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UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS
October/November 2025
ENG2611
APPLIED ENGLISH LANGUAGE FOR FOUNDATION AND INTERMEDIATE PHASE -
FIRST ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE
First examiner: Dr P Scordis
Second examiner: Ms N Best
100 Marks
Duration 48 Hours
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ENG2611 October/November 2025
This paper consists of 5 pages.
Instructions:
You are allowed to access your study material. You are, however, not allowed to copy verbatim
from your study material. You should write the answers in your own words and any sources
consulted should be cited according to the Harvard referencing method. In the event of
plagiarism or cheating of any kind you will be reported to the University’s Student Disciplinary
Section.
The answered exam script must be uploaded as a PDF electronic document.
• Please do not password-protect your document
• Do not submit answer files that are illegible and unclear
• Poorly scanned and hard-to-read answer files will result in a zero mark
• Guard against incomplete or incorrect conversion to PDF
• Submission of corrupt files will result in penalisation of the mark
• Convert all pages into a single PDF document
• Do not load the pages one by one
• Your answer file must not be more than 20mb in size
The exam can be downloaded on 15 October at 8:00 a.m. and must be uploaded by 11:00
a.m. on 17 October
NO LATE SUBMISSIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED.
Answer both Section A and Section B
Section A is worth 50 marks
Section B is worth 50 marks
Tick the Honour Pledge as your plagiarism declaration.
SECTION A
Read the questions below carefully and write all your responses in paragraph form.
QUESTION 1
1.1 According to Leland et al. (2013) the concept of reading for pleasure at both home and
school contributes to a student’s academic success and critical thinking skills. In a paragraph
of 150 words, discuss how this approach contrasts with viewing reading solely as a skill to be
learned and practiced.
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(5 marks)
1.2 In a paragraph of 150 words explain why cultural awareness is important when analysing
literature? How might it influence a reader’s interpretation of a character's actions or the
conflicts within a story? Then, in another paragraph of 150 words illustrate the impact of
cultural context on character interpretation using a Foundation Phase story of your choice.
(10 marks)
[15]
QUESTION 2
Read the poem below and answer the questions based on the poem: ‘Africa’ by David Diop.
2.1 Does the theme of the poem change? Quote from the poem to support your answer.
(5 marks)
2.2. Provide one pre-reading activity that you could do before reading this poem to students?
Explain how this activity will help prepare them better understand the poem. Quote two
examples from the poem to support your pre-reading activity.
(5 marks)
ENG2611 October/November 2025
UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS
October/November 2025
ENG2611
APPLIED ENGLISH LANGUAGE FOR FOUNDATION AND INTERMEDIATE PHASE -
FIRST ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE
First examiner: Dr P Scordis
Second examiner: Ms N Best
100 Marks
Duration 48 Hours
, lOMoARcPSD| 47389193
ENG2611 October/November 2025
This paper consists of 5 pages.
Instructions:
You are allowed to access your study material. You are, however, not allowed to copy verbatim
from your study material. You should write the answers in your own words and any sources
consulted should be cited according to the Harvard referencing method. In the event of
plagiarism or cheating of any kind you will be reported to the University’s Student Disciplinary
Section.
The answered exam script must be uploaded as a PDF electronic document.
• Please do not password-protect your document
• Do not submit answer files that are illegible and unclear
• Poorly scanned and hard-to-read answer files will result in a zero mark
• Guard against incomplete or incorrect conversion to PDF
• Submission of corrupt files will result in penalisation of the mark
• Convert all pages into a single PDF document
• Do not load the pages one by one
• Your answer file must not be more than 20mb in size
The exam can be downloaded on 15 October at 8:00 a.m. and must be uploaded by 11:00
a.m. on 17 October
NO LATE SUBMISSIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED.
Answer both Section A and Section B
Section A is worth 50 marks
Section B is worth 50 marks
Tick the Honour Pledge as your plagiarism declaration.
SECTION A
Read the questions below carefully and write all your responses in paragraph form.
QUESTION 1
1.1 According to Leland et al. (2013) the concept of reading for pleasure at both home and
school contributes to a student’s academic success and critical thinking skills. In a paragraph
of 150 words, discuss how this approach contrasts with viewing reading solely as a skill to be
learned and practiced.
, lOMoARcPSD| 47389193
ENG2611 October/November 2025
(5 marks)
1.2 In a paragraph of 150 words explain why cultural awareness is important when analysing
literature? How might it influence a reader’s interpretation of a character's actions or the
conflicts within a story? Then, in another paragraph of 150 words illustrate the impact of
cultural context on character interpretation using a Foundation Phase story of your choice.
(10 marks)
[15]
QUESTION 2
Read the poem below and answer the questions based on the poem: ‘Africa’ by David Diop.
2.1 Does the theme of the poem change? Quote from the poem to support your answer.
(5 marks)
2.2. Provide one pre-reading activity that you could do before reading this poem to students?
Explain how this activity will help prepare them better understand the poem. Quote two
examples from the poem to support your pre-reading activity.
(5 marks)
