ARW: Internal assignment @ LM 27/11/13

Academic Reading and Writing Writing Assignment: Prompt

In this assignment you need to write a critical a response based on ANY one of the following tasks: 1. Choose a book that you wish to critically review. Write a critical review of the book in about 8001000 words. Your review should have a tripartite structure with the following details a. A general introduction to link the book with the field of ELE b. A thesis statement of what is your main stance about the review c. A quick content summary of the book d. A discussion on the strengths and weaknesses of the book with respect to usefulness to the field of ELE in general and to the concept the book discusses about in specific. A minimum of three ideas have to be provided. With each idea provide proper justification and evidences (textual/ other examples). e. Your conclusion with comments on the readability of the book with proper justification OR 2. Choose a topic/concept related to ELE and write a critical response on the topic in about 8001000 words. Your response should have a tripartite structure with the following details a. A general introduction to link the concept with the field of ELE b. A thesis statement of what is your main stance about the concept c. A quick summary of the development of the concept and/or its use in ELE d. A discussion on the strengths and weaknesses of the concept with respect to usefulness to the field of ELE. A minimum of three ideas have to be provided. With each idea provide proper justification and evidences (textual/ other examples). e. Your conclusion about the usefulness of the concept with proper justification Evaluation Criteria for the critical response paper (12%)
Exceeds expectations CONTENT (6) All points in 1(a-e)/ 2(a-e) presented. Ideas are logically argued for and adequate evidences provided. Text has a clear tripartite structure and is cohesive. Ideas are linked at intra and inter sentential levels. Use of linkers is adequate. Meets expectations Most of the points 1(a-e)/ 2(a-e) are presented. Does not meet expectations 2-3 of the points are missing.

ORGANIZATION (3)

Text does not have a clear tripartite structure, cohesion attempted. Links between ideas are attempted. Use of linkers is adequate. Mostly formal academic language used.

Text lacks academic structure and cohesion. Links between ideas are not clear. Use of linkers is not appropriate.

LANGUAGE & ACADEMIC CONVENTIONS (3)

Language used is informal; grammatical mistakes impede No instance of plagiarism No instance of plagiarism communication. found. found. Instances of plagiarism found. Proper in-text and end-ofIn-text and end-of-text In-text and end-of-text th text references provided (5 references attempted. references not provided Edn, APA style sheet). consistently. Submission details: Submit a copy of this assignment on or before 2nd January 2014. A hard copy to be submitted at my office (Rm113, 3rd Floor, Admin Building) and a soft copy to be sent to linamukhopadhyay@gmail.com

Formal academic language used.