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ASSIGNMENT
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OUMH1303
ENGLISH FOR ORAL COMMUNICATION
JANUARY 2024 SEMESTER
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INSTRUCTION

1. All tasks must be delivered in English.

2. The cover sheet of your assignment must contain the following information: Course
code and name / Semester / Your full name and student number / Your email address
and mobile number.
3. For the written assignment, use Times New Roman or Arial, 12-point font, with 1.5-line
spacing in A4 format. Ensure that the assignment you submit is paginated.
4. Present your responses to the tasks in MULTIPLE files. Adhere to the following structure:
i. Part I Task 1 – A recorded speech presentation file (max 400MB)
ii. Part I Task 2 – Reflective Report
iii. Part II – Proof of Online Class Participation

5. Submit your files ONLINE by: 12 March 2024.

6. Late submission without prior permission will be penalized with a mark deduction.
7. This assignment accounts for 70% of the total marks for the course:
Part I Task 1 Speech Presentation – 40%

Task 2 Reflective Report – 20%

Part II Proof of Online Class Participation – 10%

 PART I
TASK 1: INDIVIDUAL SPEECH PRESENTATION (40%)

PURPOSE
The purpose of Task 1 is for students to demonstrate their ability and confidence in
preparing and practicing effective communication skills in any setting.

TASK REQUIREMENTS

Delivering an effective speech is a skill that needs to be developed especially for those with
job tasks involving speech, such as teachers, salespersons, lawyers and many others. The
most important thing to do is to research a good topic that attracts your audience.

This assignment aims to confidently deliver an Informative speech through a recording.

With reference to the OUMH1303 Module (pg 178), choose ONE (1) purpose from the two
speech purposes below
a. Demonstration
b. Reporting
to record a speech on the topic: ANIMALS

Task specifications in preparing your recorded speech:

a. Start by brainstorming the topic: ANIMALS and find a smaller or more focused
aspect/subtopic to start planning your speech text. You MUST discuss your title with
your e-tutor in the e-forum or during the e-tutorial sessions. Find a title that you
are comfortable with to deliver the speech. E.g.: A demonstration speech: “How to
train your pet iguana” OR a reporting speech: “Shark vs Killer whales: Which is
deadlier?”.
b. Plan and write your speech text in short notes or the complete text. Your
introduction should state your name, ID, Course, and the purpose of the speech with
the title.
c. You can refer to various resources or use your personal observations, experience,
and knowledge for writing the content, but make sure that the content of the speech
is appropriate to your targeted audience.

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d. You will need to decide: the producer, your targeted audience, the surroundings
(background, lighting, soundproof area), and other aspects to consider even though
you are not going to mention them verbally in the presentation.
e. Plan visual aids. You are encouraged to use creativity and innovation in producing
the video by catering to both the brain’s visual and auditory systems, body language,
facial expressions, imagery and music, etc. You might want to use applications to
further exemplify the speech text like PowerPoint Presentation, iMovie, Funimate,
Adobe and many others. However, remember that this video is a speech
presentation NOT a video presentation.
f. Record your speech between 7 to 10 minutes. Marks will be deducted either for a
duration of less than 7 minutes or more than 10 minutes. Adhere to the following:
i. Look professional and deliver confidently
ii. Ensure that your speech has an introduction
iii. The purpose of the speech must either be to DEMONSTRATE or to REPORT.
iv. The video screen must capture the top half of your body so that your hand
gestures and facial expressions are visible at all times OR at least 80% of the
recording duration.
v. Your speech must be engaging and interesting.
vi. You must offer an ending (conclusion) in the video.
g. Ensure the recording of your speech is authentic, clear and organised. Remember,
“you are the scriptwriter, the speaker and maybe even, the producer!”. Your aim is
to deliver a speech that is engaging and interesting to your audience.
h. Submit your video online according to the instructions. If your video is larger than
400MB, please refer to the guidelines on how to compress your video for
submission. You may also include a link to your video as a backup in Task 2. To get
this link, upload your video to YouTube or an online storage service such as GDrive or
OneDrive. Make sure that your link is NOT set to private access only and that the link
is accessible before you submit your assignment.
i. Your speech will be assessed through 6 criteria:
1. Speech content
2. Presentation of speaker
3. Originality and creativity of ideas,
4. Video recording organisation,

