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PART A

INSTRUCTIONS

Part A contains FIVE questions. Answer ALL questions.

QUESTIONS

1.

Marks

State briefly TWO principles according to Nunan (2003) for teachers

to consider when planning to teach writing.
(4)

2.

Briefly explain TWO main purposes of using transition words for

writing paragraphs or essays.
(4)

3.

Differentiate between paraphrase and summary.

Paraphrase

Summary

(a)

(a)

(b)

(b)

(4)

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4.

You are trying to help your students to be good spellers by figuring out
the logic and patterns of words. To achieve your aim, you intend to
provide them with cues in order to help them when they have to spell
words.
State and explain briefly TWO cues that you can use.
(4)

5.

Differentiate between teachers role in Cooperative Learning (CLM)

and in Total Physical Response (TPR) method.
(a) TPR :

(b) CLM:

(4)

(Total: 20)

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PART B

INSTRUCTIONS

Part B contains FIVE questions. Answer THREE questions ONLY.

QUESTIONS

1.

(a)

Marks

Outline briefly how do you employ the blue sheet technique in

order to help your students individualising error correction during
a writing course as recommended by Celce-Murcia and Hilles
(1988).

(b)

( 10 )

You are trying to integrate grammar in your writing lesson using

a text elicitation exercise which involves the use of certain
grammatical structures. Explain briefly the purposes of using
such exercises.

( 10 )
(Total: 20)

2.

(a)

Describe TWO characteristics of purely descriptive essays and

illustrate with appropriate examples.

(b)

(8)

You are teaching your students an argumentative essay and

intend to introduce to them the fundamentals in the Classical
Design for the essay. Illustrate to your students the FOUR
fundamentals as listed below:
(i)

Introductory paragraph

(ii)

Thesis Statement

(iii) Background information

(iv) Motive or prove

( 12 )
(Total: 20)

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3.

(a)

Your main objective teaching a writing class is to enable the

students to write more effectively by posing to themselves the
four questions as suggested by Kolin (1990).
State any TWO questions and explain to your students the
importance of posing such questions selected in order to write
more effectively.

(b)

( 10 )

Outline briefly to your students how to do mapping at the prewriting stage of writing an essay.

( 10 )
(Total: 20)

4.

(a)

You intend to use either Guided writing or Independent writing

to give your students a writing task. Justify your choice by
outlining its FOUR main purposes.

(b)

( 10 )

You are planning to choose one of the two supporting models

namely, Modelled writing and Shared writing to get your
students to write. Explain briefly the purposes of BOTH
supporting models mentioned.
(i)

Modelled writing

(ii) Shared writing

( 10 )
(Total: 20)

5.

(a)

There are six guidelines that a teacher has to consider when

planning writing techniques for students. They are integrating
routines of exemplary writers, matching process and product,
considering students cultural background, link reading to
writing, furnish with lots of authentic materials and composing
according to the stages of pre-writing, while writing and editing.
Choose and explain briefly any TWO of the guidelines
mentioned.

( 10 )

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(b)

Peter Elbow and Donald Murray, propose 3 methods namely expressivism, cognitivism and constructionism for teachers to
take student writers needs into consideration when conducting
writing lessons.
Illustrate any TWO of the methods mentioned.

( 10 )
(Total: 20)

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PART C

INSTRUCTIONS

Part C contains TWO questions. Answer ONE question ONLY.

QUESTIONS

1.

Marks

Based on the module on Reflective Teaching, how far do you agree

that by developing the ability to reflect on your teaching and the
teaching practice of others enables you to be a more effective teacher
in the teaching and learning process in the classroom?
(Total: 20)

2.

You are trying to explain to your students how to write a book or an

article review effectively following a mind map prepared earlier.
Explain the two parts.
How to write a book
or an article review

2 parts

Summary of the
book/article

Your reaction to
the book/article

(Total: 20)

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