Module name and code Academic Communication Skills –3ALDS004C

Semester 1 CW 1 weighting 40%

Lecturers setting the task with contact Umida Abdurakhimova
details and office hours Phone: 2387400 ext. 804
Email: uabdurakhimova@[Link]

Gulnoza Kamilova
Phone: 2387400 ext. 827
Email: [Link]@[Link]
Submission deadline
December 9, 2025
Results date and type of feedback TBC Written
THE CW CHECKS THE FOLLOWING LEARNING OUTCOMES:

1. Employ active listening strategies in the academic context.

2. Apply active reading strategies to comprehend academic texts.
3. Evaluate the credibility and relevance of sources and digital tools.
4. Communicate well-supported arguments in writing following the features of academic style.

TASK
Complete the following Coursework 1 tasks individually with a word count of 1000-1200
words excluding references and appendices:

a) Summary of listening
Produce a summary of 150-200 words
a. Identify the key points in the listening material (lecture) assigned to you.
b. Summarise and paraphrase the main points and the most important details in
the listening passage.
c. Write an Introductory sentence.
d. Use reporting verbs to avoid plagiarism.
e. Write your summary considering essential elements of academic writing.
f. Acknowledge and reference the sources using the Westminster-Harvard
Referencing style.

b) Response writing
Produce a response writing of 550-650 words on one of the topics discussed during the
seminars:
● Technology and Human Safety
● Education
● Economics
While producing your response writing:
a. Choose one of the topics you studied during the seminars.
b. Write the Introduction of the response writing.
c. Take a clear position on your chosen arguments from the reading passage.
d. Use at least three credible academic sources, critically evaluating their
relevance and credibility that support your opinions and integrate them into
your writing.
 e. Use quotes from the reading passage and the reading materials where relevant.
f. Produce your response writing considering essential elements of academic style.
g. Acknowledge and reference the sources using the Westminster-Harvard
Referencing style.

c) Reflection
a) Write a reflection of 300-350 words that will focus on the development of your
Academic Skills (e.g. referencing, using scholarly sources, critical reading, etc.) in
Semester 1.

Formatting
1. Use word-processed Times New Roman 12 pt, double-spaced.
2. Follow the word limit.
3. Number the pages and follow Word document default margins.
4. Include a word count.
5. Use the Westminster-Harvard Referencing Style.

Formative feedback will be provided on Entry 1, and a progress meeting will be held in
Teaching Week 11 to review students’ drafts on Entry 2.

Submission
Submit an electronic version of your coursework to the Academic Communication Skills
page on LMS by TBC.

See the assessment criteria below.

 Summary of Summary of Summary of Summary of Selections of Summary of The summary of
listening presents listening presents listening contains listening contains relevant information listening presents listening is
an outstanding generally excellent key information some relevant from the listening some relevant impossible to
selection of selection of from the listening information from the material are information from the follow. There is no
information from the important material. listening material. acceptable. Some listening material summary of the
listening material. information from Introductory The summary is key points made in but is marked by passage. The
Introductory the listening sentence is very occasionally the summary of significant omission summary fails to
sentence is material. good. Most of the focused and fairly listening may be or inaccuracy of present important
masterly written. All Introductory key points from organized. incomplete, important ideas. points made in the
the key points from sentence is the listening Introductory inaccurate, or The summary passage. The
the listening skillfully written. passage are sentence is imprecise. The use misrepresents the summary rejects
material are Key points made coherent and appropriate. Key of reporting verbs is overall points made the topic or is not
coherent and in the summary accurate. There is points made in the insufficient/ in the listening consistent with the
accurate. The are complete and very good flow of summary of listening excessive. Writer’s passage. listening passage.
summary is accurate and ideas. The are to some extent position is Introductory There is no focus
masterly organized coherent. There is summary is well- complete and extensively sentence is poor. and structure.
with logical flow of excellent flow of focused with a accurate. There is articulated. The There is poor flow There is no
ideas. No writer’s ideas. No writer’s clear organization. appropriate flow of summary does not of ideas. Summary evidence of
Summary of listening -20 %

