Students will complete two 2000 word essays (one written in Chinese 25% due on Friday, Week 7; one written in English 25% due on Friday, Week 13).  Details for topics will be posted on iLearn.

These assignments must be your own original work.  Plagiarism is not acceptable and will result in failure, an F for the unit, as well as disciplinary action. For further information and advice, see www.student.mq.edu.au/plagiarism. 

Note: All written assignments have to be submitted by the due date via Turnitin.

A marking rubric will be posted on iLearn.

Late Submission

Late submission of the essays will result in a penalty of 5% of the total value of the essay towards unit assessment each day (including weekends). The essay will not be marked after a period of five calendar days of non-submission.

Serious Illness and Unavoidable Disruption

If your performance has been affected as a result of serious unavoidable disruption or illness, you are advised to inform the unit convenor and tutor of the problem at the earliest possible opportunity. I cannot, however, casually approve any extensions or adjustments- I will tell you to file an application for consideration of Disruption to Studies. You must supply documentary evidence of the extended disruption in an application for consideration of Disruption to Studies. (see ask.mq.edu.au).

No assessment work will be accepted for marking unless you have submitted an application for consideration of Disruption to Studies with adequate and appropriate supporting evidence and have been granted special consideration. Please note that requests for special consideration for long term or serious reasons are not granted automatically, and are reserved for unforeseen and serious circumstances such as prolonged & chronic illness, hospitalisation or bereavement in your immediate family which have affected your performance over the course of the semester; or in cases of unavoidable disruption during the formal examination period. If you believe that you qualify for special consideration, please contact the teaching staff as soon as is practically possible and lodge the application.

Disruption to Studies process

http://ask.mq.edu.au/kb.php?record=ce7c4e38-4f82-c4d7-95b1-4e2ee8fd075f

Writing a Research Paper 

An excellent guide from Purdue University 

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/658/03/ 

The university runs a series workshop on learning skills and completing assignments. Please check the following link for details. Students are strongly encouraged to attend the workshops:

 http://www.students.mq.edu.au/support/learning_skills/undergraduate/workshops/

Each participant will make two presentations.  In the beginning of the semester, you will be asked to choose two tutorial topics.  You are expected to lead a discussion on your chosen topic for that week. Your oral presentation is expected to be 8-10 minutes in length, followed by at least three open-ended questions for group discussion 

In addition to preparing discussion questions, you should be prepared for the rest of the class to raise questions. 

In preparing to lead discussion, you may wish to consider the following questions:

1)      What are the readings about?

2)      What are the main points being argued?

3)      What evidence is marshalled to support the author’s argument?

4)      Do you agree/disagree with the arguments put forward in the readings?

5)      What did you find most interesting about the topic or the reading?

6)      How does this discussion contribute to your understanding/knowledge of Chinese culture and society?

每週課堂演講可參考的相關問題：

1)閲讀材料的内容是什麽？

2)閲讀材料的主要觀點是什麽？

3)哪些證據可以支持作者的觀點？

4)你是否贊成閲讀材料中所提出的觀點？

5)你認爲閲讀材料或相關論點中最吸引你的部分是什麽？

6)該論點或相關材料如何幫你了解中國文化和中國社會？

Class attendance and participation in discussion is required. 

This is not a simple attendance mark. Attendance is of course mandatory and deductions for absences will count toward the final grade. However, marks will not be awarded solely for attendance, meaning that it is possible to attend every class and still not receive any participation marks. Participation marks are based in your contributions to tutorial discussions.

Students are expected to be well prepared in order to participate in class discussion – this will ensure good use of class time as well as improving your learning skills and sharing your knowledge with others. This means you should not only come to class but come well prepared and participate in class discussion. You need to read the assigned reading material and think about the topics and share your thoughts with others.