COURSEWORK INSTRUCTION FOR TEXT REVIEW (30%)

INSTRUCTION

You see this advert in Tuah UTeM, the monthly bulletin of UTeM students.

Reviews wanted!

We are looking for article reviews to be featured in the Write up section in Tuah UTeM
bulletin for next month’s bulletin. Submit your review to us today!

You will write a review, explaining the text contents and your opinions about the text.
Submit your review to be featured in Tuah UTeMbulletin. You should write between 150-
200 words.

GUIDELINES

Paragraph: Introduction

- title and author of the text

- the purpose of the text (describe/defend/discuss)
- intended audience

Paragraph: Body

• Describe what the text is about.

• Personal comments
- Why do/don’t you think the text is beneficial/add knowledge to you?
- What have you learned from the text?
- What are the strength(s)/ drawback(s) of the text? (examples: easy language use,
difficult vocabulary)

Paragraph: Conclusion
• Recommendation
- What are your suggestions to improve the text?
- Would you recommend this text to others?
NOTES:

1. Write a minimum of 3 paragraphs.

DETAILS FOR SUBMISSION

1. You will work individually.

2. Use Times New Roman, size 12, and 1.5 spacing.
3. Your writing must be original. Submit your work to Turnitin. Ensure that the
similarity index is not more than 15%. Any evidence of plagiarism will get a penalty
of 50% marks deduction.
4. The deadline for submission is WEEK 15 (LECTURE 14).
5. Any late submission will be penalised – 50% from the marks will be deducted.
6. In your submission, attach all the following in one Pdf file:
i. the text review essay
ii. the Turnitin report
 TEXT REVIEW B2 MARKING SCHEME (30%)

CONTENT STYLE & ORGANISATION LANGUAGE

FORMAT
5 All contents are • Highly appropriate • Structure: All • Excellent control of
relevant to the task: to genre ideas are spelling
• Good awareness of sequenced • Excellent use of a
• Introduction to the range of complex
register and logically and
text structures / sentence
formality level accurately
• Summary of the text forms
appropriate to • Effective use of • Uses a very wide range
(Description of the
genre linkers of vocabulary for the
text)
• Minimum 3 set task accurately
• Provide
paragraphs • Accurate word choice
critical/constructive • Hardly any errors that
evaluation of the impede meaning
text
• Comments and
Recommendation

4 Most contents are • Appropriate to • Structure: Most • Good control of

relevant to the task genre ideas are spelling
(70%): •
• Awareness of sequenced Uses a good variety of
• Introduction to the
register and logically and structures
text
formality level accurately • Uses a range of
• Summary appropriate to • Suitable use of accurate complex
(Description of the
genre linkers structures / sentence
text)
• Minimum 3 forms
• Provide good
paragraphs • Uses a wide range of
evaluation of the
vocabulary for the set
text
task appropriately
• Comments and
• Satisfactory word
Recommendation
choice
• Very few errors; none
of them impedes
meaning
3 Some contents are • Less appropriate to • Structure: Some • Mistakes in spelling
relevant to the task genre confusions in occur but do not hinder
(50%): sequencing of comprehension
• Introduction to the
• Limited exponents ideas • Uses some variety of
text
but awareness of • Some choppy structures
• Summary register is shown ideas • Uses some accurate
(Description of the
• Some unsuitable complex structures /
text)
linkers sentence forms
• Provide satisfactory
• Less than 3 • Uses a good range of
evaluation of the
paragraphs vocabulary for the set
text
task appropriately
• Comments and
• Moderate word choice
Recommendation
• Possibly a number of
errors, but errors do
not impede
communication
• Some evidence of
lifting(25%)

2 Minimal content is • Mostly • Structure: Many • Spelling frequently

relevant to the task inappropriate to disconnected inaccurate
(25%): genre ideas • Uses a limited variety
• Very limited • A lot of repetitive of structures
• Introduction to the
awareness of ideas • Only occasionally uses
text
register • Lack of use of complex structures /
• Summary
linkers sentence forms
(Description of the
• Less than 3 • Uses a limited range of
text)
paragraphs vocabulary for the set
• Provide poor
task
evaluation of the
• Limited word choice
text
• Frequent errors may
• Comments and
impede communication
Recommendation
at times
 • Obvious lifting from
the original text (less
than 50%)

1 Irrelevances and • Inappropriate to • Structure: No • Very poor spelling

misinterpretation of genre logical • Uses little / no variety
task may be present: • No awareness of organisation - of structures
• Introduction to the
register disconnected • Uses hardly any
text
ideas complex structures /
• Summary
• Incorrect use of sentence forms
(Description of the
linkers • Uses only basic daily
text)
• Less than 3 vocabulary
• Comments and
paragraphs • Very limited word
Recommendation
choice
• Frequent errors distract
the reader
• Frequent errors
obscure
communication
• Lifted from original
text (more than 50%)

0 Task unattempt Not enough language No linkers, no • Little or no evidence of

(under 20 words) to make an reference words grammatical
assessment (under 20 knowledge of simple
words)
structures
• Under 20 words

Marks: x/20 x 30=30

Notes to INSTRUCTORS:

1. Deduct 50% from total score for any evidence of plagiarism.

2. Deduct 50% from total score for late submission.
3. Deduct 2 marks from raw score if no Turnitin report submitted.