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Layout and Formating Guidelines For Assessments

The document provides guidelines for formatting TESOL assessment assignments, including requirements for fonts, spacing, headings, title pages, numbering, word counts, references, and appendices. It also offers tips for writing style, conventions, annotations, and process to ensure assignments are well-structured and formatted according to APA 7th edition style guidelines. Students should follow the guidelines to properly format their TESOL assessment assignments.

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Layout and Formating Guidelines For Assessments

The document provides guidelines for formatting TESOL assessment assignments, including requirements for fonts, spacing, headings, title pages, numbering, word counts, references, and appendices. It also offers tips for writing style, conventions, annotations, and process to ensure assignments are well-structured and formatted according to APA 7th edition style guidelines. Students should follow the guidelines to properly format their TESOL assessment assignments.

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TESOL Assessment Guidelines

These guidelines align with APA 7th referencing and style guidelines, for more
information on APA 7th, see the Library how to guides.

File format
• Assignments should be written using MS Word.
• Assignments can be submitted as one of the following file formats: .doc, .docx
• Do not submit html files, web pages, CAD files, Visio (.vsd), PowerPoint (.ppt),
PDF s (.pdf) or zip files unless these are specified.

Fonts
• Use a clear, readable, sans serif font such as Verdana, Calibri, Tahoma or
Arial. Use the same font throughout unless you have a specific reason for
switching fonts.
• Use black text on a white background. Avoid coloured backgrounds or text in
a colour other than black unless you have special permission to use them.
• Use 11 or 12 point for the body of your assignment and the same for
headings.

Spacing
• Use 1.5 or double spacing and 2.54 margins. This leaves room for comments.
• Leave a blank line between paragraphs.
• Left-justify your work (also known as left-aligned). Block-justified (flush left
and right) might look tidy, but it’s harder to read as it can result in gaps
between words. This is aligned with APA7th style.

Paragraphing
• Use complete paragraphs throughout your paper, unless a list is needed.
• Indent paragraphs and leave one line between new paragraphs.
• A paragraph typically explains, describes, outlines, or develops one clear idea
and is at least 4 sentences long.

Headings
• Include heading in all assignments unless indicated.
• Headings should closely describe the main focus of a section or sub-section
of your assignment clearly and concisely.
• Headings are not required for introductions.
• Use bold for headings. Not underlining.
• Follow APA7th level style for headings, expect to use up to three levels in
your assignments:
•

Title page
•
• the title and number of the assignment
• the course number and name
• the due date
• your full name and student number

This information should be centered, starting approximately one third of the way
down the page.

Numbering
• Number all pages except the title page.
• Tables and figures must be numbered and clearly labelled as per APA7th.
• Don't number the items in a reference list.

Word count

Include a word count (the number of words in your assignment) at the end of the
assignment, before the references and appendices. Your assignment should not be
over the maximum word count. Remember that the title/title page, reference list and
appendices are not included in the word count.

Reference list

The reference list comes at the end of the assignment and should start on a new
page labelled 'References'. Follow APA7th Referencing Style.

Appendices

Appendices are used for information that:

• supplements or complements the information you are providing in the main


text
• You are asked to include as an appendix

Start each appendix (if applicable) on a new page. If there's just one appendix label it
‘Appendix’ without a number, but if there are more than one label them Appendix A,
Appendix B, etc. In the main text of your assignment, refer to the Appendix by the
label, e.g. Appendix A.
Only use an appendix if stated.

Tops and bottoms of pages

Check the top and bottom of your pages to ensure they avoid:

• widows - single lines of text at the top of a page


• orphans - first lines of paragraphs at the bottom of a page
• tombstones - headings or subheadings alone at the bottom of a page
• split lists – lists that are divided between two pages (if possible).

Writing Style
• Write clearly, but feel free to be creative and include your voice.
• Use discipline specific terms and avoid informal or vague language that can
be misunderstood.
• If you can speak one or more languages, feel free to use concepts from other
languages as well as English if you explain their meaning.

Writing Conventions
• Feel free to be creative in writing up your work – you can use images and
other modalities to express ideas in addition to formal prose.
• Use quotes minimally and only if they are powerful.
• Support ideas with credible sources or argument.

Annotations
• When you have finished your paper, annotate your text with comments and
questions to the reader about your work – this gives you the chance to start
dialogue with readers.
• These can be inserted using comments in MSWord.
• Annotations can be about any aspect of the assignment but can be especially
helpful to seek confirmation about things that you are uncertain of or to ask
your reader to comment on a very specific element of your work.
• Use annotations to engage with your reader.

Writing Process
• Writing is thinking so get writing as soon as you start reading and thinking
about the assignment.
• There is no beginning to the writing up process, just start anywhere, you can
organise your text later.
• Through writing our ideas become clearer and we have an opportunity to
express ourselves, so write as much as you can and spend time re-writing
and revising.
• Always spend time editing and proofreading your work, but it is often best to
leave this until you are happy with the content.
• Add your references and citations as you write, if you leave this to do all at
once, it can be frustrating and may lead to omissions.

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