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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 31 sections that require your participation throughout the course  

 15%

Can be completed at any point before the final exam due 19 Dec 2016 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 21 Nov 2016 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 21 Nov 2016 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 21 Nov 2016 23:59  (GMT+8)

4

Task 1: Email 
  • 150 - 200 words
  • Write a short email to inform management of any current trends or issues related to Chinese outbound tourists 
  • 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%.

Submit Task 1 by:  28 Nov 2016  23:59(GMT+8)

Evaluate 5 peers by: 02 Dec 2016 23:59 (GMT+8)

5

Task 2: Inform and recommend
  • 300 - 400 words
  • Write three paragraphs that inform The Lee Institute of potential market opportunities and briefly recommend a strategy 
  • Peer assessed with clearly defined rubric by the instructors
  • Give constructive feedback to at least 5 pieces of peer work

Submit Task 2 by:  05 Dec 2016  23:59 (GMT+8)

Evaluate 5 peers by: 09 Dec 2016 23:59 (GMT+8)

6

 Task 3:  Executive Summary
  • 700 - 1000 words
  • Produce an executive summary for a formal business proposal for The Lee Institute case 
  • Peer assessed with clearly defined rubric by the instructors
  • Give constructive feedback to at least 5 pieces of peer work

Submit Task 3 by:  12 Dec 2016 23:59 (GMT+8)

Evaluate 5 peers by: 16 Dec 2016 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: 19 Dec 2016 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 submissions under any circumstances.

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