The document provides instructions for students on submitting an assignment for their English for Workplace Communication course. It outlines that the assignment contains one question to be answered in English between 2500 to 3000 words. Students must submit their assignments online between November 6th and 18th, 2012 via the MyVLE portal. Assignments are to be individually prepared and plagiarism is strictly prohibited. The assignment question asks students to write a report as an Occupational Health Manager to the Managing Director on safety issues observed in the Material and Handling department of the factory and provide recommendations to improve safety standards.

1. PENYERAHAN DAN PENILAIAN TUGASAN
ASSIGNMENT SUBMISSION AND ASSESSMENT
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OUMH2203
ENGLISH FOR WORKPLACE COMMUNICATION
SEPTEMBER 2012
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ARAHAN KEPADA PELAJAR / INSTRUCTIONS TO STUDENTS
1. Tugasan ini mengandungi SATU (1) soalan sahaja yang disediakan dalam bahasa modul bercetak
kursus ini. / This assignment contains only ONE (1) question that is set in the language of the printed
module for the course.
2. Jawab dalam Bahasa Inggeris. / Answer in English.
3. Muat turunkan templat tugasan versi bahasa yang berkenaan daripada MyVLE untuk penyediaan dan
penyerahan tugasan anda. Tugasan anda hendaklah ditaip dengan menggunakan saiz fon 12 Times
New Roman dan langkau baris 1.5. / Download the language version of the assignment template
concerned from the MyVLE for preparation and submission of your assignment. Your assignment
should be typed using 12 point Times New Roman font and 1.5 line spacing.
4. Tugasan anda hendaklah antara 2500 hingga 3000 patah perkataan tidak termasuk rujukan. Bilangan
perkataan hendaklah ditunjukkan di hujung tugasan anda. Jangan menyalin soalan dan arahan
tugasan dalam jawapan anda. / Your assignment should be between 2500 to 3000 words excluding
references. The number of words should be shown at the end of your assignment. Do not copy the
assignment question and instructions to your answer.
5. Anda dikehendaki menghantar tugasan SECARA ON-LINE melalui MyVLE. Sila rujuk kepada portal
untuk arahan mengenai prosedur menghantar tugasan anda secara on-line. Anda dinasihatkan
menyimpan senaskah tugasan yang diserahkan untuk rujukan sendiri. / You must submit your
assignment ON-LINE via the MyVLE. Refer to the portal for instructions on the procedures to
submit your assignment on-line. You are advised to keep a copy of your submitted assignment for
personal reference.
6. Anda hanya boleh menghantar tugasan SEKALI sahaja dalam SATU fail. / You can submit your
assignment ONCE only in a SINGLE file.
7. Tugasan anda hendaklah diserahkan antara 6hb hingga 18hb November 2012 (ONLINE)
Serahan selepas 18hb November 2012 TIDAK akan diterima. / Your assignment must be
submitted between 6th until 18th November 2012. Submission after 18th November 2012
will NOT be accepted.
8. Tugasan hendaklah disiapkan secara individu. Anda dilarang meniru tugasan orang lain. Anda juga
dilarang sama sekali memplagiat kerja orang lain sebagai kerja sendiri. / Your assignment should be
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2. prepared individually. You should not copy another person’s assignment. You should also not
plagiarise another person’s work as your own.
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3. SOALAN TUGASAN /ASSIGNMENT QUESTION
You are asked to write a REPORT based on the situation below.
You have been on a tour of the factory you are working in and are annoyed to discover that
in the Material and Handling department, operators were blatantly ignoring the safety
regulations. As an Occupational Health Manager, it is your responsibility to prepare the
Occupational and Safety standards of your company. Write a report to the Managing
Director on the problems that you saw and recommend measures to be considered to
improve safety standards at your company.
1. Your report should have the following:
a) INTRODUCTION
- Presents the purpose of the report and describes the proposal or actions that need
to be taken;
b) BODY
- Describes the present situation, identify at least FOUR problems involved;
- In this section you can also describe the need for changes, or describe any costs
and/or benefits that are involved;
c) CONCLUSIONS
- Evaluates the changes and provide recommendations
In writing your report, try to be as detailed as possible by giving in-depth
descriptions of the problems and recommendations.
2. There should be a very systematic exploration of the topic.
3. The discussion should be thorough and enough to support your stand.
4. Your chain of thoughts must not be faulty and all your paragraphs should be coherent.
5. Your opinion must be supported by your reading and previous research.

