ES1103 English for Academic Purposes

Afiqah

Criteria
A. Task Achievement. Very Good/minor Only fair/some problems/only meets Poor/major
The writer provides: good/mostly problems/largely meets basic requirements problems/
no requirements does not
problems/me reach
ets requireme
requirements nts
well
1. a clear and explicit Missing stance in intros thesis
stance statement
Vague scope in intros thesis
statement too.

2. clear argumentation The counterargument and Sequence of points in second body

(argument/counter- rebuttal could be more paragraph is confusing without a
argument/rebuttal) closely aligned with each clear thread of development.
achieved through other.
logical ordering

B. Synthesizing ideas.
The writer:
1. selects relevant Cite to support definition of
segments of source commodification in intro
texts to support
writers stance
2. provides an y
accurate
interpretation of
source texts
3. integrates the Wrong

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sources effectively citation for

by adopting an quote.
appropriate in-text
citation conventions
4. attempts to More critical evaluation can Counterargument requires further
critically evaluate be included. development of content and more
ideas from sources critical evaluation.
Sources are mostly summarized and
described instead of being
evaluated.

C. Language for
Synthesizing. The
writer:
1. forms a coherent Missing topic sentence for
argument that counterargument
supports the thesis Weak transition between two body
with the use of paragraphs
transition sentences
and cohesion
markers
2. demonstrates Quote is not integrated effectively.
effective use of Some unclearly integrated cited
paraphrasing ideas.
strategies
3. shows logical Some missing cohesion between
meaning relations ideas
through appropriate Some wrong/ineffective conjunctions
use of complex and
simple sentences as
well as conjunction
4. uses a range of More sophisticated

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language to evaluative language

evaluate and features?
appraise ideas and Be more concise
sources
5. makes few or no Some grammar mistakes
grammatical errors