ASSIGNMENT

OUMH2203
ENGLISH FOR WORKPLACE COMMUNICATION
JANUARY 2022 SEMESTER

HUTECH, VIETNAM

INSTRUCTION

1. All tasks must be delivered in English.

2. The cover sheet of your assignment must contain the following information: Course
code and name / Semester / Your full name and student number / Your email address
and mobile number.
3. For written assignment, use Times New Roman or Arial, 12-point font, with 1.5-line
spacing in A4 format. Ensure that the assignment you submit is paginated.
4. Present your responses to the tasks in a SINGLE portfolio file (PDF or Word format).
Adhere to the following structure:

i. Cover sheet
ii. Response to Task 1 – A link of the video presentation
iii. Response to Task 2 – Reflective Report/Essay

5. Submit your portfolio ONLINE in a single file by ________

6. Late submission without prior permission will be penalized with marks deduction.

8. This assignment accounts for 60% of the total marks for the course:
Task 1: Individual Video Presentation – 40%
Task 2: Reflective Report/Essay – 20%

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 TASK 1: INDIVIDUAL VIDEO PRESENTATION

OBJECTIVE
The objective of Task 1 is to encourage learners to demonstrate the ability and confidence in
preparing and practising effective communication skills in a professional setting through a
video report.

Task
You are the Sr. Manager of the Human Resource Department of a famous media company in
Vietnam. You are required to make a presentation to report the success of a teambuilding
course which involved the administrative and support staff of the company. The
management requires you to submit anV8 - 10 minutes video report to be presented in a
board meeting. Your report must be professional and suitable for the meeting.

Requirement
The followings are the requirements that you need to consider in preparing the video
report:

a. As the first step, focus on an issue (or more than one) of the administrative and
support staff in the company and address this issue (or issues) in the teambuilding
course.
b. Plan, construct and “carry out” the teambuilding course. Be aware of the basic
details of the course like: duration, date, time, venue, objectives, activities,
expenditure, and others. You must be able to link the details to the report later.
c. Remember to refer to Topic 3, 4, 7 and 10 of OUMH 2203 Module. You must
understand the conventions of a board meeting, making presentation, using
graphical presentations and format of a report.
d. Prepare your notes and visual aids for the report. You might want to use applications
to further exemplify the presentation like PowerPoint Presentation, iMovie,
Funimate, Adobe and many others.
e. The graphical presentations (graphs/charts etc) must support your report and
further clarify the teambuilding course is a success.

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 f. Record an 8– 10 minutes’ report presentation. Marks will be deducted for speeches
that are lesser that 8 minutes or not more than 11 minutes. Adhere to these:
i. Look confident and professional. Your background and recording details must
be good too.
ii. The video screen must capture the top half of your body so that your hand
gestures and facial expressions are visible- at all times.
iii. Make sure that you greet the board and briefly introduce yourself and the
teambuilding course. You must exude professionalism.
iv. Structure your video according to the report format.
v. The content must be convincing and explain the advantages and the
specialities of the teambuilding course. You must be able to rationalise why
the teambuilding course is a success.
vi. You must offer an ending (conclusion) in the video.
g. Make sure the recording content is authentic, clear and engaging. In other words,
“you are the script writer, the speaker and maybe even, the producer!” Thus, you
need to be creative as if you are presenting in a board meeting.
h. Prepare a link to your presentation. Choose either to upload your video on YouTube
OR Google Drive. Submit this link in your assignment. Make sure this link is
accessible.

Note:
*Refer to the assignment rubrics as a guide to achieve cohesion and coherence.

[Total: 40 marks]

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 ATTACHMENT
TASK1: RUBRICS TO ASSESS A VIDEO PRESENTATION
OUMH2203 ENGLISH FOR WORKPLACE COMMUNICATION / JANUARY 2022 / HUTECH
Unsatisfactory
Excellent Good Fair Poor Or Max
QN CLO Criteria Weight No response Marks
4 3 2 1 0
Task 3 Content of the 2 Covers the teambuilding Includes basic knowledge of Includes essential The content includes Lack of content and 8
1 report course in depth with the teambuilding course information about the minor details and it has no purpose.
details and examples. and important examples. teambuilding course, but several confusing facts.
The content is good and contain few mistakes in The content is not
inviting to the board. the facts. The content is inviting to the board.
particularly not really
inviting to the board.

