ENG1503/Assignment 01/S1/2025
ENG1503
Academic Language and Literacy in English
Assignment 01
Semester 1 2025
N.B PARAPHRASE YOUR WORK TO AVOID PLAGARISM (CHANGE WORDS)
, ASSIGNMENT QUESTIONS SEMESTER 1
ASSIGNMENT: 1 – Short paragraph questions
Unique number: 769162
Compulsory: Yes
Due date: 24 March 2025
Purpose: The purpose of this assignment is to teach you how to critically read an
article, and to engage with and reflect on it in an academic manner by answering the
assigned questions in short paragraphs. When marking the assignment, we will penalize
poor language expression. Examples of poor language expression include errors in
sentence structure, incomprehensible and barely literate vocabulary, spelling,
punctuation, and so on.
Instruction: Read the text below and answer the following questions in short
paragraphs of not more than 150 words each. Do not quote directly from the text
unless you are instructed to do so.
Teaching Information Literacy in an Age of Misinformation
Krista Black, EdD February 28, 2024
The first time I encountered a student who “just didn’t believe” the data I
was using in my sociology class, it caught me off guard. I don’t recall
exactly how I responded in the moment, but with the benefit of hindsight I
now know it was a tremor in what
would become a seismic shift in our educational landscape. Students who
are in
ENG1503
Academic Language and Literacy in English
Assignment 01
Semester 1 2025
N.B PARAPHRASE YOUR WORK TO AVOID PLAGARISM (CHANGE WORDS)
, ASSIGNMENT QUESTIONS SEMESTER 1
ASSIGNMENT: 1 – Short paragraph questions
Unique number: 769162
Compulsory: Yes
Due date: 24 March 2025
Purpose: The purpose of this assignment is to teach you how to critically read an
article, and to engage with and reflect on it in an academic manner by answering the
assigned questions in short paragraphs. When marking the assignment, we will penalize
poor language expression. Examples of poor language expression include errors in
sentence structure, incomprehensible and barely literate vocabulary, spelling,
punctuation, and so on.
Instruction: Read the text below and answer the following questions in short
paragraphs of not more than 150 words each. Do not quote directly from the text
unless you are instructed to do so.
Teaching Information Literacy in an Age of Misinformation
Krista Black, EdD February 28, 2024
The first time I encountered a student who “just didn’t believe” the data I
was using in my sociology class, it caught me off guard. I don’t recall
exactly how I responded in the moment, but with the benefit of hindsight I
now know it was a tremor in what
would become a seismic shift in our educational landscape. Students who
are in
