University of Rome III - Degree Course in Languages and International Communication - Convener: Patrick Boylan - Year 2007-08
 
ECCO IL FOGLIO CHE IO UTILIZZERÒ PER VALUTARE IL VOSTRO REPORT:
COSÌ SAPRETE FIÀ, NEL SCRIVERLO, I CRITERI CHE VERRANNO USATI PER GIUDICARLO.
(QUI SOTTO SI PARLA DEL GROUP LEADER: BISOGNA SOSTITUIRE IL TERMINE CON “IL DOCENTE”.
INFATTI, NON HO AVUTO IL TEMPO PER INSEGNARVI COME GIUDICARE I VOSTRI COMPITI.

Circle a letter: Group   A   B   C   D   E   F   G   H   I   J 

First Year English (minors) Module 1 -- Evaluation Form for TASK _5_(Report)
 
GROUP LEADERS: WRITE NAMES USING BLOCK LETTERS; COMMENTS ON BACK.

Students' writing style should accommodate to stereotypical U.S. academic papers. Thus, as to:

 -  form: the essay should be neat (see the format illustrated at the bottom of this page), legible (use a computer if possible), and in "U.S. academic style".  Note: U.S. academic style calls for language that is semi-formal: (use colloquialisms only for effect) and precise (use standard disciplinary terminology and conceptual references); in addition, it calls for argumentation that is explicit and step-by-step (first announce your conclusions and your premises, then give your empirical evidence, then -- reasoning inductively -- draw the announced conclusions from the evidence).  It should be two pages long, no more than three, using the format indicated on the class web site for the explanation of "Task 3".
POINTS:   0 = not neat/legible and/or not U.S. academic style;    1 = neat/legible and U.S. academic style.

 -  content: to be considered of scientific value, the report must:
a.) indicate a hypothesis about one of the traits of the target culture and must formulate two
      series of apparently natural questions to test it;
b.) justify why -- in theory -- those questions are valid: why should they, in principle, reveal
      the position (on the cultural dimension line) of a subject from the target culture?
c.) describe the informants interviewed and the results.  Was the prediction confirmed?
     Were questions asked both as one's double and as oneself? Was there a different rapport?
     POINTS:
     1 point for (a), (b) and (c).

 -  geniality: 1 extra point for a particularly brilliant report (ingenious reasoning, highly
perceptive observations, etc.); if not 0.

INDICATE STUDENTS' NAMES, CIRCLE POINTS IN EACH CATEGORY, GIVE TOTAL

1. ________________________________  Form = 0 1  Content = 0 1   0 1   0 1   Geniality = 0 1   Total = __

2. ________________________________  Form = 0 1  Content = 0 1   0 1   0 1   Geniality = 0 1   Total = __

3. ________________________________  Form = 0 1  Content = 0 1   0 1   0 1   Geniality = 0 1   Total = __

4. ________________________________  Form = 0 1  Content = 0 1   0 1   0 1   Geniality = 0 1   Total = __

Date_______   Group Leader (IN CAPS)_________________________  Signature______________________