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SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE, BUILDING & DESIGN Foundation in Natural and Built Environment (FNBE)

English 1 [ENGL0105 / ELG 30505

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INTRODUCTION

*his assignment evaluates a+ademi+ writing skills ,or a 'asi+ -paragraph epositor" orargumentative essa". It also evaluates the student/s a'ilit" to resear+h in,ormation to support thearguments proposed in the essa" to +ite the sour+es o, in,ormation and also to provide a list o,re,eren+es.

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OB*ECTI+ES OF ESSA -RITING

*he o'4e+tives o, this pro4e+t are as ,ollows1$. rovide pra+ti+e in 'asi+ -paragraph essa" writing.2. rovide instru+tions in 'asi+ re,eren+ing skills.%. rovide 'asi+ anal"ti+al skills ,or +ontemporar" essa"s and reading tets.

LEARNING OUTCO.ES OF THIS REORT

*he learning out+omes o, this assignment are1

$. #rite a well-developed and well-organised -paragraph epositor" and argumentativeessa".

2. Appl" +orre+t AA st"le re,eren+ing te+hni5ues.

%. Anal"se +ontemporar" essa"s and reading tets +riti+all".

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9our tasks are as ,ollows1

$. 6niversit" edu+ation should 'e restri+ted to the ver" 'est a+ademi+ students rather than 'eingmade availa'le to a large proportion o, "oung people *hink a'out the +auses and e,,e+ts o, thisstatement ver" +are,ull" and use that as a 'asis ,or a %(s" %n4 ""# "ss%.

2. #rite a )!6%7" )7 )n#7%s# "ss% a'out an" two uni5ue 'uildings o, "our +hoi+e. 9ou need to+hoose eisting 'uildings and state their lo+ations.

%. 3ele+t an eterior spa+e o, "our +hoi+e. *hen write a 67)"ss "ss% to des+ri'e the methodsthat are involved in designing the lands+ape ,or "our sele+ted area.

SUB.ISSION RE'UIRE.ENT

$. 9ou are re5uired to answer onl" ONE 5uestion.

2. *he word limit ,or this assignment is : to ; words onl".

%. 9ou must resear+h the topi+ that "ou +hoose and write an essa" that is in,ormed '"authorit".

8. 3u'missions a,ter 2&th O+to'er 2$ will n)# 'e entertained.

. *he essa" must 'e t"ped on A8 paper using ,ont st"le A0IAL point si<e $2 with dou'lespa+ing.

:. 9our essa" must 'e su'mitted with the ,ollowing1

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ASSESS.ENT CRITERIA*he assessment ,or this assignment will 'e 'ased on1• 9our demonstrated understanding o, the 'rie,.

• *he +ontent o, the write-up=strength o, +entral idea and relevan+e to the 5uestion.

• >lear and +oherent organi<ation o, ideas and argument.

• A'ilit" to use s+holarl" re,eren+es to support arguments and ideas.

• ?rammar and me+hani+s.

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.ARING CRITERIA

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6nit" D $(3tru+ture)Intro3upportingaragraphs>on+lusion

Essa" is notassigned with thetopi+ withgeneralintrodu+tion

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2 mainideasprovided with generalsupportingideas with

generalintrodu+tionand+on+lusion.

% mainideasprovided'ut the"are loosel"+onne+ted.

Introdu+tion with athesisstatementand ageneral+on+lusion.

rovided athesis statement with % topi+senten+es 'utea+h paragraph+ontains 2 or

less spe+i,i+details. Nore+ommendation,or the+on+lusion.

#ell developedintrodu+tion witha thesisstatement % topi+senten+es and %spe+i,i+ details ,or

ea+h paragraphsand hasre+ommendations,or the+on+lusion.

3upport D % rovidesgeneralideas withone spe+i,i+detail.

rovidestwo spe+i,i+details.

Logi+alprogressionin ideas. %-8spe+i,i+details

in+luded.

Logi+alprogression inideas. -&spe+i,i+ detailsin+luded.

Ideas are +learand logi+al.rovides ; ormore spe+i,i+details with

resour+ein,ormation.

>oheren+e D % Essa"sshow littledevelopmentorrelationshipamongideas.

6ses 2 orlesstransitional words orother word+onne+tors.La+k o,logi+alprogression.

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6ses 8 word+onne+tors.Logi+alprogression o,ideas.

3hows an in-depthunderstanding o,topi+ andprovidesindependentthought.

3enten+e skills

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simple andmonotonoussenten+es.3eriouserrors in+hoi+e o, words andme+hani+s.

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simplesenten+es withnumerouserrors inme+hani+s.Appropriate+hoi+e o,

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senten+es with ,ewererrors inme+hani+s.A'ilit" touse pre+ise+hoi+e o, words.

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senten+estru+ture and+onsistent useo, me+hani+s.

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in senten+estru+ture +hoi+eo, words andgrammar.

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SUGGESTED REFERENCES

$. Langan . (2;). College Writing Skills with Readings. (&

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 Ed.)New 9ork1 C+?raw Gill.

2. *err" C. #ilson . (n.d.) Focus on Academic Skills for IELTS. Longman.

SUGGESTED CO+ER AGE / AUTHORSHI

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