Assessment

Continous Assessment Activities

A) Research Module (Language or Literature) (80%)

Language (Dr Ma. Rosa Garrido)

• EAP Writing Portfolio: 70%
• Oral presentation:      30%

Literature (Dr Cristina Pividori)

• EAP Writing Practice (1. Writing your title(s); 2. Defining the gap; 3. Writing your thesis; 4. Defining key terms; 5. Evaluating your sources; 6. Selecting a critical approach; 7. TEEL paragraph; 8. Handling the Q&A): 30%
• Extended Abstract: 40%
• Oral Presentation/Pecha-Kucha: 30%

B) Attendance and Writing of Reports Requirement (20%)

• Attendance and the writing of a report on the online lectures and the PhD workshop, as well as the completion of the online library course.

PLEASE NOTE:

• All exercises are COMPULSORY.
• The submission of any exercise invalidates the student's eligibility to receive a "Not assessed/Not submitted" course grade.
• When carrying out each assessment activity, lecturers will inform students (on Moodle) of the procedures to be followed for reviewing all grades awarded and the date on which such a review will take place.
• In the event that tests or exams cannot be taken onsite, they will be adapted to an online format available through the UAB's virtual tools (original weighting will be maintained). Homework, activities, and class participation will be carried out through forums, wikis, and/or discussions on Teams, etc. Lecturers will ensure that students can access these virtual tools or will offer them feasible alternatives.

REASSESSMENT:

• Reassessment for this subject requires a content-synthesis test for either the literature or the language component.
• Component b) is not eligible for reassessment.
• The definitive grade awarded for a reassessed item will be 5.

SINGLE-ASSESSMENT OPTION:

• This module DOES NOT incorporate the single-assessment option.

VERY IMPORTANT:

• Plagiarism is copying one or more sentences from unidentified sources and presenting it as original work (THIS INCLUDES COPYING PHRASES OR FRAGMENTS FROM THE INTERNET AND ADDING THEM WITHOUT MODIFICATION TO A TEXT PRESENTED AS ORIGINAL). Plagiarism is a serious offense. Students must respect the intellectual property of others, identify any sources they use, and take responsibility for the originality and authenticity of the texts they produce.
• In the event a student commits any irregularity that may lead to a significant variation in the grade awarded to an assessment activity, the student will receive a zero for this activity, regardless of any disciplinary process that may take place. In the event of several irregularities in assessment activities for the same subject, the student will receive a zero as the final grade for this subject.
• Irregularities include, for instance, copying in an exam, copying from sources without indicating authorship, or misuse of AI, such as presenting work as original that has been generated by an AI tool or program. These evaluation activities will not be reassessed

Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI)

• This subject allows the use of AI technologies exclusively for support tasks such as text correction.
• Other specific situations may be contemplated, as deemed appropriate by the teacher.
• The student must clearly (i) identify which parts have been generated using AI technology; (ii) specify the tools used; and (iii) include a critical reflection on how these have influenced the process and final outcome of the activity.
• Lack of transparency regarding the use of AI in the assessed activity will be considered academic dishonesty; the corresponding grade may be lowered, or the work may even be awarded a zero.In cases of greater infringement, more serious action may be taken.