Course Requirements
1. Regular attendance is strictly required. Absence from TWO weekly sessions will result in failure to pass.
2. We will have a Moodle website for this course, so please visit it on a weekly basis and on the day before the class in case you miss important announcements.
3. Those who need to ask for leaves should notify the instructor through e-mail in advance. DO NOT simply ask your classmate to pass the request.
4. Please specify who you are and which class you are in in your e-mail. Also, use only English in your email message.
5. Punctuality is essential; Lateness of over FIVE minutes will be counted as a half absence.
6. Delayed or missed assignments are forbidden. Make-up assignments are downgraded by 10 percent.
7. Some oral tasks require drafts, which should be completed in advance and submitted in class.
9. The draft and visual aids file of each task MUST be submitted at the time the instructor specifies. Late submission will result in grade deductions of 5 to 20 percent.
10. Students are expected to preview the course materials and make full preparation for each task.
11. Every student is expected to attend the LAST weekly session in the final week; No leave or absence is excusable.
12. You are also expected to volunteer to take on some responsibilities and earn bonus points; such opportunities will be announced in class.
13. When the course is required to be offered online, students are expected to continue participating in class through video conferencing software, such as Webex, and virtual classroom, such as Moodle. Further details will be announced on Moodle when necessary.
Assessment
Class Participation: 35%
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Attendance
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10%
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Pair Work & Simulation Practice (5)
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25%
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Assignments: 15%
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Pair and Team Assignments (3)
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15%
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Projects: 50 %
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Business Brief
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25%
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Policy Debate
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25%
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*Bonus Points
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Class Leader, Team Leader, or Competition Winners
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2-5%
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Grading Rubrics
A+/5
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Very fluent speech; natural intonations and standard pronunciation; organized, coherent, and well-supported content; able to form and elaborate personal perspective; very few usage errors; full cooperation with other team members; flawless body languages
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A- →A
/4→4.5
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Near fluent speech; variations in intonations and almost standard pronunciation with a few errors; organized, coherent, and well-supported content; showing attempt to form personal perspective; some usage errors; full cooperation with other team members; near perfect body languages with a few
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B→B+
/3.5→4
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Near fluent speech but with some breaks; intonations flat and almost standard pronunciation with a few errors; less organized, coherent, or supported content; unclear personal perspective; some common usage errors; insufficient team match; a few adaptive gestures
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C→B-/2.5→3.5
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Speech lacking fluency with breaks; intonations lacking in variations and major mispronunciations; content requires further support and incomplete in structure; lack of personal perspective; more than average number of usage errors; insufficient team match; unnatural body language
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D/1.5→2.5
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Failure to reach the required standard in most of the aspects of the project; required to improve the overall performance in the second attempt
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F/0.5-2
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Failure to reach the required standard in all of the aspects of the project; failure to submit the work on schedule
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