ENG1515 Assignment 2 (DETAILED ANSWERS) 2024 - DISTINCTION GUARANTEED

ENG1515 Assignment 2 (DETAILED ANSWERS) 2024 - DISTINCTION GUARANTEED - DISTINCTION GUARANTEED - DISTINCTION GUARANTEED Answers, guidelines, workings and references ...... Section A: Content-Based Questions 1. Read Text A below and answer the questions that follow. TEXT A 5. 10 15 CHANGE THE WORLD 1. The motto of Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University is: “Change the World”, a noble mission inspired by the famous statement, Nelson Mandela that “education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world”. For, “it is through education that the daughter of a peasant can become a doctor, that the son of a mineworker can become the head of a mine, that the child of farm workers can become the president of a great nation”. 2. True to the legacy of Nelson Mandela, this University is also a value- driven institution where social justice and equality are paramount in the endeavour to rectify the inequalities in our world. The African philosophy of “ubuntu” underpins what you aim for and do as an institution. 3. Like all universities the world over, in line with your values, you had to quickly adapt in the face of the pandemic to offer your twenty-nine thousand or more students online and mask-to-mask tuition. This has not been easy for you, especially given the gap in content knowledge between those who are privileged to have access to data, devices, and internet and those who do not. Source: Adapted from 3 1.1 Refer to paragraph 1. (a) Identify the modal verb used in paragraph 1 and explain its purpose in the context of the text. (2) (b) There is always a relationship between tone and purpose. Mention the tone used in paragraph 1 and provide a reason why (purpose) the speaker had to use this tone. Support your answer by citing an example from the text to substantiate your response. Pay careful attention to the correct use of language. (2) (c) Identify a proper noun used in paragraph 1 and support your answer by explaining why you think this is a proper noun. (2) 1.2 Refer to paragraph 2. The underlined word is formed from the root ‘equal’. Discuss the changes that occurred. (2) 1.3 Refer to paragraph 3. When listening to words, over and above the context in which a word has been used, syllabic stress also gives a clue whether a homonym has been used as a noun or a verb. Refer to the sentence “This has not been easy for you, especially given the gap in content knowledge between those who are privileged to have access to data, devices, and the internet and those who do not”. (a) State whether the word ‘content’ has been used as a verb or a noun and underline the syllabic stress. (2) (b) Construct another sentence in which the word ‘content’ shows a different meaning. Underline the syllabic stress and indicate whether the word has been used as a verb, noun or adjective. (3) 4 1.4 Refer to the whole text (TEXT A). Language features used in a text always influence how that text is understood. Show your understanding of the following language features presented in the text by identifying each of them and giving reasons to support your answers. (a) Audience (b) Setting (4) 1.5 What listening strategy do you think listeners can use when listening to Text A? Give a reason to support your answer. (2) 2. Read the following transcription of a telephone conversation, (TEXT B) and answer the question that follows. TEXT B Telephone conversation Jakie: Hey Sbo! Just saw your missed call, what’s up? Sibonelo: Was just checking if you’re up for the soccer practice this afternoon. Jakie: I can’t go bro, I’m feeling a bit under the weather. I have to take some meds and sleep. Sibonelo: Ohh! Sorry bro; will tell the coach. Cheers! Source: Own creativity 5 2.1 Refer to both TEXT A and TEXT B Discuss the differences in the register used in TEXT A and Text B? Cite examples from the two texts to support your answer. (6) [25 Marks] Section B: Application-Based Questions 3. Read Text C below and answer the questions that follow. TEXT C Nothing gold can stay By Robert Frost Nature’s first green is gold, Her hardest hue to hold. Her early leaf’s a flower; But only so an hour. Then leaf subsides to leaf. So Eden sank to grief, So dawn goes down to day. Nothing gold can stay. 3.1 Sentence structure can affect comprehension. Read the title “Nothing gold can stay and answer the following questions. The title of the poem does not conform to the structure of an English sentence and may thus be confusing. 3.1.1 Explain the deviation/s from the standard structure. (2) 3.1.2 What do you think is the intended meaning of this title? (2) 3.2 Show your understanding of rhyme scheme by explaining what a rhyme scheme is. Quote TWO pairs of words from the text that rhyme. (4) 3.3 Do you think the poem (Text C) is appropriate for the intermediate phase in the South African schooling system? Give reasons to support your answer based on the poem. (3) 6 3.4 Discuss the use of the pronoun “her” and its purpose according to the context of the poem. Your discussion should be based on why the author had to use the pronoun “her” and not “him”. (2) 3.5 Quote a line which refers to the biblical image and comment on its relevance in the context of the poem. (2) 3.6 Refer to the poem (Text C) and design TWO activities that you can use to teach the poem to your learners. One should be a pre-reading activity and the other, a during-reading activity. Justify your choice by explaining the effectiveness of each activity. (10)