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From self centered expression to other centered communication Dr Huhua Ouyang Objective To understand how essays are usually graded by whom with what psychology and against what general specific criteria To become ‘professional’ to beat writing tests by catering to such grading and criteria Putting oneself into the graders’ shoes How human beings are biased by the first impression as social animals Love at the first sight at dating and job interview Understanding about the graders’ psychology and expectations A have-to job of top down must Minimal socio-economic cost-effective Inevitable boredom with routines Self fulfilling or prophecy mechanism for ‘generalizables’ Thus, grading very often = a quick categorizing of top, middle, bottom groups and then a math activity of scores Choice to work with such grading psychology and reality Cooperative, friendly, considerate, making it most easy for the grader – likely to be rewarded Self centered, attention demanding, making it hard for the grader – likely to be punished Supervision of the quality control? Expensive and not in full force ensured Thus, the risk of fatalism, or luxury of egocentrism and romantic self expressionism So, crucial to understand how How is the essay being categorized by graders’ first impression? 2. What are the features that help the categorization? Most welcome features to graders The good appearance at first glance The good use of space and the tidiness The completeness with head and tail The most important indicators, ie, things cannot be missed even with minimal effort of grading First look: thesis statement, clear and outstanding, meeting the requirement basics? Second look: conclusion sentence, echoing the thesis, reiteration of the key point/s? Third look: topic sentences and then inference What features that help a high score essay – a detailed list Introduction: Straight forward the thesis statement Key elements are provided: of what, why, and how No long backgrou