Faculty Of Education And Languages

FACULTY OF EDUCATION AND LANGUAGES

HBET4303: INTRODUCTION TO NOVEL AND SHORTS STORIES SEMESTER: SEPTEMBER 2009 COURSE ASSIGNMENT (35%)

INSTRUCTIONS

1.

The assignment will be evaluated on the basis of the accuracy of the answers given and the credibility of the supporting arguments, data and references.

2.

Type your assignment using “Times New Roman”, font size 12 with 1.5 line spacing on A4 size paper.

3.

Your assignment must be submitted to your tutor before or by the 4th tutorial.

4.

This assignment is worth 35 % of your final course grade.

5.

Plagiarism in any form is prohibited. Plagiarised materials will not be accepted and no marks would be awarded for the work.

ASSIGNMENT QUESTION

Task 1

For this task, you are required to come up with a glossary of ten (10) important keywords and/or names of important people from your module. The glossary should be done in alphabetical order (A-Z). Each key item should be followed by a short note. DO NOT include the glossary that can be found in your module. The example is given below:

A

Aw, Tash

A Malaysian-born author of The Harmony Silk Factory who now lives in London.

B

Bala

The main character in Gopal Baratham’s short story entitled “Welcome”.

(5 marks)

Task 2 For this task, you are required to create a portfolio containing three (3) short stories from Malaysian and/or other countries. The short stories you select must be photocopied and compiled into your portfolio.

(5 marks)

Task 3 For each of the three (3) short stories you selected for Task 2, write a 500 words essay on its theme. At the end of this task, you should have THREE essays. (25 marks)

Student’s Guideline 1. You must refer closely to your module to complete the tasks. 2. You must start using materials that are not included in the module. 3. You are prohibited from using Wikipedia as your source of reference. 4. You must make sure you write in accurate form and language. Use the checklist below when writing: Accurate

Grammar, syntax, no sentence fragments, correct punctuation

English Layout

Margins, double-spaced lines, pages numbered, paragraphs clearly indicated by indentation

Spelling and

Use Spellcheck. Keep editing and asking your friends to read your

proof-reading

work. For the final draft, you may put in corrections by hand, do not need to retype.

Quotations

Short quotations and longer quotations handled differently in the correct manner

Titles,

Titles of book-length works (including book-length poems and

referencing

plays, and names of learned journals) are to be italicized. Titles of

and notes

short works (short poems, essays, short stories, chapters of books, articles in learned journals are to be quoted, please use double quotation marks (“ ”)

Bibliography

In alphabetical order of author; all required information in the right order and punctuated correctly.

Tutor’s Guidelines 1.

Tutor must help the students in completing the tasks by providing links to some external resources.

2.

Tutor must also work with the students in the writing process. Please pay attention to the accuracy of language expression.

3.

You must make sure you write in accurate form and language. This carries 5 %. Use the checklist below when marking:

Accurate

Grammar, syntax, no sentence fragments, correct punctuation

English Layout

Margins, double-spaced lines, pages numbered, paragraphs clearly indicated by indentation

Spelling and

Use Spellcheck. Keep editing and asking your friends to read your

proof-reading

work. For the final draft, you may put in corrections by hand, do not need to retype.

Quotations

Short quotations and longer quotations handled differently in the correct manner

Titles,

Titles of book-length works (including book-length poems and

referencing

plays, and names of learned journals) are to be italicized. Titles of

and notes

short works (short poems, essays, short stories, chapters of books, articles in learned journals are to be quoted, please use double quotation marks (“ ”)

Bibliography

In alphabetical order of author; all required information in the right order and punctuated correctly.