COMPOSITIONS
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Just as oral exams show your oral communication
skills, compositions show your written communication skills.
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Your Instructors will prepare you for each
composition by discussing the topic in class, and distributing a "Preparation
Handout". You will then take this handout home and use it to organize
your ideas for the selected topic.
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When you are writing your composition, don't
rely too much on a dictionary, your textbook, and/or your notebook. Try
to use words and phrases that you already know. *NOTE: You
may not use translation services available on the web (such
as "Babble fish".) Not only are these services misleading because
they define words out of context, it is considered Academic Dishonesty
to use these services and call it your work.
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Bring your composition to class on the designated
Peer Editing Day. Your instructor will check to make sure you have
written your composition, and then a classmate will read it and offer advice
about the content and organization. On this day you will also have
the chance to ask your instructor for help with a few items you might not
know how to say.
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Revise your composition based on the comments
of you classmate. Turn in both drafts to your instructor on the designated
due date.
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Your teacher will read your composition and
mark the errors with editing symbols, and return it to you within one week.
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Use these symbols and your teacher's comments
to revise your composition. Turn it in on the designated due date.
Revised compositions must be typed. Consult WebCT for directions
on inserting accent and other punctuation marks.
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Your instructor will assign a final grade
based on the following categories:
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preparation and organization = 10%
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content = 20%
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structures (grammatical accuracy) = 40%
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vocabulary = 20%
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mechanics (spelling, punctuation, accent marks,
etc.) = 10%