BEGAE-182

ASSIGNMENT
(For July, 2022 and January, 2023 Sessions)

BEGAE 182: English Communication Skills

School of Humanities
Indira Gandhi National Open University
Maidan Garhi, New Delhi – 110 068
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English Communication Skills (BEGAE - 182)

Course Code: BEGAE-182/2022-23

Dear Student

You are required to do one assignment for the Course titled

Aims: This assignment is concerned mainly with assessing your application and your
understanding of the course material. You are not to reproduce chunks of information from the
course material but to use the skills of critical appreciation that you may have acquired during
the course of study. This assignment aims to teach as well as to assess your performance.

Instructions: Before attempting the questions please read the following instructions carefully.

As in day-to-day life, planning is important in attempting the assignment as well. Read the
assignment carefully; go through the units on which the questions are based; jot down some
points regarding each question and then re-arrange them in a logical order. In the essay-type
answer, pay attention to your introduction and conclusion. The introduction must tell you how
to interpret the given topic and how you propose to develop it. The conclusion must summarize
your views on the topic. Once you are satisfied with your answers, you can write down the final
version for submission, writing each answer neatly and underlining the points you wish to
emphasize. You should submit the assignment in your own handwriting.

Make sure that your answer:

Please remember that it is compulsory to submit your assignment before you can take the
Term End Examination. Also remember to keep a copy of your assignment with you and to
take a receipt from your Study Centre when you submit the assignment.

1. Write your Enrolment Number, Name, Full Address and Date on the top right corner of
the first page of your response sheet(s).

2. Write the Course Title, Assignment Number and the Name of the Study Centre you are
attached to in the centre of the first page of your response sheet(s).

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The top of the first page of your response sheet should look like this:

ENROLMENT NO: ………………………

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COURSE TITLE: ………………………….
ASSIGNMENT NO: ……………………..
STUDY CENTRE: ……………………….. DATE:…………………………………….

4. Use only foolscap size paper for your response and tag all the pages carefully.

5. Write the relevant question number with each answer.

Last Date for Submission of Assignment:

For June Examination: 31st March

Good Luck!

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 BEGAE-182: English Communication Skills
Assignment July, 2022 & January, 2023 Sessions
(Based on Blocks 1 - 4)
Max. Marks: 100

Answer all questions.

a) Verbal Communication

b) Essentials of a Good Group Discussion

c) Characteristics of a Good Communication

d) Homonyms and Homophones (with suitable examples)

e) Preferred techniques of Reading for understanding a text.

Section B

1. An International Conference is being organized by your institute. There are participants from
different parts of the world. You happen to meet one such participant from London. Write a
series of 8 (eight) dialogues exchanged between the two of you introducing yourself, your
country and the socio-political situation of your countries during Pandemic. (10)

2. Make a presentation on the topic (any one). (10)

(i) Online Education

(ii) Education during Pandemic

(iii) Effect of Pollution on Health

(iv) Global Warming

Section C

1. How can one be an active participant in a meeting? Discuss some of the etiquettes that must be
followed while attending a meeting. (10)

2. List three recommendations on how a meeting should end and what should happen after a
meeting. (10)

3. Distinguish between ‘Silent Reading’ and ‘Reading aloud’. Also explain the two techniques of
reading needed for the proper understanding of a text. (10)

4. Explain the importance of shared assumptions between writer and reader. (10)

5. What is meant by efficient Reading? What are the characteristics of reading? (10)

6. A group of four students have been given the following topic for group discussion (any one) (10)

(a) Climate Change

(b) Health & Pandemic

Write out the discussion giving at least 3 turns to each student.

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