Explanation of the course Explanation of the course Some explanation of the Lack of explanation of
activities and advantages activities and advantages course activities and the course activities
are convincingly sufficient are sufficient in solving the advantages and somewhat and advantages and are
in solving the issue(s) issue(s) mentioned and to effective in solving the not effective in solving
mentioned and to prove prove the whole course is a issue(s) mentioned and to the issue(s) mentioned
the whole course is a success. prove the whole course is and to prove the whole
success a success. course is a success.

The purpose of the report The purpose of the report is The purpose of the report The purpose of the
is excellently met with met with many reflections is somewhat met some report is not clear and
excellent reflections on on the Sri Lankan context. reflections on the Sri lack of reflections on
the Sri Lankan context. Lankan context. the Sri Lankan context.

1 Organisation and 2.5 The structure and details There are clear attempts to There are attempts to Little effort has been No effort has been 10
presentation of of the video presentation make the video make the video interesting made to make the made to make the
the speaker is placed in a report presentation professional but the report structure video interesting. video interesting.
structure and in a but in one or two parts, the and the organisation of The structure and the No attraction at all
professional manner. report structure appears the video lacks direction organisation of ideas in and/or the content
Time is professionally incoherent. Time is that affects viewer’s the video is not smooth is unconvincing.
adhered to: 10-12mins. professionally adhered to: comprehension. and lacks cohesion.
10-12mins Time is somewhat Time is too short or too
adhered to: either less long.

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 Presenter is very confident Presenter is confident and than 10 mins or more than Presenter lacks
and looks professional. looks professional. 12mins.Presenter could be confidence and looks
more confident and looks unprofessional.
moderately professional.

Speech is effectively Speech is natural, fluent, Speech is quite natural, Speech is not natural,
natural, fluent, audible audible and suitable for a fluent, audible and quite fluent, audible nor
and very suitable for a board meeting. suitable for a board suitable for a board
board meeting. meeting. meeting.

The gestures and The gestures and The gestures and The gestures and
expressions are natural, expressions are quite expressions show some expressions clearly
very relaxing and spontaneous. sign of nervousness. show signs of
spontaneous. nervousness.

3 Visual Aids 2 Excellent use of visual aids Good use of visual aids and Moderate use of visual Lacks visual aids and No originality and 8
and extra creative efforts there are additional aids and few creative any creative efforts to no creativity at all.
to enhance understanding creative efforts to enhance efforts to enhance enhance understanding
of report presentation understanding of report understanding of report of report presentation.
presentation. presentation.

The graphical The graphical presentations The graphical The graphical

presentations excellently prove the before and after presentations somewhat presentations do not
prove the before and after effect of the teambuilding prove the before and after prove the before and
effect of the teambuilding course. effect of the teambuilding after effect of the
course. course. teambuilding course.

3 Overall Report 1.5 The overall quality of the Most of the quality of the The quality of the video is The quality of the video The quality of the 6
video and the focus were video and the focus were not very good but the is acceptable but the video and the
excellent and assist good. overall focus was overall focus was not overall focus were
viewer’s comprehension. acceptable. good or quite bad. very poor and not
acceptable.
The ending part of the The ending part is There is no clear ending or There is no clear ending
video is recognizable and recognizable, but does not the ending part is part. The video just
gives very clear and effectively close the report unexpected/ not ends.
convincing closure to the presentation. interesting.
report presentation.

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 3 Use of Language 2 No errors in grammar and Minimal errors in grammar Some errors in grammar A lot of errors in Too many major 8
language that distracts the and language that does not and language that affects grammar and language errors and very
viewer from the content. affect viewer’s viewer’s understanding. that affects viewer’s poor grammar and
The choices of words are understanding. The choices Some of the words used comprehension. The language. Language
very appropriate and of words are mostly are not suitable for the choices of words are used is not suitable
suitable for the video and appropriate and suitable video and targeted very poor and not for the video and
targeted audience. for the video and targeted audience. appropriate the video targeted audience.
audience. and targeted audience.

