ENG1514
ASSIGNMENT 2
DUE DATE:9 JUNE 2025
, ENG1514 – Assessment 2 (2025)
Total: 50 Marks
Name:
Section A – Knowledge-Based Questions
(Total: 25 Marks)
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 and receiving information, such as
listening and reading. Productive skills involve creating and sharing information,
such as speaking and writing.
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 is the physical process of sound entering the ears.
Attending is the act of focusing attention on specific sounds or messages.
Understanding is making sense of the sounds or messages heard.
(6 Marks)
ASSIGNMENT 2
DUE DATE:9 JUNE 2025
, ENG1514 – Assessment 2 (2025)
Total: 50 Marks
Name:
Section A – Knowledge-Based Questions
(Total: 25 Marks)
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 and receiving information, such as
listening and reading. Productive skills involve creating and sharing information,
such as speaking and writing.
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 is the physical process of sound entering the ears.
Attending is the act of focusing attention on specific sounds or messages.
Understanding is making sense of the sounds or messages heard.
(6 Marks)
