Final Exam (Take-Home) Fall – 2020

Name: Mohit Reg#: 43739

Subject: Academic & Professional Writing Submission Day: Saturday
Instructors: Team of Teachers Submission Date: January 30th, 2021
Program: BS/BBA Max. Marks: 15

SUBJECTIVE SECTION

Q.2. Paraphrase the following paragraph in your own words in 110 to 120 words.
[05 Marks]

It is important to emphasize that the use of Google Docs certainly encourages collaborative
learning among students. This is because Google Docs is designed to be utilized by more than
one person, and each individual will help each other in the revising process to expand the content
by providing information, attaching files or documents, or creating links to enhance
understanding of each student on certain topic (Morgan & Smith, 2008). Thus collaboration
among students whether they are of high or lower proficiency in the language exists within
interaction and communication through Google Docs.
Therefore through the collaborative feature that Google Docs serves, it is expected that
supportive learning among students can be encouraged and this will help them to improve their
writing skills especially to produce better essays.
Razak, N.Z.A., Amerruddin, A.S., Ithnin, N.H.C. (2018). Using Computer Technology in the
ESL Writing Class. IRA International
Journal of Education and Multidisciplinary Studies (ISSN 2455-2526), 12(3), 74-86.doi:
http://dx.doi.org/10.21013/jems.v12.n3.p3

Assessment Rubric

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 a. Relevance [2]
b. Accuracy [1]
c. Language [1]
d. Own Words [1]

Answer: It's essential to underline that using Google Docs will definitely help students learn
together. This is because Google Docs needs to be used by many people and each of them helps
each other in the editing process to expand the content with information, attach files or
documents, or create a link for each student to better understand the topic Morgan and Smith,
2008. Thus, teamwork between students, whether in high or low language proficiency, exists
within the framework of interaction and communication via Google Docs. So, we hope that the
collaboration features provided by Google Docs can support learning among students and help
them improve their writing skills, especially for better essay writing.

Q.3. Essay Writing Task [10 Marks]

Today, more and more colleges and universities offer not only individual courses but also entire
degree programs online. Some educator’s worry that online programs do not provide the same
quality as an on-campus education and that in an online program, students can get others to do
their work. Others believe online courses offer convenience and flexibility, enabling students,
who might otherwise not be able, to earn a degree and complete their educations. In your
opinion, should colleges and universities offer degrees entirely online? Why or why not?

Your task is to write a five paragraph ‘argumentative’ essay of 450-words to support your
position with specific reasons and examples.

OR

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Statistics show that newly licensed teenage boys cause a higher number of serious automobile
accidents than any other group. It is evident that many young men are too reckless and impulsive
to be good drivers. To protect the larger society, the age at which a boy can earn his license
should be raised to twenty year in Pakistan. Give your opinion in favor or against the suggestion
of increasing the age limit.

Your task is to write a five paragraph ‘argumentative’ essay of 450-words to support your
position with specific reasons and examples.

Assessment Rubric
a. Argument/Ideas/Relevance [03]
b. Structure of the Essay (Introduction, Body & Conclusion) [03]
c. Language (Cohesion, Coherence & Accuracy) [03]
d. Citation & References [1]

Answer: Essay

Online education is a way to learn different subjects. It offers flexibility affordable tutorials and
variety of educational opportunities. Remote can get experienced learning online and enrolled in
many courses. We can take lectures or submit assignments online. Therefore, people can learn
what they want to learn when and where they want. This essay argues modern benefits of online
program these benefits outstandingly out way the number of challenges like intense requirement
for more work and no face to face interaction.

On campus student would have to go through in class lecture that are for hour. While not all
online programs are based on the same thing, many use PowerPoint presentations and other
media that students can digest. In other words, students can experience the first half of one day's
lessons and the second half of the next. This can be especially useful for those who don't like
staying in one place for too long.

Second, online education is the most attractive advantage for students who have a lot of
obligations to balance. Since everything is available on the Internet, it is very easy to access the
curriculum and submit assignments. Exactly when and where this will occur depends on the
student, as long as the deadline for the assignment is met. The mind can easily wander through
the show. Psychologist Jonathan Scholar found that students lost focus about 5 times in 45
minutes. However, in many online programs, students can immediately process the teacher's
words, either by playing back the audio or video, or by reading the transcript that accompanies
the lecture.

Little or no face to face interaction may leads to student to lose their confidence and to under

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estimate their knowledge. As in online education they can never meet instructor physically and
cannot built self-assurance. Moreover, there is intense requirement for more work because
usually they require upload huge amount of assignment, projects and in which generally student
will have to improve their course material because about every student it is expected to spend not
less than eight hours per day to complete over all burden.

As online learning is the vast experience to learn about anything in this world by sitting in front
of your desk at your home. In term of flexibility every student can learn anything at any place
according to his time. It will be easy to excess all the education material in online way of
learning but on the other hand less interaction between student and teachers can leads to the
adverse effect on students’ knowledge, appearance and self confidence

Good Luck 

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