INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY

DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH
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FINAL EXAMINATION (K21 Online) – Version 2

Date: 25/02/2022 Duration: 60 minutes
Open book Exam Online

SUBJECT: WRITING AE1 (ID: EN007IU)

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STUDENT INFORMATION

Student name: Nguyễn Minh Đức

Student ID: ITITIU21045

INSTRUCTIONS (100-score scale, equivalent to 40% of the course)

1. Purposes:
‒ Test students’ skill in paraphrasing, writing topic sentences and concluding sentence (CLO 1)
‒ Evaluate students’ knowledge and skills in writing an argumentative essay (CLO 1,3)
2. Requirements:
‒ Write your FULL NAME and STUDENT ID below the Student Information
‒ Read the instructions of each part/ section carefully and write the answer(s) on the page(s) provided
‒ All electronic devices, reference materials, discussion and material transfer are strictly prohibited.
Plagiarism in any forms is strictly punished.
‒ RENAME this file as Student ID Student name (e.g. ENENIU18106 Le Anh Vy Writing AE1
Final) before submission

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EXAM QUESTIONS
Write an argumentative essay of about 350 words on ONE of the following topics (100pts):
Topic 1: “Reading books should be a compulsory part of a school day.” Do you agree or disagree
with this statement? Use reasons and examples to support your ideas. Please be noted that an effective
argumentative essay should contain opposing argument(s), rebuttal(s) to the opposing argument(s), and your
own arguments.
Topic 2: “Fearing criticism is fearing progress.” (Marsha Egan). Do you agree or disagree with this
quote? Use reasons and examples to support your ideas. Please be noted that an effective argumentative essay
should contain opposing argument(s), rebuttal(s) to the opposing argument(s), and your own arguments.

This is the end of the test.

Write your answer on the next page

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YOUR ANSWERS
Your choice of topic: __1__
Nowadays, the development of technology goes with the development of education. A lot of new

technological devices were used in teaching to help students quickly understand such as computers,

e-books, etc. Some people said that: “Reading books should be a compulsory part of a school day.”

And I have the same point with them.

Firstly, applying technology in education is good, but if the students must work with the devices

every day, in a long period of time, it may bring disadvantages for them. For example, studying

with computers too long may easily cause eyestrain and myopic. On the other hand, reading books

is hardly to harm the eyes. Therefore, reading books is a good way to keep the students’ eyes

healthy and it must appear in schedule of a school day.

Secondly, reading books gives students many advantages such as highly concentration, knowledge

acquisition and vocabulary improvement. When reading an interesting book, people usually want to

read the whole book for the storyline, and this helps advance your concentration in working or

studying. (Healthline). Besides, many useful information in the book can give people knowledge to

solve problems in life. Also, reading books can help improve vocabulary in both speaking and

writing, which is very helpful for students.

Many people think that: “Why reading books is compulsory when at school, the students just study

through their teacher is enough?”. They have a point in thinking like that. However, what this

argument fails to consider is the teacher must read the textbooks first so they can prepare the

lecture for their students. Not only the teacher read textbooks, but also the students should read the

textbooks to generally understand of what the teacher is talking in the lecture. That’s why reading

books is important and should be a compulsory part at school.

In conclusion, reading books not only keep a good pair of eyes for students, but also bring

advantages in helping students improve their abilities so it should be an obligatory part at school.

And in the future, I hope every schools will have a books club, so that the students who are

interested in reading books can have a place to share good books with each other and express their

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love to books.