4. 6. You must not forget to acknowledge your sources and must abide by the correct method
of acknowledging using the APA style.
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5. Assignment Guidelines (Content and Scoring)
CATEGORY WEIGHT LOW FAIR ABOVE AVERAGE EXCELLENT MARKS
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INTRODUCTION 1 There is no clear The introduction states the The introduction clearly The introduction is 4
introduction of the main main topic, but does not states the main topic and inviting, states the main
topic or structure of the adequately preview the previews the structure of topic and previews the
paper. structure of the paper is the paper, but is not structure of the paper.
particularly inviting to the particularly inviting to the
reader. reader.
CONTENT 2.5 The main idea is not Main idea is somewhat Main idea is clear but the Main idea is clear, well 10
clear. There is a clear but there is a need for supporting information is focused stands out and is
seemingly random more supporting general. supported by detailed
collection of information. information.
information.
CONCLUSION 1.5 There is no clear The conclusion is The conclusion is The conclusion is strong 6
conclusion, the paper recognizable, but does not recognisable and ties up and leaves the readers
just ends without tie up several loose ends. almost all the loose ends. with a feeling that they
closure. understand what the
writer is getting at.
ORGANISATION 1 Many details are not in Some details are not in a Details are placed in a Details are placed in a 4
a logical or expected logical or expected order, logical order, but the way logical order and the
order. There is little and this distracts the reader. in which they are way they are presented
sense that the writing is introduced/ presented effectively keeps the
organised. sometimes makes the interest of the reader.
writing less interesting.
LANGUAGE/ 1.5 Writer makes more than Writer makes 3-4 errors in Writer makes 1-2 errors Writer makes no errors 6
GRAMMAR 4 errors in grammar or grammar or spelling that in grammar or spelling in grammar or spelling
spelling that distract the distract the reader from the that distract the reader that distracts the reader
reader from the content. content. from the content. from the content.
TOTAL 30

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PENILAIAN / EVALUATION
Tugasan ini akan menyumbangkan 30% markah kepada kursus tersebut dan akan dinilai
berdasarkan kepada Rubrik atau Skema Jawapan. / This assignment accounts for 30 % of
the marks for the course mentioned and shall be assessed based on the Rubrics or Answer
Scheme.
Anda akan dimaklumkan tentang markah tugasan ini sebelum Peperiksaan Akhir Semester
bermula / You would be informed of the assignment mark before the Final Semester
Examination commences.
PLAGIARISME : POTONGAN MARKAH / PLAGIARISM : MARKS DEDUCTION
Amaran : Tugasan yang diserahkan secara automatik akan disemak untuk persamaan. Jika
plagiarisme dikesan, markah akan dipotong seperti berikut: / Warning: The submitted
assignment will automatically undergo a similarity check. If plagiarism is detected, marks
would be deducted as follows:
 Tugasan dengan pertindihan kandungan antara 10 - 30 % : potongan 20% daripada
jumlah markah yang diperoleh.
 Tugasan dengan pertindihan kandungan antara 31 - 50 % : potongan 40% daripada
jumlah markah yang diperoleh.
 Tugasan dengan pertindihan kandungan lebih daripada 50%: Markah sifar akan
diberikan.
• Assignments with 10 - 30 % overlap with others: 20% deduction from the total marks
scored.
• Assignments with 31 - 50 % overlap with others: 40% deduction from the total marks
scored.
• Assignments with more than 50% overlap with others: Zero mark would be given.
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