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1. The document provides guidelines for a group presentation and progress report for a technical writing project. 2. For the group presentation, each member will present sections of their progress report and the whole presentation should be approximately 20-25 minutes long. It will take place during Week 10. 3. The progress report is due in Week 11 and should be at least 3 pages, excluding references and appendices. It must provide an update on the project's progress including work completed, challenges faced, and early results.

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Presentation Progress Report Guidelines - FINAL

1. The document provides guidelines for a group presentation and progress report for a technical writing project. 2. For the group presentation, each member will present sections of their progress report and the whole presentation should be approximately 20-25 minutes long. It will take place during Week 10. 3. The progress report is due in Week 11 and should be at least 3 pages, excluding references and appendices. It must provide an update on the project's progress including work completed, challenges faced, and early results.

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GLT1011 TECHNICAL WRITING SKILLS IN ENGLISH

SEMESTER 1, SESSION 2020/21

PRESENTATION GUIDELINES

Date : 9 (synchronous, face-to-face, online group presentation)


Week 10
Weightage : 10%
Total marks : 60 [Group marks: 40 (content-25, division of task & presentation aids-15)
Individual marks: 20 (clarity-10, language-10)]

Task
The purpose of this group presentation is to verbally report to your project supervisor (i.e. your
class teacher) about the progress of your project. It also allows you to get useful feedback about
your Progress Report which you will edit and subsequently submit in Week 11. You need to
present how much and what type of work has been done by a particular date, by whom, how
well and how close the entire job is to completion. Each team member will present a few sections
of the report (see below) and speak for 4-5 minutes. The whole presentation should be
approximately 20 minutes (teams of four) or 25 minutes (teams of five) long. Your teacher will
discuss with you and decide on a presentation schedule (during class in Week 10) as well as
which online video presentation app/platform to use.

Content
1. Introduction: the statement of problem, the background to the problem, the main
causes and the consequences if no action is taken
2. Data collection [survey & interview, target participants, justifications, procedures]
3. Work allocation
4. Work completed (Week 5-Week 10): timeline/schedule
5. Work scheduled (Week 11-Week 14): timeline/schedule
6. Challenges and Projections
7. Early results

Considerations & reminders


Refer to Chapter 10: Making Successful Presentations at Work (especially p.392-394, 399-
401 on how to deliver the presentation).

Presentation aids:
-use appropriate aids, e.g. PowerPoint slides (see textbook p.389-392).
-show keywords or important information only, not lengthy sentences or paragraphs.
-keep your slides to 15 or less and email them to your teacher one day before presentation.
-number your slides and refer to them clearly as you present (instead of showing them on
camera or screen), e.g. Table 1 shows that…as shown on slide no. 2, the second bullet point
is about…the picture on slide no. 3 is…

Delivery:
-avoid reading from the report or a script.
-you can refer to your slides or notes but try to look at the camera as much as possible.
-make sure you speak loudly and clearly, with at least half of your body visible on camera so
that your gestures/body language are clearly seen.
-find a quiet spot, with good lighting and an uncluttered background.

Note: Make sure you have a stable internet connection for the live presentation (video
meeting); if you can’t join the presentation and you don’t have any valid reason or proof, your
marks will be affected.
GLT1011 TECHNICAL WRITING SKILLS IN ENGLISH
SEMESTER 1, SESSION 2020/21

PROGRESS REPORT GUIDELINES

Submission : Week 11 (Turnitin Assignment on Spectrum)


Weightage : 20%
Total marks : 70 (content-50, language & organisation-10, tone & style-10)

Task
The purpose of this report is to inform your project supervisor (i.e. your class teacher, NOT the
intended audience of your proposal) about the progress of your project as outlined in the Plan
of Research. You need to explain how much and what type of work has been done by a
particular date, by whom, how well and how close the entire project is to completion. The report
should be at least 3 pages long, excluding charts/graphs/tables, reference list and appendices.
Submit the soft copy on Spectrum (Class Forum – Turnitin Assignment) on the day of your class
to avoid network congestion on Spectrum. For example, if your class is on Monday, the deadline
is Monday 11.59p.m. There will be a deduction of marks for late submission. Only one
submission is required from each project team.

Content (at least 1 paragraph for each of the following sections & sub-sections)
1. Introduction:
a. the statement of problem [state clearly the issue, its importance, participants]
b. the background to the problem [3-5 paragraphs with at least 5 sources of
reference, what has been reported about this issue in Malaysia or other places]
c. the main causes [3-5 causes with adequate references]
d. the consequences if no action is taken [3-5 consequences with references]
2. Data collection [survey & interview, target participants, justifications, procedures]
3. Work allocation [the role & responsibilities of each team member, be as specific as
possible]
4. Work completed (Week 5-Week 10): timeline/schedule of what you have done
5. Work scheduled (Week 11-Week 14): timeline/schedule of what you plan to do
6. Challenges and Projections
7. Early results
8. References
9. Appendices [attach any relevant documents which provide extra information or
explanation, e.g. interview and survey questions]

Considerations & reminders


-use the appropriate heading, tone & style.
-refer to external sources (at least five) and list in the References, using the APA style.
-Challenges are problems you have faced in conducting the research (Week 5-10) and how
you overcame them; Projections are problems that might occur as you continue the project
(Week 11-14) and how you plan to overcome them.
-for Early results, present any survey/interview data you have collected so far. It is not
necessary to analyse or discuss findings now as the data collection is probably still ongoing.

Visuals/non-linear information:
-use appropriate diagrams/charts/tables with a brief description (see textbook p.232-253) to
present your early results.
-any non-linear info must be clearly labelled, captioned and used to illustrate (not substitute)
written text, i.e. there must be a paragraph to explain the info (see textbook p.228-232).

Turnitin report:
-there will be no penalty if your Turnitin report shows a high similarity % with existing sources.
Your teacher will explain to you what the percentage means. Use the similarity report to edit
your work and avoid plagiarism in your Proposal later.
-to avoid high similarity %, do not send your report to Turnitin before the actual submission.

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