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 5. Overall and clarity of the video; and
6. Use of language

NOTE:
 This is an individual task. The aim is to deliver a speech confidently and naturally,
and NOT to make a creative video for social media platforms.
 Refer to the assignment rubrics as a guide to achieving cohesion and coherence.
 Remember to refer to Topics 8, 9 and 10 of OUMH 1303 Module

[Total: 40 Marks]

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 ATTACHMENT
ASSIGNMENT RUBRICS

OUMH1303 ENGLISH FOR ORAL COMMUNICATION / JANUARY 2024 SEMESTER

PART I TASK 1: INDIVIDUAL SPEECH PRESENTATION (40%)
Unsatisfactory
Excellent Good Fair Poor Or
Max
No response
QN CLO Criteria Weight Marks
4 3 2 1 0
Task 1 3 Speech 1.75 Covers the topic in depth Includes basic knowledge Includes essential The content includes Speech has no 7
Content with details and examples. of the topic. The content is information about the minor details and it has purpose.
Knowledge of the topic is good and inviting to the topic, but contains a few several mistakes in the OR
excellent. viewers. mistakes in the facts. The facts. The content is Wrong
content is particularly not not inviting to the understanding of
The purpose of the speech The purpose of the speech really inviting to the viewer. speech content
is excellently achieved. is achieved. viewer.
The purpose of the
The structure of the The structure of the The purpose of the speech speech is not clear
content is very inviting to content is organized. is somewhat clear
the viewers.
3 Presentation of 3 Delivery is effectively Delivery is natural, fluent, Delivery is quite natural, Delivery is not natural/ No attempt to 12
speaker natural, fluent, professional and fluent, with some fluent and or audible. deliver the
professional and confident. evidence of A lot of reading. speech
confident. professionalism and individually.
Voice delivery is clear with almost shows confidence.
Voice delivery is very clear good pronunciation and
with excellent enunciation, stress and Voice delivery is
pronunciation and intonation. somewhat clear with some
enunciation, stress and errors in pronunciation
intonation. The gestures and and enunciation, lack of
expressions are quite stress and intonation.
The gestures and spontaneous.
expressions are natural, The gestures and

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 very relaxing and expressions show some
spontaneous. signs of nervousness.
3 Originality & 1.25 The presentation of the The presentation of the The presentation of the The presentation of No originality and 5
Creativity of speech shows great speech shows originality speech shows less the speech shows no no creativity at
ideas originality. The ideas are with the use of own ideas creativity and is very rigid. creativity and is very all.
creative, professional and and creativity. The content is rather stiff boring. The content is
witty. and not smooth. presented as “reading”
Good use of visual aids and not natural
Excellent use of visual aids and there are additional The moderate use of
and extra creative efforts creative efforts to enhance visual aids and few Lacks visual aids and
to enhance understanding understanding of speech creative efforts to enhance poor creative efforts
of speech content content understanding of speech
content.

3 Video 1.25 The direction and The direction and A moderate direction and Little effort has been No effort has 5
recording organisation of the video organisation of the video organisation of the video made to direct the been made to
organisation are well-planned and are good and capture the and at times able to video. make the video
capture the audience’s audience’s attention capture the audience’s organised or
attention throughout. throughout. attention. The time duration is interesting.
either too short or too
The time duration is The time duration is good. The time duration is long.
excellently met. between 7-10 minutes.
There are clear attempts The structure and
The structure and details to link details in the video There are attempts to link organisation of ideas in
of the video are placed in but in one or two parts, details in the video but the the video are not
a logical order and the way the details appear structure and organisation smooth and/or might
they are presented incoherent. of the video lack direction contain some mistakes
effectively keeps the that affected the viewer’s in the facts that
interest of the viewer. The beginning and ending comprehension. affected the general
parts of the video are understanding of the
The beginning and ending recognizable but do not There is no clear beginning viewer.
parts of the video are necessarily contribute to or ending or unexpected/ OR
recognizable and give a the viewer’s not interesting. The recorded video is
very clear and meaningful understanding. organised for a social
understanding. media platform rather
than to deliver a

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 speech.

