DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LINGUISTICS

CENTRE FOR LANGUAGE STUDIES

ENGLISH FOR OCCUPATIONAL PURPOSES (UHB 40102 / UHB 40202)

SEMESTER 1 SESSION 2018/2019

GUIDELINES – ASSIGNMENT 1 (JOB e-PORTFOLIO)

(INDIVIDUAL PROJECT)
Full Marks: 100
Weightage: 25%

Situation A:
Congratulations! You have just graduated from Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia. You
are looking for a job that matches your relevant qualifications. You have decided to look for a
job through JobStreet.com. Based on your preferred job advertisement found in
JobStreet.com, you are asked to write a cover letter and resume in order to get a job
interview.

Instructions: You are required to fulfil task A, B and C below to create your own job e-
portfolio.

Task A (Job and Company Search)

1. Sign up for a free account at JobStreet.com (https://www.jobstreet.com.my/) to create
your own Job Street personal profile. Learn to create yours via
https://www.jobstreet.com.my/en/user/getting-started/.

2. Browse through any job advertisements at JobStreet.com in order to find your

desired job (one job application only).

3. Collect all information about your job and future employer (company).

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 4. Using a Google Site (Learn to create your own Google Site via
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgpbGjXRObE), you are required to include the
following information:
 Your Job Street personal profile
 Your ideal job position and job advertisement
 Your preferred company profile

Task B (Cover Letter)

1. Prepare a cover letter. Using the same Google site, your cover letter MUST include
the following :
 State position applied
 Educational background
 Elaboration on personal achievements
 Elaboration on personal skills

Task C (Resume)
1. Prepare a resume. Using the same Google site, your resume MUST include the
following :
 Personal information
 Educational background
 Personal achievements
 Personal skills

Reminder:
By the end of Week Five (5), you are required to share your Google Site link with your
lecturer to be assessed. Failure to do so will affect your overall scores for this assignment.

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 DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LINGUISTICS
CENTRE FOR LANGUAGE STUDIES

ENGLISH FOR OCCUPATIONAL PURPOSES (UHB 40102 / UHB 40202)

SEMESTER 1 SESSION 2018/2019

MARKING SCHEME
ASSIGNMENT 1 (JOB e-PORTFOLIO)

Type of Assignment: Written (Individual Task)

Full marks: 100
Weightage: 25%

Distribution of Marks:
Components Marks
(a) Information about Job
and Company Search
Content 10
(b) Cover Letter
Content 20
Format 5
Language 20
(c) Resume
Content 20
Format 5
Language 20
Total 100

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ASSESSMENT RUBRICS

(a) INFORMATION ABOUT JOB AND COMPANY SEARCH (10 marks)

Not
Excellent Very Good Good Fair Poor
Addressed
B2 H B2 H B2 H B2 L B2 L -
Can highlight Can highlight Can highlight Can highlight Can highlight Answer is
all significant most adequate limited little or no completely
points with significant significant significant significant unrelated/ no
Content (Information about Job relevant points with points with points with points with response
and Company Search) – 10 marks supporting relevant relevant relevant relevant given.
details. Can supporting supporting supporting supporting
evaluate all details. Can details. Can details. Can details. Can
different evaluate most evaluate evaluate evaluate little
ideas. different adequate limited or no different
ideas. different different ideas.
ideas. ideas.
5 4 3 2 1 0
Job Street personal profile
Company profile
Sub Total
Total for Content /10

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(b) COVER LETTER (45 marks)

Not
Excellent Very Good Good Fair Poor
Addressed

B2 H B2 H B2 H B2 L B2 L -

Can highlight Can highlight Can highlight Can highlight Can highlight Answer is
all significant most adequate limited little or no completely
Content (Cover Letter) – 20 marks
points with significant significant significant significant unrelated/ no
relevant points with points with points with points with response
supporting relevant relevant relevant relevant given.
details. Can supporting supporting supporting supporting
evaluate all details. Can details. Can details. Can details. Can
different evaluate most evaluate evaluate evaluate little
ideas. different adequate limited or no different
ideas. different different ideas.
ideas. ideas.
5 4 3 2 1 0
State position applied
Educational background
Personal achievements (eg. co-
curricular, academic, experience, etc)

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Personal skills (eg. language, ICT,
etc)
Sub Total
Total for Content /20

Excellent Very Good Good Fair Poor Not Addressed

B2 H B2 H B2 H B2 L B2 L -
Format of the Format of the Format of the Format of the Format of the Insufficient
letter is very letter is mostly letter is letter is limited. letter is hardly format to make
Format (Cover Letter) –
clear. Each clear. Each adequate. Each Each major to be seen. an assessment.
5 marks
major section major section major section section Major sections
includes all includes most includes includes limited are missing
required required adequate information. information.
information. information. information.
5 4 3 2 1 0
Address, date, salutation,
title and closing remark
Sub Total
Total for Format /5

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 Language (Cover Excellent Very Good Good Fair Poor Not Addressed
Letter) – 20 marks B2 H B2 H B2 H B2 L B2 L -
5 4 3 2 1 0
Grammatical accuracy Accurate Language is Well-formed Frequent errors Frequent errors Insufficient
word/idiom generally sentences; of vocabulary, distract the language to
choice. accurate. generally grammar or reader. make an
Confident Possibly some accurate spelling. Frequent errors assessment.
handling of errors but expression. Errors may obscure
appropriate errors do not Possibly a obscure communication.
constructions to impede number of communication
communicate communication. errors, but at times.
efficiently and Demonstrates errors do not
concisely. mastery of impede
Hardly any basic communication
errors. grammatical .
structures.