position is position is No writer’s ideas. The use of have a clear is mostly based on paraphrasing. The
articulated. articulated. position is reporting verbs is focus/structure. student’s ideas. introduction and
Reporting verbs are Reporting verbs articulated. The appropriate. There is some flow Very little use of conclusion are
excellently used. are skillfully used. use of reporting Occasionally writer’s of ideas. An attempt reporting verbs. missing. There is no
Paraphrasing is The summary verbs is very good. position is is made to address The summary has evidence of
exceptional. There presents a clear Paraphrasing is articulated. the task. poor focus and academic writing
is an outstanding focus and the very good. There Paraphrasing is Paraphrasing is structure. style.
use of the academic organization. is a clear use of relevant. There is an acceptable. There is There is Vocabulary is
writing style. Paraphrasing is the academic appropriate use of an adequate use of inappropriate extremely poor.
Appropriate skillful. There is an writing style. academic writing the academic paraphrasing. Inadequate use of
vocabulary is excellent use of Appropriate style. The use of writing style. The There is little grammar,
excellently used. the academic vocabulary is vocabulary is use of vocabulary is evidence of punctuation and
There are no writing style. accurate for the appropriate. There satisfactory. academic writing spelling severely
mistakes in Appropriate task. are occasional Sometimes errors style. There is a prevent
grammar, sentence vocabulary is Grammar, inaccuracies in in grammar, poor use of communication.
structure, skillfully used. punctuation, grammar, sentence sentence appropriate The piece is
punctuation and There are very sentence structure, spelling, structure, vocabulary. seriously under or
spelling. rare inaccuracies structure and and punctuation. punctuation and Frequent errors in over the word limit.
in grammar, spelling are Few errors spelling prevent grammar, sentence The piece is mostly
sentence accurate. sometimes prevent communication. structure, plagiarized.
structure, Minor errors rarely communication. Some plagiarism punctuation and
punctuation and prevent may be suspected. spelling mostly
spelling. communication. prevent
communication.
The piece might be
under or over the
word limit. There
are clear examples
of plagiarism.
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The response The response The response The response The response The response Most part of the
writing is masterly writing is writing is very well- writing is well- writing is writing is poorly response writing is
written. The excellently written. written. The written. The appropriately written. The missing. No
arguments from The arguments arguments from arguments from the written. Some arguments from the arguments from the
the reading from the reading the passage are reading passage are arguments from the reading passage passage are
passage are passage are well- chosen and appropriately reading passage are poorly chosen presented. No
masterly chosen skillfully chosen presented. The chosen and are appropriately and presented. The writer’s position is
and presented. and presented. writer’s position is presented. The chosen and writer’s position is provided. The ideas
The writer’s The writer’s well-presented. writer’s position is presented. The not clear. The ideas are not supported
position is position is skillfully The ideas are clear. The ideas are presentation of the are poorly by evidence from
excellently presented. The well- supported by properly supported writer’s position is supported by sources. No in-text
presented. The ideas are evidence from by evidence from acceptable. There evidence from citations are
ideas are masterly excellently sources. In-text sources. In-text are some irrelevant sources. In-text incorporated into
supported by supported by citations are well citations are ideas. Some ideas citations are poorly the essay. There is
evidence from evidence from chosen and appropriately are supported by chosen and/or no evidence of
sources. In-text sources. In-text incorporated into chosen and evidence from poorly incorporated paraphrasing. No
citations are citations are the essay. incorporated into the sources. The use of into the essay. sources are relevant
Response writing - 40 %

masterly chosen skillfully chosen Paraphrasing is essay. Paraphrasing in-text citations in There is and reliable. The
and incorporated and incorporated very good. The is relevant. Some the essay is inappropriate introduction and
into the essay. into the essay. sources are mostly sources are relevant insufficient/ paraphrasing. conclusion are
Paraphrasing is Paraphrasing is relevant and and reliable. The excessive. Sources are rarely missing. There is no
exceptional. All skillful. Almost all reliable. The introduction and Paraphrasing is relevant/ reliable. evidence of
sources are the sources are introduction and conclusion are acceptable. Some The introduction and academic writing
relevant and relevant and conclusion are appropriate. There sources can be conclusion are style.
reliable. The reliable. The well-written. There is an appropriate irrelevant/ poorly written. Vocabulary is
introduction and introduction and is a clear use of use of academic unreliable. There is little extremely poor.
conclusion are conclusion are the academic writing style. The The introduction evidence of Inadequate use of
outstanding. There excellent. There is writing style. use of vocabulary is and conclusion are academic writing grammar,
is an outstanding an excellent use of Appropriate appropriate. There acceptable. There style. There is a punctuation and
use of the the academic vocabulary is are occasional is an adequate use poor use of spelling severely
academic writing writing style. accurate for the inaccuracies in of the academic appropriate prevent
style. Appropriate Appropriate task. grammar, sentence writing style. The vocabulary. communication.
vocabulary is vocabulary is Grammar, structure, spelling, use of vocabulary is Frequent errors in The piece is
excellently used. skillfully used. punctuation, and punctuation. satisfactory. grammar, sentence seriously under and
There are no There are very sentence Few errors Sometimes errors in structure, over the word limit.
mistakes in rare inaccuracies structure and sometimes prevent grammar, sentence punctuation and The piece is mostly
grammar, in grammar, spelling are communication. structure, spelling mostly plagiarized.
sentence sentence accurate. punctuation and prevent Irrelevant reading is
structure, structure, Minor errors rarely spelling prevent communication. used.
punctuation and punctuation and prevent communication. The piece might be
spelling. spelling. communication. Some plagiarism under or over the
may be suspected. word limit. There
are clear examples
of plagiarism.
80+% 70-79% 60-69% 50-59% 40-49% 30-39% 0-29%
 The writing The writing The writing The writing The writing The writing Reflective writing is
demonstrates an demonstrates an demonstrates a demonstrates a demonstrates a demonstrates a missing. The
outstanding ability excellent ability to very good ability to good ability to satisfactory ability to poor ability to reflection is
to reflect. A reflect. A skillful reflect. A detailed reflect. An reflect. A reflect. A limited irrelevant. No
masterly demonstration of and clear appropriate satisfactory demonstration of demonstration of
demonstration of the ability to demonstration of demonstration of demonstration of the the ability to the ability to
the ability to describe. A skillful the ability to the ability to ability to describe. A describe. A limited describe. No
describe. A demonstration of describe. A describe. An satisfactory demonstration of demonstration of
masterly the ability to detailed and clear appropriate demonstration of the the ability to the ability to
demonstration of interpret. A skillful demonstration of demonstration of ability to interpret. A interpret. A limited interpret. No
the ability to demonstration of the ability to the ability to satisfactory demonstration of demonstration of
interpret. A the ability to interpret. A interpret. An demonstration of the the ability to the ability to present
masterly present an detailed and clear appropriate ability to present an present an an outcome. There
demonstration of outcome. The demonstration of demonstration of outcome. Some outcome. Most is no organization of
the ability to organization of the ability to the ability to parts of the parts of the ideas and
present an ideas and present an present an reflective writing are reflective writing are paragraphing.
outcome. The paragraphing are outcome. The outcome. All parts missing. The missing. The There is no
Reflection -20%

