ENG515 - Teaching of Reading and Writing Skills

MA ELT Teaching of Reading and Writing Skills (Eng515) Fall 2019 Assignment No. 2 Total Marks: 20 Lectures: 23-36 Instructions: • Upload your assignments in a proper format, i.e. MS word file. Corrupt files will be awarded zero marks. • The assignments should be zoomed in at 100%. • Please avoid plagiarism; plagiarized work will be marked zero. • After the due date, the assignments submitted via email would not be entertained. • Please avoid submitting copied assignments; otherwise, such a case would be referred to the discipline committee. The font color should be preferably black and font size 12 Times New Roman. Q1. Bricks and cement can be put together to create any form of structure. However, it is only when they are laid together properly that they form a building. Similarly, words are blocks of a text and it will be cohesive if cohesive ties are used; however, it will only be coherent if the cohesive ties are used appropriately to create meaning. If you make your class brainstorm a list of content and linking words about a mobile phone mania, how will your students write a cohesive and coherent paragraph of 200-300 words on the given topic? (10 Marks) Q2. Writing is a common dream for people. Yet most of the people who dream about writing don’t actually do it. Some of them hardly even read. Meanwhile, writers who do actually earn a living from their work still struggle to stay motivated and keep writing. Faced with all this opposition, how can we motivate our students to get writing and keep at it? Write five strategies with some detail to motivate your students for writing. (2*5= 10 Marks)

Total Marks 5 Starting Date Thursday, January 16, 2020 Closing Date Friday, January 17, 2020 Status Open Question Title GDB Question Description Graded Discussion Board for English Comprehension (ENG 515) will be opened from 16-01-2020 to 17-01-2020. The topics for the GDB are: 1.‘Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the most patient of teachers’. -Charles W. Elio- How would you justify the importance of reading in the light of this statement? OR Sir Francis Bacon said “reading makes a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man”. Justify the importance of writing in the light of this statement. Write your own views about any ONE of the given topics. Your comments should NOT exceed 150-200 words. Read the following instructions carefully before posting your comments: GDB carries 2% weightage in your final assessment. Your comments should be clear, concise, and relevant to the topic. Creative and original ideas written in correct English will be highly appreciated. Any queries related to Graded Discussion Board (GDB) will not be entertained on regular MDB. For queries related to the topic, you may send email at eng515@vu.edu.pk. Do not send your comments via e-mail or regular MDB. The comments posted on regular MDB will not be graded. Do not post your comments twice. No marks will be awarded for plagiarism. All the best! Team ENG515