ENG1517 Assignment 1 (QUALITY ANSWERS) 2025

This document contains workings, explanations and solutions to the ENG1517 Assignment 1 (QUALITY ANSWERS) 2025. For assistance whats-app us on 0.6.8..8.1.2..0.9.3.4... Why dassies have no tails is an example of multimodal media. Available on a website, it is accompanied by two pictures and an audio recording of the story. In your own words, explain the benefits of multimodal media as it applies to this story. Based on what you have read in the article, discuss whether you consider The Little Dutch Boy Who Saved Holland a Dutch or American story. Neither answer is incorrect; your answer will be marked based on the reasons you provide and how well you argue your position. You may also argue that it is both American and Dutch. Discuss why the story Why dassies have no tails would be valuable to use from the perspective of Constructivism and cognitivism (cognitive theory) and how it can be taught using the principles of this theory. In your answer, you need to identify characteristics of the theory and explain why it would be appropriate to this specific story, and then describe how you would present this story to children in terms of the values of this theory. Your answer needs to be applied to the given story; do not merely reiterate the aspects of the theory you select in general terms. Your answer should be written in paragraph form; do not employ bullet points or numbering. The age genre of this story is Picture books for 6-to-9-year-olds. Read through the information in your Tutorial Letter 501 regarding what stories are suitable for this age group and explain what elements of the story make it suitable for children of these ages. You must identify one element per age of the story that makes it appropriate for each age from 6 to 9. Be specific and justify your answer with close reference to the text. Please note that this question requires consultation of pages 89 to 90 in Unit 6 of your Tutorial Letter 501 as well as Study Unit 1. Explain how the story Why dassies have no tails can be considered both a pourquoi tale and a myth. Justify your answer with examples from the text. Identify the moral of the story The Little Dutch Boy Who Saved Holland and discuss whether the moral of this story has any value in a South African Foundation phase classroom even though the story is not South African. Discuss why the story Why dassies have no tails would be valuable to use from the perspective of Constructivism and cognitivism (cognitive theory) and how it can be taught using the principles of this theory. In your answer, you need to identify characteristics of the theory and explain why it would be appropriate to this specific story, and then describe how you would present this story to children in terms of the values of this theory. Your answer needs to be applied to the given story; do not merely reiterate the aspects of the theory you select in general terms. Your answer should be written in paragraph form; do not employ bullet points or numbering.