3 Overall and 1 The overall quality of the Most of the quality of the The quality of the video is The quality of the The quality of the 4
Clarity of the video and the focus were video and the focus were not very good but the video is acceptable but video and the
Video excellent. The presenter is good. The presenter is overall focus was the overall focus was overall focus are
seen from the top-half seen from the top-half acceptable. The presenter not good or quite bad. very poor and not
angle at all times. angle at all times. is seen from the top-half acceptable.
angle most of the time. The video angle and
The video angle and The video angle and good lighting poorly capture
perfect lighting excellently lighting capture the The video angle and the speaker, too many
capture the speaker. speaker. lighting somewhat capture animations.
the speaker moderately.
The audio is excellent. The audio is good. Inaudible audio
The audio is audible.

3 Use of 1.75 No errors in grammar, Minimal errors in Some errors in grammar, A lot of errors in Too many major 7
Language punctuation or spelling grammar, punctuation or punctuation or spelling grammar, punctuation errors and very
that distract the viewer spelling that do not affect affect the viewer’s or spelling affect the poor grammar,
from the content. the viewer’s understanding. viewer’s punctuation or
The choices of words are understanding. Some of the words used comprehension. spelling. The
very appropriate and The choices of words are are not appropriate and The choices of words language used is
suitable for the video and most appropriate and not suitable for the video are very poor and not not suitable for
targeted audience. suitable for the video and and targeted audience. appropriate for the the video and
targeted audience. video and targeted targeted
audience. audience.

Total 10 40
*QN = Question Number

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 PART I
TASK 2: REFLECTIVE REPORT (20%)

PURPOSE
The purpose of Task 2 is for students to demonstrate their effective verbal and non-verbal
language in expressing formal and informal communication

TASK REQUIREMENTS

IMPORTANT: This task is a continuation of your video presentation of Task 1: Demonstration

or Reporting speech on the topic: ANIMALS.

Write a critical reflection on the process of carrying out the speech presentation. The
structure of this report follows the basic essay structure of introduction, body and concluding
paragraphs.

Your Reflective Report MUST include the following FIVE criteria and each criterion should be
written in paragraphs between 300 and 350 words:

i) Reflection on the PROCESS; the planning stage of the video, during the recording
of the video and after the video has been recorded. Describe the timeline of
completing the task and the preparation of visual aids. How long did you plan and
record etc? How important are creativity and innovation in this task? Why do you
say so?
ii) Reflection on the CONTENT (the topic/ issue) and rationalise how things could
have been done in a better way. Is this topic/ issue familiar to you or vice versa?
Why did you choose this topic, any significance to you? During the process of the
video, there might be some instances where you realised your idea could have
been improved in another way. Describe this situation too.
iii) Reflection on the CHALLENGES that you faced in this assignment. How did you
overcome your shyness/ lack of confidence in delivering the speech? Did you face
any issues with the recording and editing? Share your challenges on the language
process too – vocabulary and grammar in writing and delivering the speech.
Describe well.
iv) Show the video to ONE PERSON and inquire if the speech is an
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 suggestions that might help improve the speech or the speaker. Share this
person’s thoughts on the strengths and weaknesses of your video and compare
them with your own beliefs.
v) Your PERSONAL THOUGHTS about completing this assignment (the video
presentation and Reflective Report). How do you feel about it? Describe too, what
are the advantages/disadvantages of this assignment. If you feel the video
recording and or Reflective Report is/are not advisable, what would be a better
alternative? Explain your rationale.

REMINDERS:

i. A Reflective Report is writing to evaluate, summarise, analyse, and reflect on an

individual’s journey of a/some particular actions. It is almost similar to journal
writing.
ii. Plagiarism is a serious offense. Avoid using or claiming other people’s writing in
this assignment.
iii. Refer to the assignment rubrics as a guide to achieving cohesion and coherence.

