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2023 Pre-sessional English - Subject Disciplinary Essay (SDE)

Assessment Task Sheet

Task Overview:

Your Writing Assessment will contribute to 50% of the final mark for the course.

Your essay will be marked according to the Summative Writing Coursework Marking Descriptors, found in the Course Handbook and the Summative Assessment section on LMO.

Task: You will write an argumentative essay in which you take a stance and support/defend this. Your essay should include at least one counter argument and rebuttal in the main body.

You are recommended to develop your own essay question but may wish to use one of the essay questions provided on the next page.

Submission Deadline: 9:00amon Tuesday 22 August 2023

(Late submissions will be penalised at 5% per working day up to a total 15%. Submissions more than 3 working days late will receive a grade of zero).

Core Task Requirements

•    You must meet the word count of 1100-1300 words excluding the reference list and title.

•    Your essay must adhere to the following formatting requirements:

o  be saved in MS Word format

o  have a filename in the format OfficialName_studentID

o  use 1.5 line or double spacing

o  use Calibri, Arial or Tahoma font

o  have a font size of 11 or 12 points

o  include page numbers

•     Your essay must include information from at least 4 sources published in English.

•    You must not use direct quotations for more than 10% of the total word count.

Additional Information

You must use a consistent style of referencing to cite all sources and reference these in a reference list at the end of your essay (following the guidelines in the ‘XJTLU Library Guide to Referencing’).

The essay will be checked for plagiarism and collusion using Turnitin. Academic integrity offences will be penalised in accordance with the university and English Language Centre policy (‘ELC

Academic Integrity Policy’)

Cluster: Science & Pharmacy

1.     Currently, most scientific professions are largely male-dominated. Measures should betaken to promote greater gender diversity within the science field. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

2.     Pharmaceutical innovations, such as vaccines, should be regarded as public property and pharmaceutical companies should not be allowed to patent these. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

3.     With modern developments in statistics, humans are more able to make appropriate decisions towards successful outcomes than in the past. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

Cluster: Business & Management

1.     Corporate Social Responsibility is essential to modern business practices, and no company is likely to succeed in the modern environment without it. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

2.     Social media marketing is an essential part of any business plan. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

3.     Governments should have a responsibility to protect banks and other financial services from bankruptcy. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

Cluster: Design & Engineering

1.     Engineers already have many responsibilities associated with their profession; concerns about sustainability should not have to be one of them. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

2.     Electric vehicles are the future of green transport and other petrol-fuelled transport should be phased out. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

3.     Nuclear power should be developed as the principal clean alternative to burning fossil fuels. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

Cluster: Advanced Technology

1.     Privacy threats resulting from the Internet of Things area price worth paying for its benefits to society? To what extent do you agree or disagree?

2.     The many potential benefits of AI are clearly offset by the impending problems AI will cause to society. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

3.      The Great Firewall is a barrier to IT innovation in China. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

Cluster: Humanities, Social Sciences & Education

1.     Globalisation has amostly positive effect on international education. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

2.     Social media regulation should be strengthened to prevent the spread of ‘fake news’. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

3.     Online learning is the future of higher education. To what extent do you agree or disagree?