Total 40
*QN = Question Number

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 TASK 2: REFLECTIVE REPORT/ESSAY

OBJECTIVE
The objective of Task 2 is for learners to describe basic language-based skills in interpersonal
communication, business etiquette and relationship-building in workplace contexts through
a Reflective Report.

Requirement

Important: This task is a continuation of your video report.

Write a 4-5 pages reflection on the process of carrying out the video presentation. The
structure of this report follows the basic essay structure of introduction, body and
concluding paragraphs.

Your Reflective Report MUST include the following FIVE criteria:

i) Reflection on the process; the planning stage of the video, during the recording of the
video and after the video has been recorded. Reflect on the challenges and what you
did to overcome these challenges. Share your thoughts on the language process too –
vocabulary and grammar in writing and delivering the report.
ii) The timeline of completing the recording of the video and the preparation of visual aids.
How long did you plan and record etc? How important is creativity and professionalism
in this task? Why do you say so?
iii) Reflection of how things could have been done in a better way. During the process of
the video, there might be some instances where you realised you could have done it in
an easier way. Describe this situation. What might be the advantages/disadvantages of
recording this video?
iv) Show the video to ONE person and inquire if the report presentation is convincing. If
he/she believe the video is not effective, ask for other suggestions that might help
improve the speech or the product/service. Share this person’s thoughts in your
reflective essay.
v) Your personal thoughts of completing this task (the video presentation). How do you
feel about it? If you feel the video recording is not advisable, what would be a better
alternative? Explain your rationale.

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REMINDERS:

i. A Reflective Report is writing to evaluate, summarise, analyse, reflect on individual’s

journey of a/some particular actions. It is almost similar to journal writing.
ii. Plagiarism is a serious offense. Avoid using or claiming other people’s writing in this
assignment.
iii. Refer to the assignment rubrics as a guide to achieve cohesion and coherence.

[Total: 20 marks]

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REFLECTIVE ESSAY OUTLINE

REFLECTIVE ESSAY

Introduction
(5-10 lines)

Body
(all the 5 criteria mentioned above)

Conclusion
(5-10 lines)

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 ATTACHMENT
TASK 2:RUBRICS FOR REFLECTIVE REPORT/ESSAY
OUMH2203 ENGLISH FOR WORKPLACE COMMUNICATION / JANUARY 2022 / HUTECH
Unsatisfactory
Excellent Good Fair Poor Or Max
*QN CLO Criteria Weight
No response Marks
4 3 2 1 0
Task 1 Introduction 0.5 The introduction is The introduction is The introduction is There is no clear There is no 2
2 excellently written. good. sufficient introduction. introduction.

1 Reflections 3.5 Convincing, critical Critical and detailed Thorough and Significant Mere description of 14
and detailed discussion of the detailed discussion of inadequacies in the activity; pre, during
discussion of the activity; pre, during activity; pre, during discussion of the and post
activity; pre, during and post and post activity; pre, during
and post and post Does not
Demonstrates good Demonstrates demonstrate
Demonstrates very understanding and satisfactory Demonstrates a lack understanding nor
good understanding insights of the 5 understanding and of understanding insights of the 5
and insights of the 5 criteria required. insights of 5 criteria and insights of the 5 criteria required.
criteria required. required. criteria required.
All 5 criteria is
All 5 criteria is elaborated well. All 5 criteria is Less than 5 criteria
elaborated elaborated. is elaborated.
extensively. Personal reflections
and relevant Some personal Too few personal
All personal examples are reflections and reflections and
reflections and essential and relevant examples examples are
relevant examples detailed. are somewhat unimportant or not
are very essential essential and detailed.
and detailed. detailed.

1 Conclusion 0.5 The conclusion is The conclusion is The conclusion show The conclusion is There is no 2
well connected to all connected to all the some connections to not clearly written. conclusion.
the reflections. reflections. the reflections.

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 1 Language/ 0.5 Writer makes no Writer makes Writer makes some Writer makes a lot Writing is generally 2
Grammar errors in grammar or minimal errors in errors in grammar, of errors in incomprehensible
spelling that grammar, structure structure, or spelling grammar, structure due to grammar,
distracts the reader and spelling that that affect reader’s or spelling that structures and
from the content. does not affect understanding. affect reader’s spelling mistakes.
reader’s comprehension.
understanding.

Total 20
*QN = Question Number

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