LCH1005 Research Essay Guidelines

LCH1005 English for Academic Studies (Business) I
Semester One 2023/24

Individual Assignment: Research Essay (30% Individual)
This assessment task is designed to assess your ability in using English

effectively in academic contexts that you will encounter in your studies. You
will complete a series of tasks including researching information, drafting an
outline and writing an academic essay.
Expected Learning Outcomes:

Research Skills
• Conduct library and Internet research and integrate ideas from multiple sources
(e.g. newspaper articles and book chapters) to support your points.
• Document information from multiple sources using APA, an established
documentation style.
Writing Skills
• Plan, organize, and structure an academic essay.
• Write a research essay using the process approach.
• Write well-structured paragraphs using the topic-sentence-supporting-details
structure.
• Paraphrase, summarize, and quote different reference sources (e.g. newspaper
articles and book chapters).
• Edit and revise the essay for support, organization and sentence skills.
• Demonstrate appropriate use of grammar and vocabulary.
Your Task:
Write a 5-paragraph cause-effect essay of 600-650 words.
Note: The word count should include the essay title and the 5 paragraphs (including all the
in-text citations). Marks may be deducted if the word count shown in the Turnitin
report falls out of the above range, and excessive words will not be read and marked.
Your essay should be relevant to the business field*and it should have implications
for Hong Kong.
*From a broad perspective, “business” means any activities about commerce,

related to trading, money transaction, marketing, merchandising, human resources
(staffing), goods and services, management, ethics, competitiveness or operation of a
company, etc.
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You should choose ONE broad topic area from the list below:
• Trading and Logistics

• Hotels and Tourism
• Financial Services
• Professional and Producer services
• Innovation and Technology
• Cultural and Creative industries
After choosing a broad topic area, you should think about your specific topic.
For instance, you may investigate:
• The successful reasons of tourism industry in Hong Kong (Hotels and
Tourism)
• The positive effects of ChatGPT on public relations industry
(Professional and Producer Services)
• The negative effects of advanced technology on publishing field
(Cultural and Creative Industries)
Schedule:
Teaching
What you need to do
Week(s)
• Choose your “Topic Area” and decide on your “Specific Topic”;
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Submit the Specific Topic for your lecturer’s approval; Draft your
essay outline
• Submit your essay outline (No late submitted work will be
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commented.)
• Receive your lecturer’s feedback and revise your essay outline for
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further improvement
• Write the first draft

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9 • Revise and edit your essay
10 • Submit your final essay via Turnitin in Blackboard

• Submit the Turnitin report, reference list, sources, & original work
declaration of your essay via Blackboard
Research Essay Outline:

To prepare your essay outline, to be submitted in Week 5, you may refer to your
textbook (pp. 14-15, 50-51).
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Submission Guidelines:
Deadline Submission What you need to do

• Submit a Word file
Week 5 containing the outline
Submission of the Research Essay
Friday, 23:59 of the essay via
Outline
Blackboard
Assignment.
Submission of the SOFT C O P Y * • Upload a Word file
of your final essay via containing only your
Blackboard’s Turnitin Assignment essay title & the 5
Week 10 paragraphs with in-
1st EAS Lesson 20% of the total marks will be text citations.
Day, 23:59 deducted for late submission. • NEVER submit your
ZERO mark will be given to soft copy via Turnitin
the essay for late submission of in the last minute; you
more than 7 calendar days. should bear the risk of
late submission due to
any kinds of system
Submission of the SOFT C O P Y * errors.
of the Turnitin report, a reference • Submit a copy of ALL the
list, sources, & original work required items.
declaration of your essay
Week 10
NO marks will be given to the
2nd EAS Lesson
corresponding marking components
Day, 23:59
for late submission. No Turnitin
report, reference list, sources, or
original work declaration of your
essay will be accepted after the
submission deadline unless you
have a good reason.
Requirements concerning Reference Sources:

• All the reference sources must be in English.
• At least THREE references from DIFFERENT sources should be cited in
the essay.
• Only references from reliable sources are accepted. Reliable sources: books,
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journals, newspapers, magazines, government and institutional websites.
• Attach the copies of ANY THREE text-based reference sources. On each
copy, write down the author-date citation information and highlight the
parts that you have quoted, paraphrased or summarized.
• Summarize or paraphrase the supporting materials as far as possible. Direct

quotations should not exceed 10% of the total length of your essay. The
APA citation style (APA 7 th Edition Basics) should be correctly used to
document sources of reference in your essay.
• Your essay should be word-processed and submitted via Turnitin (Times New
Roman, font size 12).
• You must write your own work. Disciplinary action will be taken if a student
is found plagiarizing other writers’ ideas/ words or using AI-generated contents
(e.g. ChatGPT, Grammarly, etc.). Plagiarizing other student’s work within/
across the subject groups is also NOT allowed and Turnitin will help check
for plagiarism of all kinds. So, prior to your submission of the essay, you MUST
sign the “Declaration of Original Work” indicating that the essay you have
completed is your original work. The signed declaration must be submitted with
your research essay.
Grading Aspects
Criteria Details
Ideas and - Essay title
Organization - Introduction and method of introduction
(50%) - Thesis statement and overview
- Topic sentences and supporting details of body paragraphs
- Conclusion and method of conclusion
- Grouping and sequencing of ideas
Documentation in APA - In-text citation

Style (10%) - Reference list
- Evidence of sources and own work
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Language, Writing Style - Grammar
and Mechanics - Spelling
(40%) - Punctuation
- Word choice
- Transitions
- Sentence skills
- Point of view
- Summarizing and paraphrasing skills

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LCH1005 English for Academic Studies (Business) I

Semester One 2023/24

This assessment task is designed to assess your ability in using English

Expected Learning Outcomes:

*From a broad perspective, “business” means any activities about commerce,

• Trading and Logistics

• Write the first draft

10 • Submit your final essay via Turnitin in Blackboard

Research Essay Outline:

Deadline Submission What you need to do

Requirements concerning Reference Sources:

• Summarize or paraphrase the supporting materials as far as possible. Direct

Documentation in APA - In-text citation

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