Assignment 3 Mini-presentation

CC2040 English for Academic Studies (Health Care) Assignment 3 – Mini-Presentation (10%; Individual and Group) In this task, you and your mini-presentation group members are required to teach the class a number of medical and health care terms – their structure, meaning and pronunciation, in the lecture from Week 6 to Week 10. You will be assessed on your performance as an individual (75%) and as a group (25%). I. Expected Learning Outcomes The objectives of this task are to assess how well you and your group members are able to: ƒ Explain the structure and meaning of medical and health care terms methodically and correctly; ƒ Demonstrate how to apply the knowledge learned on syllables, stress, uncommon sounds and soft and hard sounds to pronouncing medical and health care terms, methodically and correctly; ƒ Conduct in fluent spoken English a presentation effectively to an audience within a given time limit. II. Topic Medical and Health Care Vocabulary List B, C, D, E, F III. Guidelines You are to form yourselves into mini-presentation groups of 5 members each. Each group will be assigned a vocabulary list by the lecturer, in which ten terms are underlined. On the presentation day of your group, each group member will take turn to present two of the underlined terms to the class. You are expected to make effective use of what you have learned in Week 3 and Week 4 about the structure and pronunciation of medical and health care terms, with a view to help the class: (a) Understand the structure and meaning of the terms presented, and (b) Pronounce those terms correctly. There is a strict time limit of 10 minutes for a group with 5 members, i.e. approximately 2 minutes per presenter. In your presentation, you may use the white board and other visual aids, but NO audio aids are allowed. Also, reading from a script is strictly prohibited (a fail grade will be given to those who read from a script). Note: If your group has 4 members, you will present a total of eight terms; and the time you have will be 8 minutes.

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IV. Grading Aspects (A) Individual Performance (75%) Structure and 1. Content (60%) meaning of the terms (30%)

Pronunciation of the terms (30%)

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2. Spoken English / Presentation Effectiveness (15%)

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(B) Group Performance (25%) 1. Group Co-operation (25%)

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Apply the knowledge learned on the structure of medical and health care terms effectively to the presentation Explanation of the terms in a clear, correct and easy to understand manner Apply the knowledge learned on the pronunciation of medical and health care terms effectively to the presentation Demonstrate and teach the class how to master the pronunciation of the terms correctly and effectively

Fluency of speech Clear articulation and pronunciation Appropriate intonation and stress Correct grammar Presentation Effectiveness

Other members offering the presenter appropriate assistance during the presentation (including use of aids, timing, atmosphere, etc.).

V. Presentation Schedule Week 6 7 8 9 10

Group 1 2 3 4 5

Medical and Health Care Vocabulary List B List C List D List E List F

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