[Total: 20 Marks]

REFLECTIVE REPORT OUTLINE

Video Link: xxxxxxxxxx

Introduction
(7-10 lines)

Body
(all the 5 criteria mentioned above)

Conclusion
(7-10 lines)

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 ASSIGNMENT RUBRICS FOR
OUMH1303 ENGLISH FOR ORAL COMMUNICATION / JANUARY 2024 SEMESTER
PART I TASK 2: REFLECTIVE REPORT (20%)
Unsatisfactory
Excellent Good Fair Poor Or
*QN/ Max
CLO Criteria No response
*NS Weight Marks
4 3 2 1 0
Introduction The introduction is The introduction is The introduction is There is no clear There is no
1 0.5 excellently written. good. sufficient introduction. introduction. 2

Reflections A convincing, critical A critical and detailed A thorough and A lack of High possibility of
and detailed discussion of the detailed discussion of understanding and plagiarism.
discussion of the activity; pre, during activity; pre, during insights into the 5
activity; pre, during and post and post criteria required. Does not
and post demonstrate
Demonstrates good Demonstrates Less than 5 criteria understanding nor
Demonstrates very understanding and satisfactory are elaborated. insights into the 5
good understanding insights into the 5 understanding and criteria required
and insights into the criteria required. insights of 5 criteria Too few personal OR
5 criteria required. required. reflections and The word count is
Task All 5 criteria are examples are less than 249 words.
2 1 3.5 All 5 criteria are elaborated well, All 5 criteria are unimportant or not 14
elaborated within 300-350 elaborated, within detailed.
extensively and very words 300-350 words. OR
descriptively, within Word count is much
300-350 words or Personal reflections Some personal less than 300 words
more. and relevant reflections and (150 – 249 words).
examples are relevant examples
All personal essential and are somewhat
reflections and detailed. essential and
relevant examples detailed.
are very essential
and detailed.
1 Conclusion 0.5 The conclusion is The conclusion is The conclusion The conclusion is There is no 2

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 well connected to all connected to all the shows some not clearly written. conclusion.
the reflections. reflections. connections to the
reflections.

Language/ No errors in Minimal errors in Some errors in A lot of errors in Generally

Grammar grammar or spelling grammar, structure grammar, structure, grammar, structure incomprehensible
distract the reader and spelling that do or spelling affect the or spelling affect the due to grammar,
1 0.5 from the content. not affect the reader’s reader’s structure and 2
reader’s understanding. comprehension. spelling mistakes.
understanding.

Total 5 20

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 PART II
ONLINE CLASS PARTICIPATION (10%)

Discuss the following topics in the forum and provide evidence of your participation in the
online discussions:

1. Share examples of how regional variations in communication norms influence interactions

within Malaysia.

2. In your opinion, how has technology, such as smartphones and social media, influenced
oral communication patterns in our society?

[Total: 10 Marks]

[TOTAL: 70 MARKS]

INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO SUBMIT PROOF OF ONLINE CLASS PARTICIPATION (10%)

Do the following:
1. Select the BEST FIVE (5) own posts from the e-forum discussion set up by your tutor.
2. Take screenshots of the postings and include them as IMAGES in your assignment.
3. The screenshots should be in an image file (either in JPG or PNG format). Refer to the sample of Screen
Grab below.
4. The screenshots should CLEARLY display: Name, Title of the discussion, Day, Date and Time.

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 ASSIGNMENT RUBRICS
OUMH1303 ENGLISH FOR ORAL COMMUNICATION / JANUARY 2024 SEMESTER
PART II: ONLINE CLASS PARTICIPATION (10%)
Max
Excellent Good Fair Poor Unsatisfactory
QN CLO Criteria Weightage marks
4 3 2 1 0
All five comments Four of the Two or three of One post was Postings done past
are good, comments are the comments are submitted.OR assignment
appropriate, good, appropriate, somewhat good, All posts are done timeline.
relevant, relevant, appropriate, in one day. OR No postings
meaningful, and meaningful and meaningful and OR None of the given as proof of
respectful. respectful. respectful. comments is good participation in
Postings reflect Postings reflect Postings show and relevant. discussion
1,2 2 Quality of Postings 2.5 active participation participation relatively short OR Comments are 10
within the within the participation time. short responses
assignment assignment that are not
timeline. timeline. substantial or
meaningful.
Minimum effort
(e.g. “I agree with
Tina”)

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