ENG1514
ASSIGNMENT 2 2025
UNIQUE NO.
DUE DATE: 2025
, Section A – Knowledge-based Questions
1) Identify the TWO language skills that can be acquired after a language is
learned.
Reading and Writing.
(2 Marks)
2) Explain, in your own words, the difference between receptive skills and
productive skills in communication AND provide an example of a receptive skill
AND a productive skill.
Receptive skills involve understanding language input, while productive skills
involve producing language.
Example of a receptive skill: Listening
Example of a productive skill: Speaking
(4 Marks)
3) According to Nunan (2001:23), hearing, attending and understanding are three
stages in the listening process. In your own words, explain EACH of these stages
in one sentence.
Hearing: This is the physical act of perceiving sound through the ears.
Attending: This is the mental focus on specific sounds or speech among
others.
Understanding: This is the process of making sense of the sounds and
interpreting their meaning.
(6 Marks)
4) The goal of critical listening differs from the goal of informational listening.
Discuss in TWO sentences the difference in the goals.
ASSIGNMENT 2 2025
UNIQUE NO.
DUE DATE: 2025
, Section A – Knowledge-based Questions
1) Identify the TWO language skills that can be acquired after a language is
learned.
Reading and Writing.
(2 Marks)
2) Explain, in your own words, the difference between receptive skills and
productive skills in communication AND provide an example of a receptive skill
AND a productive skill.
Receptive skills involve understanding language input, while productive skills
involve producing language.
Example of a receptive skill: Listening
Example of a productive skill: Speaking
(4 Marks)
3) According to Nunan (2001:23), hearing, attending and understanding are three
stages in the listening process. In your own words, explain EACH of these stages
in one sentence.
Hearing: This is the physical act of perceiving sound through the ears.
Attending: This is the mental focus on specific sounds or speech among
others.
Understanding: This is the process of making sense of the sounds and
interpreting their meaning.
(6 Marks)
4) The goal of critical listening differs from the goal of informational listening.
Discuss in TWO sentences the difference in the goals.
