Tutorial Letter 201/0/2025
Teaching English First Additional
Language in the Intermediate Phase
TMN3701
Year module
Department of Language Education, Arts and
Culture
This tutorial letter contains feedback on Assignment 01
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, TMN3701/201
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1 INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................................................... 3
2 COMMON MISTAKES MADE IN THE ASSIGNMENT ............................................................ 3
3 ASSIGNMENT 01: GUIDELINES FOR ANSWERING THE QUESTIONS .............................. 4
4 THE EXAMINATION ............................................................................................................. 18
5 CONCLUSION ...................................................................................................................... 18
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1 INTRODUCTION
It is unbelievable to think that the first six months of 2021 have already passed. It was a difficult year for
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allofusandwearefacinganuncertainfuture.Tothoseofyouwholostlovedones,mydeepestsympathy. I hope that
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time will heal and dry your tears.
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Hopefully, you have used the past six months fruitfully and have already made much progress with your studies.
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If you are a bit behind, it is never too late to start working. This time of year is the most difficult as most students tend
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to have lost the initial enthusiasm they had at the beginning of the year. I would like to encourage you to
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persevere and not lose hope.
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This tutorial letter discusses the first assignment that you had to do for this module. Please keep the mistakes
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made in mind when attempting your next assignment and writing the examination.
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2 COMMONMISTAKESMADEINTHEASSIGNMENT v v v v v
GeneralproblemsthatIpickedupwhilemarkingyourassignmentswerethefollowing:
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• Many students did notread thequestion thoroughlybeforeattemptingto answer it and therefore did not
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follow the instructions that were given.
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• Somestudentsused their generalknowledgeto answerquestions,insteadofconsultingthe study
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guide.
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• Somestudentsansweredaquestionthatcounted10 ormoremarksinthreetofoursentences. v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v
• Anumberof students gave answersthat would be applicableto the teaching of any subject,
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whereas they should have focused on the teaching of English as an additional language in
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particular.
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• It seems as though some of you did not consult CAPS before answering the questions. It is of the
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utmostimportance thatyou have a thorough knowledgeof CAPS in orderto teach English as an
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additional language effectively. The answer to Question 1.3 was partly to be found in CAPS. Many of
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you, however, only used the study guide to answer this question.
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• Many students’Englishlanguage proficiencyis not of the required standard.Isuggest thatyou read as
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many English books or newspapers as possible and try to improve your English language skills
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whenever you have the opportunity to do so.
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• You were supposed to do Question 1 and then choose one other question to do. Those students
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whodidallthequestions will notethat only thefirsttwo questions wereassessed.
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• Themark allocationforQuestion4 was incorrect.Thequestionactuallycounted 110,not 100 marks.
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I don’t know if this was the reason why most of you chose to answer Question 4. The system
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nevertheless allowed us to calculate the percentage out of 110 instead of 100. My apologies for the
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calculation error in TL101/2021.
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• Plagiarism was a big problem. I would like to remind you of Unisa’s policy regarding plagiarism. To copy v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v
verbatim from any other source (including the study guide or your friend’s assignment) without citing
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your source is regarded as a serious offence.
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It is important to keep in mind that I don’t want you to only know (understand) the theory or facts of different
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activities and principles – I wanttoknowwhether you would beable to applywhat you have
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