ENG1511
ASSIGNMENT 1
DUE DATE: 11 MARCH 2025
, ENG1511
SEMESTER 1
Due date: 11 March 202
Assignment 1 – Reading comprehension and grammar
• It is your responsibility to access the prescribed book, and you will not be able to answer
the questions if you have not purchased the book.
• Read Chapter 2 ( 2.4 Why we need to reference p. 28-31) of the prescribed book An
Introduction to scholarship and answer the questions below.
Question 1
1. From your reading of the passage, mention two reasons why students struggle to
reference?
According to the Middleton (2008) chapter 1, students struggle to reference because they do not
fully understand the rules of referencing and they find the different referencing styles confusing.
(Middleton (2008) An Introduction to Scholarship: Building Academic Skills for Tertiary Study (2nd edition)
by Cheryl Siewierski)
2. Read the sentence below and answer the questions that follow:
Firstly, referencing helps us to avoid plagiarising by acknowledging the original author or source
of an idea(page 28
i) What does the word ‘plagiarising’ mean in the context in which it is used in the above
sentence?
ASSIGNMENT 1
DUE DATE: 11 MARCH 2025
, ENG1511
SEMESTER 1
Due date: 11 March 202
Assignment 1 – Reading comprehension and grammar
• It is your responsibility to access the prescribed book, and you will not be able to answer
the questions if you have not purchased the book.
• Read Chapter 2 ( 2.4 Why we need to reference p. 28-31) of the prescribed book An
Introduction to scholarship and answer the questions below.
Question 1
1. From your reading of the passage, mention two reasons why students struggle to
reference?
According to the Middleton (2008) chapter 1, students struggle to reference because they do not
fully understand the rules of referencing and they find the different referencing styles confusing.
(Middleton (2008) An Introduction to Scholarship: Building Academic Skills for Tertiary Study (2nd edition)
by Cheryl Siewierski)
2. Read the sentence below and answer the questions that follow:
Firstly, referencing helps us to avoid plagiarising by acknowledging the original author or source
of an idea(page 28
i) What does the word ‘plagiarising’ mean in the context in which it is used in the above
sentence?
