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, ASSIGNMENT 01: DUE DATE: 9 April 2021
UNIQUE NO: 606964
This is Assignment 01.
Please number it correctly.
IMPORTANT
Before attempting this assignment please read through Units 1 and 2 of Study Guide TUT501,
the Additional Resources on Unit 2 on the module site, the relevant parts of your prescribed
and recommended texts and attempt the activities in both units and work through the feedback
provided.
WARNING ON PLAGIARISM
Do not simply copy and paste verbatim your answers from your study guide or prescribed
texts for part 1 of this assignment.
We want you to demonstrate your understanding of the questions. It is therefore compulsory
that your answers should be in your own words and should clearly show that you have engaged
with your study material and understood the content.
Please cite the source of your information within your answer, even if you only use the definition
from your study guide and prescribed texts.
For Example:
Wyse et al., (2013: 80) define ……
According to Horne & Heinemann (2003: 28), academic writing is ….
On page 15 of the Study Guide, critical language awareness is explained as ….
Provide full references for any in-text citations at the end of your assignment in a Bibliography.
You will lose marks if you ignore this warning and plagiarise.
INSTRUCTIONS
There are two parts to this assignment. Both must be answered. The first part asks
knowledge-based questions. The second part requires you to apply the knowledge you have
gained in Units 1 and 2 in answering questions based on the text provided. Each part is marked
out of 25 and the total mark for the assignment is 50.
PART 1
1) Explain in your own words:
a) The phatic function of language (2)
b) The directive function of language (2)
c) The difference between these two functions of language (2)
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d) Which language function enables people to use verbal and non-verbal language to show
their attitudes and emotions? (1)
2a) Explain your own understanding of the three gender distinctions that are made in the
English pronoun system? (3)
2b) Explain in your own words the difference between oral, written and visual communication
(3)
3a) Name one context in which you would use formal (standard) English (1)
3b) Name one context in which you would use informal (non-standard) English? (1)
4a) Name three parts of speech in which the distinction between singular and plural forms are
used (3)
4b) Give two examples of visual communication (2)
5) Read the following sentence carefully:
Her friends made her a scapegoat
Based on the structure of the sentence write out:
a) The noun phrase that functions as the subject of the sentence (1)
b) The verb that functions as the predicate of the sentence (1)
c) The indirect object of the sentence (1)
d) The direct object of the sentence (1)
e) The indefinite article in the sentence (1)
Sub Total: 25 Marks
PART 2
Application: Text-based questions
Read the following text and answer the questions about it.
The Portfolio: Neo Matloga (Open Source from The Mail and Guardian, 4 June 2020)
When I began my residency at De Ateliers in Amsterdam, I was primarily an oil painter. At that
time, I took many pictures as a way to document. I came back here and I was also taking a lot
of photographs of images from newspapers, magazines, and also family albums. If I saw
interesting expressions, I’d snap that.
Living my second year of residency, I felt that oil painting was too sophisticated and I wanted
something that would accentuate my rawness. So I started making line drawings; then I started
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EXAM PACK
2023
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FOR EXAM PACKS AND ASSIGNMENTS,
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Assignment PACK
2019-2023
Questions. Answers
, ASSIGNMENT 01: DUE DATE: 9 April 2021
UNIQUE NO: 606964
This is Assignment 01.
Please number it correctly.
IMPORTANT
Before attempting this assignment please read through Units 1 and 2 of Study Guide TUT501,
the Additional Resources on Unit 2 on the module site, the relevant parts of your prescribed
and recommended texts and attempt the activities in both units and work through the feedback
provided.
WARNING ON PLAGIARISM
Do not simply copy and paste verbatim your answers from your study guide or prescribed
texts for part 1 of this assignment.
We want you to demonstrate your understanding of the questions. It is therefore compulsory
that your answers should be in your own words and should clearly show that you have engaged
with your study material and understood the content.
Please cite the source of your information within your answer, even if you only use the definition
from your study guide and prescribed texts.
For Example:
Wyse et al., (2013: 80) define ……
According to Horne & Heinemann (2003: 28), academic writing is ….
On page 15 of the Study Guide, critical language awareness is explained as ….
Provide full references for any in-text citations at the end of your assignment in a Bibliography.
You will lose marks if you ignore this warning and plagiarise.
INSTRUCTIONS
There are two parts to this assignment. Both must be answered. The first part asks
knowledge-based questions. The second part requires you to apply the knowledge you have
gained in Units 1 and 2 in answering questions based on the text provided. Each part is marked
out of 25 and the total mark for the assignment is 50.
PART 1
1) Explain in your own words:
a) The phatic function of language (2)
b) The directive function of language (2)
c) The difference between these two functions of language (2)
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d) Which language function enables people to use verbal and non-verbal language to show
their attitudes and emotions? (1)
2a) Explain your own understanding of the three gender distinctions that are made in the
English pronoun system? (3)
2b) Explain in your own words the difference between oral, written and visual communication
(3)
3a) Name one context in which you would use formal (standard) English (1)
3b) Name one context in which you would use informal (non-standard) English? (1)
4a) Name three parts of speech in which the distinction between singular and plural forms are
used (3)
4b) Give two examples of visual communication (2)
5) Read the following sentence carefully:
Her friends made her a scapegoat
Based on the structure of the sentence write out:
a) The noun phrase that functions as the subject of the sentence (1)
b) The verb that functions as the predicate of the sentence (1)
c) The indirect object of the sentence (1)
d) The direct object of the sentence (1)
e) The indefinite article in the sentence (1)
Sub Total: 25 Marks
PART 2
Application: Text-based questions
Read the following text and answer the questions about it.
The Portfolio: Neo Matloga (Open Source from The Mail and Guardian, 4 June 2020)
When I began my residency at De Ateliers in Amsterdam, I was primarily an oil painter. At that
time, I took many pictures as a way to document. I came back here and I was also taking a lot
of photographs of images from newspapers, magazines, and also family albums. If I saw
interesting expressions, I’d snap that.
Living my second year of residency, I felt that oil painting was too sophisticated and I wanted
something that would accentuate my rawness. So I started making line drawings; then I started
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