Course evaluations:
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Assessment Summary and Criteria
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Student Works
1. COMMUNICATION ON REDDIT ( ) (10%)
2. READING SOURCES ( ) AND VIDEO SOURCES EVALUATION ( ) (20%)
3. LEARNING REFLECTION 1 ( ) (20%)
4. LEARNING REFLECTION 2 (20%)
5. TUTORIAL VIDEO (30%)
The table below is a summary of the assessment in the course. For more detailed information on each assessment, see 2. Assessment Criteria.
Assessment Summary and Criteria
1. Assessment Summary
Assessment Task
Description
Weighting
Communication on Reddit
Students start a discussion about their hobby on Reddit. In particular, students create a post on a sub-reddit dedicated to the hobby, and interact with other hobbyists in the post (by replying to the comments).
10 %
Resources evaluation
20 %
Learning reflection
Students write two learning reflections (for the 1st half and the 2nd half of the course). The purpose of this task is for them to critically reflect on their learning experience inside and outside the classroom. The length of a reflection is of their choice.
40 %
Tutorial video
Students create a tutorial video (about 5 minutes) demonstrating how to do their hobby. As the goal is to show their hobby to the world, they are encouraged to share the hobby video on Youtube.
30 %
2. Assessment Criteria
2.1 Communication on Reddit
Products:
- Interaction on Reddit (5%)
- A short report (5%)
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Task guidelines:
- Examples of post types on Reddit: (1) Asking for recommendation (2) Showing finished works (3) Asking for help.
- Students should pay attention to sub-reddit rules. Not following the group rules may result in their account getting banned. Teacher may suggest students to use available tools and resources (e.g. Google Translate) that will help them understand the rules.
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Marking
Criteria
Interaction on Reddit (5%)
Students will receive 5% if they can communicate successfully with others on Reddit. The successful communication should be determined by (1) whether the post can elicit comments from other hobby enthusiasts, and (2) students’ consistent efforts to interact with other hobbyist in the post.
Short report (5%)
Students will get 5% for a short report that comprehensively addresses salient issues regarding their communication on Reddit (e.g. language problems and language use strategies).
2.2 Resources evaluation
Products:
- Reading sources evaluation (10%)
- Video sources evaluation (10%)
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Task guidelines:
- Students choose 5 reading sources and 5 video sources useful for doing their hobby.
- Make comments on the given issues in the evaluation forms.
- Try to incorporate the topics discussed in the class (e.g. authenticity of resources, language use in each source, and information completeness).
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Marking
Each evaluated source will be given 2%, depending on the extent of elaborations of each argument.
Marks can be deducted for a lack of intelligibility (0.25 each).
Criteria
Consistent elaborations
1
Some elaborations
0
No elaboration
2
2.3 Learning reflection
Products:
- Learning reflection 1 (20%)
- Learning reflection 2 (20%)
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Task guidelines:
Some possible aspects to include in the reflections:
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- Recalling and describing the experience (e.g. “What happened?” and “What have you learned?”)
- Analysing and interpreting the experience (e.g. “Why is it valuable?”)
- Thinking about implications (e.g. “Can apply what you have learned? “and “If yes, how?”
- Other interesting issues (e.g. “What things that may not be (directly) relevant to learning but worth including in the reflection?”)
These questions and points for discussion will guide you to write your learning reflections. There is no need to provide answer to each of the questions.
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Marking
Criteria
Description
Intelligibility (5%)
The language is always intelligible throughout the reflection (5)
The language is usually intelligible throughout the reflection (4)
The language is sometimes intelligible throughout the reflection (3)
The language is seldom intelligible throughout the reflection (2)
The language is rarely intelligible throughout the reflection (1)
Relevance to student’s learning experience (5%)
The reflection is excellently related to their learning experience and/or other experiences relevant to their own development (5)
The reflection is very well related to their learning experience and/or other experiences relevant to their own development (4)
The reflection is fairly well related to their learning experience and/or other experiences relevant to their own development (3)
The reflection is poorly related to their learning experience and/or other experiences relevant to their own development (2)
The reflection is not related to their learning experience and/or other experiences relevant to their own development (1)
Showing critical reflection (10%)
Student often displays evidence of independence of thought, and makes clear attempts to go beyond the description of the past events (9-10)
Student sometimes displays evidence of independence of thought, and makes a certain extent of attempts to go beyond the description of the past events (7-8)
Student occasionally displays evidence of independence of thought, and makes little attempts to go beyond the description of the past events (5-6)
Student rarely displays evidence of independence of thought, and makes very little attempts to go beyond the description of the past events (3-4)
Student simply describes events that occurred with no attempt to describe ‘why’ and ‘how’. (1-2)
2.4 Tutorial video
Products:
- A tutorial video of a hobby
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Task guidelines:
- Students may consult their teacher about their video script and/or storyboard.
- While the organization of the video is the students’ freedom, it is compulsory to ensure that the video clearly shows how to do the hobby.
- Adding subtitles to the video is optional.
- Students may ask for feedback from their classmates/peers before uploading the video to the platform.
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Marking