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HKUSTx: EBA102x English for Doing Business in Asia - Writing

grading Scheme

Week Assessment  Format Details Weighting (%) Due Date

1-7

Participation
  • Every week contains a number of activities and exercises for you to practice and review the content
  • Points are given for each completed activity. There are 30 sections that require your participation throughout the course  

 15%

Can be completed at any point before the final exam due  20 July 2015 23:59 (GMT+8)

1

Quiz 1
  • 30 questions about vocabulary, concepts and language use covered during week 1
  • Auto-assessed
  • Multiple-choice questions

 10% 

Can be completed at any point before 22 June 2015 23:59 (GMT+8)

2

Quiz 2
  • 30 questions about vocabulary, concepts and language use covered during week 2
  • Auto-assessed
  • Multiple-choice questions

 10%

Can be completed at any point before 22 June 2015 23:59 (GMT+8)

3

Quiz 3
  • 30 questions about vocabulary, concepts and language use covered during week 3
  • Auto-assessed
  • Multiple-choice questions

 10%

Can be completed at any point before 22 June 2015 23:59  (GMT+8)

4

Task 1: Write a short email to inform management of a problem
  • About 150 words 
  • Peer assessed with clearly defined rubric by the instructors
  • Give constructive feedback to at least 5 pieces of peer work 







Each task is worth 15%. We will automatically drop the lowest score amongst the three tasks. So the total for all three tasks is 30%.

Submit Task 1 by: 29 June 2015 23:59(GMT+8)

Evaluate 5 peers by: 2 July 2015 23:59 (GMT+8)

5

Task 2: Write to inform and make recommendations for a problem
  • About 300 words 
  • Peer assessed with clearly defined rubric by the instructors
  • Give constructive feedback to at least 5 pieces of peer work

Submit Task 2 by: 6 July 2015 23:59 (GMT+8)

Evaluate 5 peers by: 9 July 2015 23:59 (GMT+8)

6

Task 3: Write an executive summary
  • About 650 words 
  • Peer assessed with clearly defined rubric by the instructors
  • Give constructive feedback to at least 5 pieces of peer work

Submit Task 3 by: 13 July 2015 23:59 (GMT+8)

Evaluate 5 peers by: 16 July 2015 23:59 (GMT+8)

7

Final Exam 
  • 50 questions about vocabulary, concepts and language use covered in the course.
  • Auto-assessed
  • Multiple-choice questions

 25%

Due date: 20 July 2015 23:59 (GMT+8)

 

 Passing score for this course is 60%

 Total: 100% 

Assignment submission policy

  • Participation activities such as vocabulary practice, reviews after video-lectures, and grammar practice can be completed any time before the final exam deadline. There is no limitation on the number of attempts for participation activities, however, only the last attempt will be graded. 
  • You will have one attempt to complete each of the quizzes, peer assessment tasks and the final exam. Submissions after the deadline identified in the table above will not count towards your final score. Please also note that we do not accept late submission under any circumstances.

Certificate of Completion

  • To qualify for an e-Certificate of Completion, you must get a pass of 60% in the overall weighting. edX will issue the certificate under the name of HKUSTx for free. The certificates will not include a final grade.