CC2040 English for Academic Studies (Health Care)

Assignment 3 – Mini-Presentation (10%; Individual and Group)

In this task, you and your mini-presentation group members are required to teach the
class a number of medical and health care terms – their structure, meaning and
pronunciation, in the lecture from Week 6 to Week 10. You will be assessed on your
performance as an individual (75%) and as a group (25%).

I. Expected Learning Outcomes

The objectives of this task are to assess how well you and your group members are able
to:
ƒ Explain the structure and meaning of medical and health care terms methodically and
correctly;
ƒ Demonstrate how to apply the knowledge learned on syllables, stress, uncommon
sounds and soft and hard sounds to pronouncing medical and health care terms,
methodically and correctly;
ƒ Conduct in fluent spoken English a presentation effectively to an audience within a
given time limit.

II. Topic

Medical and Health Care Vocabulary List B, C, D, E, F

III. Guidelines

You are to form yourselves into mini-presentation groups of 5 members each. Each
group will be assigned a vocabulary list by the lecturer, in which ten terms are
underlined. On the presentation day of your group, each group member will take turn to
present two of the underlined terms to the class. You are expected to make effective use
of what you have learned in Week 3 and Week 4 about the structure and pronunciation of
medical and health care terms, with a view to help the class:

(a) Understand the structure and meaning of the terms presented, and
(b) Pronounce those terms correctly.

There is a strict time limit of 10 minutes for a group with 5 members, i.e. approximately 2
minutes per presenter. In your presentation, you may use the white board and other
visual aids, but NO audio aids are allowed. Also, reading from a script is strictly
prohibited (a fail grade will be given to those who read from a script).

Note: If your group has 4 members, you will present a total of eight terms; and the time
you have will be 8 minutes.

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IV. Grading Aspects

(A) Individual Performance (75%)

1. Content (60%) Structure and - Apply the knowledge learned on the
meaning of the structure of medical and health care
terms (30%) terms effectively to the presentation
- Explanation of the terms in a clear,
correct and easy to understand
manner
Pronunciation of - Apply the knowledge learned on the
the terms (30%) pronunciation of medical and health
care terms effectively to the
presentation
- Demonstrate and teach the class
how to master the pronunciation of
the terms correctly and effectively
2. Spoken English / - Fluency of speech
Presentation - Clear articulation and pronunciation
Effectiveness (15%) - Appropriate intonation and stress
- Correct grammar
- Presentation Effectiveness
(B) Group Performance (25%)
1. Group Co-operation - Other members offering the presenter appropriate
(25%) assistance during the presentation (including use of
aids, timing, atmosphere, etc.).

V. Presentation Schedule

Week Group Medical and Health Care Vocabulary

6 1 List B
7 2 List C
8 3 List D
9 4 List E
10 5 List F

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