Allama Iqbal Open University, Islamabad: (Department of English Language & Applied Linguistics) Warning
Allama Iqbal Open University, Islamabad: (Department of English Language & Applied Linguistics) Warning
Allama Iqbal Open University, Islamabad: (Department of English Language & Applied Linguistics) Warning
Q.4 Explain the difference between transitive, intransitive and linking verbs. Give five
examples of each case. (10)
Q.5 What do you understand by the term chain and choice? Comment on different
patterns of English syntactic structure with the help of examples. (20)
Q.6 How would you use audio visual aids for teaching Simple future Tense? (10)
ASSIGNMENT No. 2
Project Marks: 100
This assignment is based on a research-oriented activity. You are required to carry out a
research in one of the areas given below. Submit the research project to the tutor within
the scheduled period. Present the same in the course/assignment presentation workshop
(the schedule of the course/assignment presentation workshop will be intimated by the
tutor concerned or the Regional Office). This assignment carries 40 marks for the written
report/assignment and 60 for the oral presentation.
Select any one of the following topics in consultation with your tutor for your research
project.
i. Study the process of language (L2) learning among students of Intermediate level
and try to analyze which errors they make more in their writing, whether of chain
or of choice. For this purpose, select a group of students, give them a writing task.
Analyze it and present your findings in the written report. Also suggest remedial
measures that you can take as a teacher to eradicate those errors.
ii. Design a lesson plan based on the teaching of simple past tense. You must pay
attention to the formulation of clear and precise learning outcomes. Begin your
lesson with the general discussion to measure depth of the students, understanding
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of this particular tense. Give your input with examples to practice this tense; you
can incorporate audio visual aids like pictures at this stage, if you feel necessary. At
the production stage, you assign them a homework task to measure their general
comprehension of the tense. In your report of the lesson plan clearly mention how
far comprehension of the tense. In your report of the lesson plan clearly mention
how far you had been able to achieve your learning objectives and also discuss that
how their understanding improved as a direct result of the practice which they did
in the class.