ENG2611

January/February 2024

UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS

January/February 2024

ENG2611
APPLIED ENGLISH LANGUAGE FOR FOUNDATION AND INTERMEDIATE PHASE -
FIRST ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE

100 Marks
Duration 48 Hours

This paper consists of 5 pages.

Instructions:
You are allowed to access your study material. You are, however, not allowed to copy verbatim
from your study material. You should write the answers in your own words and any sources
consulted should be cited according to the Harvard referencing method. In the event of
plagiarism or cheating of any kind you will be reported to the University’s Student Disciplinary
Section.

The answered exam script must be uploaded as a PDF electronic document.

• Please do not password-protect your document

• Do not submit answer files that are illegible and unclear
• Poorly scanned and hard-to-read answer files will result in a zero mark
• Guard against incomplete or incorrect conversion to PDF
• Submission of corrupt files will result in penalisation of the mark
• Convert all pages into a single PDF document
• Do not load the pages one by one
• Your answer file must not be more than 20mb in size

The exam can be downloaded on 15 January 2024 at 8:00 a.m. and must be uploaded by
8:00 a.m. on 17 January 2024

NO LATE SUBMISSIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED.

Answer both Section A and Section B

Section A is worth 50 marks
Section B is worth 50 marks
Tick the Honour Pledge as your plagiarism declaration.
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SECTION A
Read the questions below carefully and write all your responses in paragraph form.
QUESTION 1

1.1. Leland et al. (2013: 44) believe that Brian Cambourne’s seven conditions of learning
apply to all cultural groups and to older students as well.

1.1.1 Which “conditions of learning” are met in each of the following scenarios? Give
ONE reason to justify each of your answers.
a) A teacher brings an empty cereal box to class and reads the nutritional
information on the back of the box. When she finds a difficult word, she asks
the class to help her look it up in the dictionary.
b) A teacher has high-frequency words on cards posted on the class walls and
pencils and paper on each desk.
c) A teacher allows learners to choose a book for weekend reading from the class
library.
(9 marks)

1.1.2 How would you apply “Response” as a condition of learning, in a loud-reading lesson
at Foundation or Intermediate Phase level? Your answer must not exceed 150 words.
(6 marks)

1.2. According to Leland et al. (2013: 220), Art Trading Cards can be used as part of the
reading program, where students design cards that symbolically express what they
see as the main meaning of a book. The finished cards are then exchanged by students
thus serving as brief book reviews to recommend interesting books to fellow students.

1.2.1 Based on the information provided above and knowledge gained in this module,
discuss any THREE potential benefits of using Art Trading Cards as a literature
response strategy at the Foundation/Intermediate Phase level. Your answer must not
exceed 150 words.
(6 marks)

1.2.2 Briefly explain any THREE ways in which this literature response strategy can
promote Multiculturalism at this early stage of children's learning. Your answer must
not exceed 200 words.
(9 marks)
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QUESTION 2

Read the poem below carefully and then answer the question that follows:
OF OTHER LANDS AND OTHER CHILDREN
by Philip de Vos
Children of another land
are sometimes hard to understand.
When the sunlight floods my room,

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other children watch the moon.

When I’m good, then they are bad. 5
When I’m happy, they are sad.
Other children, other faces,
other words and other places:
Baba Yaga, marabou,
Lorelei and cockatoo, 10
Yokohama, Gazankulu,
Mali, Bali, Honolulu.
Children of another land
are sometimes hard to understand …

Sourced from: South African Children’s Poet – Poetry Roundabout

2.1. Develop three questions you would use as a Foundation/Intermediate Phase teacher to
help learners understand the poem and how it is trying to influence their thinking or
behaviour. In a response of no more than 250 words, discuss how each question will
achieve this.
(13 marks)

QUESTION 3

3.1. Which digital platform would you use in the Intermediate Phase to encourage learners
to share books they have read? Justify your choice of digital platform and explain
how you would monitor the learners’ use of this platform in a manner that does not
compromise their privacy. Your answer must be a paragraph of no more than 150
words.
(7 marks)

Section Total: 50 Marks

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SECTION B

QUESTION 4

In your ENG2611 studies this year, you have learned about teaching reading and writing
in multicultural classrooms. You have also learned about the benefits of using multimodal
response approaches to help learners read and write about literary texts in engaging ways.

In an essay of between 800-1000 words, reflect on a specific literary text that is suitable for use
in the Foundation/Intermediate Phase and explain how you would use any two multimodal
approaches to teach this text in a way that celebrates diverse perspectives and cultures.

Your discussion should include the following:

An introductory paragraph in which you introduce the idea of the multicultural classroom
and explain what multimodal response approaches are and what they entail.

One body paragraph in which you introduce your chosen text, discuss why it is suitable for
use in the Foundation/Intermediate Phase, and explain why you think it would be relevant to
use in a multicultural classroom.

Two body paragraphs in which you discuss any two multimodal response approaches that
you would use to teach your chosen text in a multicultural Foundation/Intermediate Phase
English FAL classroom. Your discussion should include a brief description of each approach
and an explanation of how you would use each approach to teach your chosen text in a manner
that is appropriate to a multicultural Foundation/Intermediate Phase English FAL classroom.

A concluding paragraph in which you highlight the benefits of using multimodal approaches
in a multicultural classroom, based on the discussion that you have offered in the body of the
essay.

NB:

Remember to write in full, flowing, grammatically-correct sentences and paragraphs.

Remember to acknowledge any sources that you consult; sources must be cited in the body of
your essay and in your bibliography.
DO NOT use subheadings or bullet points.

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DO NOT exceed the word limit; any content presented after the word limit has been reached
will not be marked.

Section Total: 50 Marks

TOTAL: 100 MARKS

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