaysia.
o The introduction must contain a statement of purpose or a thesis
statement. This statement would provide the reader the general idea of
what would be discussed in the body of your report.
Body of Academic Report
o In the body of your report you should provide clear explanation on at
least FIVE (5) different skills that employers are looking for in
future graduates.
o Appropriate deliberations and examples are necessary to make yourpoints clear. It is essential that you substantiate your points with
experts opinions and survey findings.
Suggestions
o Provide logical suggestions for future graduates, government
bodies and educational institutions to ensure that future graduates
are equipped with the skills that you have listed.
Reference List
Write proper in-text citations when including external sources in
writing.
o Students are required to paraphrase or to summarise information from
external sources and not only lifting word-by-word from any external
sources.
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o A reference list should be prepared to acknowledge all sources utilised
in writing.
o The reference list should utilise the APA citation style (as shown in
Topic 5 of OUMH1103).
GUIDELINES FOR ANSWERING TASK
1. To know more on how to write a good essay type of assignment, read Topic 5 of
the module.
2. To answer this task, you need to search for information.
a) Information on essential skills for future graduates can be found on the
Internet through search engines (i.e. Google, Yahoo). Read Topics 7, 8
and 9 of your OUMH1103 module to learn more about Information
Retrieval Skills.
b) To retrieve more information on the topic, read Topics 7, 8 and 9 of your
OUMH1103 module to learn about Information Retrieval Skills.
c) Select only scholarly articles/ books/ websites that are relevant to the
assignment topic. The resources of information obtained and used in your
writing must be listed in the Reference section.
3. Marks will be granted as below:
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NO ASSESSMENT
CRITERIA
INDEX MISSING
ITEM
POOR AVERAGE GOOD EXCELLENT MARKS
(MAX)
WEIGHT 0 1 2 3 4
1 Introduction 1 Nointroduction
Introduction hasinadequatedevelopment and doesnot contain a clear
statement of purposeor contains faultythesis
Introduction hasadequatedevelopment butstatement of purpose/
thesis statement wasnot clear
Introduction hasadequatedevelopment andcontains clear
thesis
Introduction is well-developed andcontains clear thesis
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2 Bodyparagraphs:Findings (Fiveimportant skills)
2 No bodyparagraph
Body paragraphs arenot well-developedand contain manyillogical and irrelevantideas
Essay demonstratesvery littleunderstanding of theissue
Body paragraphs arenot adequatelydeveloped but containsome logical andrelevant ideas
Essay demonstratessome understandingof the issue
Body paragraphscontainadequatelydeveloped,logical andrelevant ideas
Essaydemonstrates in-depth
understanding ofthe issue
Body paragraphscontain well-developed, logicaland relevant ideas
Writing clearlydemonstrates in-depth understandingof the issue
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3 Suggestions 2 No suggestion Suggestions given are
generallyinappropriate
Suggestions given are
reasonably acceptablewith some beinginappropriate
Most suggestions
given areappropriate
All suggestions
given are logical,appropriate andworkable.
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4 Coherence 1 No coherence Writing is generallyincoherent due to
ineffective utilisationof cohesive devices.
Unclear and illogical
connections in most
Writing is partlycoherent but some
parts are incoherentdue to ineffective
utilisation of cohesivedevices.
Unclear and illogical
Most writingflows due to
effective use ofcohesive devices
Clear and logical
connection
Writing has a goodflow due to effective
use of cohesivedevices
There is clear andlogical connection
between parts of
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parts of writing. connections in someparts of writing.
between parts ofwriting
writing
5 References 0.5 No reference Writing is not cited
and referenced ORInappropriate style of
referencing/ citingexternal sources.
References and
citations contain anumber of errors.
Most writing is
properly citedand referenced.
Writing is properly
cited and referenced
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6 Language 1 Not structured
and full ofmistakes
Limited range of
structures utilised andmany are wronglyconstructed
Essay has serious flawmistakes in grammarand mechanics thatseriously affectreaders understanding
Sentences are
moderately varied butsome are wronglyconstructed
Essay may have somemistakes in grammarand mechanics thatsometimes affectreadersunderstanding
Most sentences
are varied and areskillfullyconstructed
Essay may have afew mistakes ingrammar andmechanics butthese mistakes donot affectreadersunderstanding
Sentences are varied
and are skillfullyconstructed
Writing is free fromflaws in grammarand mechanics
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TOTAL
POINTS
7.5 TOTAL 30
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PENILAIAN /EVALUATION
Tugasan ini akan menyumbangkan 40% markah kepada kursus tersebut dan akan dinilai
berdasarkan kepada Rubrik. / This assignment accounts for40% of the marks for thecourse mentioned and shall be assessed based on the Rubrics.
Anda akan dimaklumkan tentang markah tugasan ini sebelum Peperiksaan Akhir
Semester bermula / You would be informed of the assignment mark before the Final
Semester Examination commences.
PLAGIARISME: POTONGAN MARKAH /PLAGIARISM: MARKS DEDUCTION
Amaran: Tugasan yang diserahkan secara automatik akan disemak untuk persamaan.
Jika plagiarisme dikesan, markah akan dipotong seperti berikut: / Warning: The
submitted assignment will automatically undergo a similarity check. If plagiarism isdetected, marks would be deducted as follows:
Tugasan dengan pertindihan kandunganantara 10 - 30 % : potongan 20% daripada
jumlah markah yang diperoleh.
Tugasan dengan pertindihan kandunganantara 31 - 50 % : potongan 40% daripada
jumlah markah yang diperoleh.
Tugasan dengan pertindihan kandungan lebih daripada 50%: Markah sifar akan
diberikan.
Assignments with 10 - 30 % overlap with others: 20% deduction from the total
marks scored.
Assignments with 31 - 50 % overlap with others: 40% deduction from the totalmarks scored.
Assignments with more than 50% overlap with others:Zero markwould be given.
MUKA SURAT TAMAT /END OF PAGE
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Appendix 1: Title Page
FACULTY OF EDUCATION AND LANGUAGES
OUMH1103
LEARNING SKILLS FOR OPEN AND DISTANCE LEARNERS
ASSIGNMENT TITLE
Name
Matric numberNRIC
Telephone number
E-mail address
Tutors name:
Learning Centre:
JANUARY 2012 Semester
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