5 4 3 2 1 0
Organisation and Valid ideas Valid ideas Mainly valid Choppy; ideas Confusing; Insufficient
cohesion organised organised ideas organised ideas language to
effectively. clearly. organised inadequately. disconnected; make an
Variety of Suitable linking adequately. Communication lacks logical assessment.
appropriate devices. Some simple or purpose of sequencing.

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 linking devices. linking devices. writing No appropriate
sometimes linking devices.
obscured;
repetitive.
Rare or incorrect
use of linking
devices.

5 4 3 2 1 0
Vocabulary range and Uses a very Uses a good Uses an Uses a limited Uses hardly any Insufficient
control good range of range of adequate range range of range of language to
vocabulary. vocabulary. of vocabulary. vocabulary. vocabulary. make an
Very good Good Adequate Limited Inadequate assessment.
vocabulary vocabulary vocabulary vocabulary vocabulary
control. control. control. control. control.

5 4 3 2 1 0
Structural range and Uses a very Uses a good Uses an Only Uses hardly any Insufficient
control good range of range of adequate range occasionally range of language to
complex complex of complex uses range of complex make an
structures/sente structures/sente structures/sent complex structures/sente assessment.
nce forms/ nce forms/ ence forms/ structures/sente nce forms. Little

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 variety of variety of variety of nce forms. or no variety of
structures. Very structures. structures. Limited variety structures.
good structural Good structural Adequate of structures. Hardly any
control. control. control of Limited control structural
frequent of frequent control.
patterns and patterns and
structures. structures.

Sub Total
Total for Language /20

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(c) RESUME (45 marks)
Excellent Very Good Good Fair Poor Not Addressed
B2 H B2 H B2 H B2 L B2 L -
Can highlight Can highlight Can highlight Can highlight Can highlight Answer is
all significant most adequate limited little or no completely
points with significant significant significant significant unrelated/ no
relevant points with points with points with points with response
Content (Resume) – 20 marks
supporting relevant relevant relevant relevant given.
details. Can supporting supporting supporting supporting
evaluate all details. Can details. Can details. Can details. Can
different ideas. evaluate most evaluate evaluate evaluate little
different ideas. adequate limited or no different
different ideas. different ideas. ideas.
5 4 3 2 1 0
Personal information
Educational background
Personal achievements (eg. co-
curricular, academic, experience,
etc)
Personal skills (eg. language,
ICT, etc)
Sub Total
Total for Content /20

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 Excellent Very Good Good Fair Poor Not Addressed
B2 H B2 H B2 H B2 L B2 L -
Format (Resume) – 5 Format of the Format of the Format of the Format of the Format of the Insufficient
marks resume is very resume is resume is resume is resume is format to make
clear. mostly clear. adequate. limited. hardly to be an assessment
seen.
5 4 3 2 1 0
Suitable
headings/sections and
organisation for each
section (refer to content)
Sub Total
Total for Format /5

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 Language (Resume) – Excellent Very Good Good Fair Poor Not Addressed
20 marks B2 H B2 H B2 H B2 L B2 L -
5 4 3 2 1 0
Grammatical accuracy Accurate Language is Well-formed Frequent errors Frequent errors Insufficient
word/idiom generally sentences; of vocabulary, distract the language to
choice. accurate. generally grammar or reader. make an
Confident Possibly some accurate spelling. Frequent errors assessment.
handling of errors but expression. Errors may obscure
appropriate errors do not Possibly a obscure communication
constructions impede number of communication .
to communicate communication. errors but at times.
efficiently and Demonstrates errors do not
concisely. mastery of impede
Hardly any basic communication.
errors. grammatical
structures.

5 4 3 2 1 0
Organisation and Valid ideas Valid ideas Mainly valid Choppy; ideas Confusing; Insufficient
cohesion organised organised ideas organised organised ideas language to
effectively. clearly. adequately. inadequately. disconnected; make an
Variety of Suitable linking Some simple Communication lacks logical assessment.
appropriate devices. linking devices. or purpose of sequencing.

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 linking devices. writing No appropriate
sometimes linking devices
obscured;
repetitive.
Rare or
incorrect use of
linking devices.

5 4 3 2 1 0
Vocabulary range and Uses a very Uses a good Uses an Uses a limited Uses hardly Insufficient
control good range of range of adequate range range of any range of language to
vocabulary. vocabulary. of vocabulary. vocabulary. vocabulary. make an
Very good Good Adequate Limited Inadequate assessment.
vocabulary vocabulary vocabulary vocabulary vocabulary
control. control. control. control. control.

5 4 3 2 1 0
Structural range and Uses a very Uses a good Uses an Only Uses hardly Insufficient
control good range of range of adequate range occasionally any range of language to
sentence forms/ sentence forms/ of sentence uses range of sentence make an
variety of variety of forms/ variety of sentence forms. Little or assessment.
structures. Very structures. structures. forms. Limited no variety of

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 good structural Good structural Adequate variety of structures.
control. control. control of structures. Hardly any
frequent Limited control structural
patterns and of frequent control.
structures. patterns and
structures.

Sub Total
Total for Language /20

(a) + (b) + (c)=TOTAL

100

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