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HKUSTx: EBA101x English for Doing Business in Asia - Speaking

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 25 sections that require your participation throughout the course  

 15%

Can be completed at any point before the final exam due 24 Jul 2017 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% 

26 Jun 2017 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%

26 Jun 2017 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%

26 Jun 2017 23:59  (GMT+8)

4

Task 1: Produce a 30-second audio pitch
  • Record an audio with Vocaroo
  • Peer assessed with clearly defined rubric by the instructors
  • Give constructive feedback to at least 5 pieces of peer work 







Each task is worth 10%. We will automatically drop the lowest score among the three tasks. So the total for all three tasks is 20%.

Due date for your pitch: 03 Jul 2017  23:59 (GMT+8)

Due date to submit 5 peer reviews: 07 Jul 2017 23:59 (GMT+8)

5

Task 2:  Produce a 1-minute audio pitch
  • Record an audio with Vocaroo
  • Peer assessed with clearly defined rubric by the instructors
  • Give constructive feedback to at least 5 pieces of peer work 

Due date:              10 Jul 2017 23:59  (GMT+8)

Due date to submit 5 peer reviews: 14 Jul 2017 23:59  (GMT+8)

6

Task 3:  Produce a 2-minute audio pitch
  • Record an audio with Vocaroo
  • Peer assessed with clearly defined rubric by the instructors
  • Give constructive feedback to at least 5 pieces of peer work 

Due date: 17 Jul 2017 23:59 (GMT+8)

Due date to submit 5 peer reviews: 21 Jul 2017 23:59 (GMT+8)

7

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

 35%

Due date: 24 Jul 2017 23:59 (GMT+8)

 

 Passing score for this course is 60%

 Total: 100% 

Assignment submission policy

  • Participation activities such as vocabulary practice activities, listening activities, and reviews after video lectures 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.

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