ENG2611 Assignment 1 2025 – Due 16 April 2025

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ENG2611 Assignment 1 2025 – Due 16 April 2025

Read Study Units 1 and 2 in your Study Guide (Tutorial Letter 501) before you attempt this assignment. It is important that you complete the activities in these Study Units to establish a sound understanding of what critical reading is and how reading skills can be used for critical writing. You also need to refer to the relevant sections of your prescribed textbooks for more insight.

Questions

1. We need to know that reading does not always follow the same process as reading functional writing, such as information boards, is different from reading fiction for pleasure (TUT501 2020: 9)

1.1 In view of the statement provided above, explain how pre- and post-reading techniques enhance critical reading? Your answer should be in a paragraph of 150 words.

Pre- and post-reading techniques help us understand a text better by making us think before and after reading. Pre-reading activities, like researching or discussing a topic,
help us prepare for what we are about to read. This makes it easier to connect new ……….