organization of excellent. There is organization of are presented. The organization of organization of evidence of neutral
ideas and an excellent use ideas and organization of ideas and ideas and writing style.
paragraphing are of neutral writing paragraphing are ideas and paragraphing are paragraphing is Reflective
outstanding. style. Appropriate accurate. There is paragraphing are adequate. There is poor. vocabulary is
There is an reflective a clear use of mostly relevant. an adequate use of There is little extremely poor.
outstanding use of vocabulary is neutral writing There is an neutral writing style. evidence of neutral Inadequate use of
neutral writing skillfully used. style. appropriate use of The use of writing style. There grammar, sentence
style. Appropriate There are very Reflective neutral writing style. appropriate is a poor use of structure,
reflective rare inaccuracies vocabulary is The use of reflective reflective vocabulary reflective punctuation and
vocabulary is in sentence accurate for the vocabulary is is satisfactory. vocabulary. spelling severely
excellently used. structure, task. Grammar, appropriate. There Sometimes errors in Frequent errors in prevents
There are no grammar, sentence are occasional grammar, sentence grammar, sentence communication. The
mistakes in punctuation and structure, inaccuracies in structure, structure, piece is seriously
grammar, spelling. punctuation and grammar, sentence punctuation and punctuation and under or over the
sentence spelling are structure, spelling, spelling prevent spelling mostly word limit. The
structure, accurate. Minor and punctuation. communication. prevent piece is mostly
punctuation and errors rarely Few errors Some communication. The plagiarized.
spelling. prevent sometimes prevent plagiarism may be piece might be
communication. communication. suspected. under or over the
word limit.
There are clear
examples of
plagiarism.
80+% 70-79% 60-69% 50-59% 40-49% 30-39% 0-29%
 The sources are The sources are The sources are There might be Not all conventions The sources are No reference list is
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masterly mostly appropriately occasional problems of Westminster poorly referenced provided. No
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acknowledged and acknowledged acknowledged and with the Harvard Style for and acknowledged. conventions of
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referenced correctly and referenced acknowledgment of Referencing have The reference list is Westminster
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according to the referenced according to the sources according been followed. The incomplete/ Harvard Style for
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conventions of according to the conventions of to the conventions presentation is irrelevant. The Referencing have
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Harvard Style for Westminster Harvard Style for Harvard Style for are frequent poor. There are presentation is
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Referencing. The Harvard Style for Referencing. The Referencing. problems with serious problems unacceptable.
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coursework is Referencing. The coursework is well Acceptable overall formatting. The with formatting. A There are serious
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presented with presented are minor are occasional Not all conventions used. Few formatting. The
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appropriate correctly. inaccuracies in the problems with are followed. Some conventions are template is not
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formatting (font, Almost all conventions. All formatting. appendices have followed. Only one used.
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font size and conventions appendices have Usually, been attached. of the appendices No conventions are
20
spacing), and are been attached. conventions are have been followed. Neither of
%
page numbering. followed. All followed. Almost attached. appendices has
All appendices all appendices been attached.
conventions have been have been
are attached. attached.
followed. All
appendices
have been
attached.
80+% 70-79% 60-69% 50-59% 40-49% 30-39% 0-29%