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Mr.QFall Term Paper要求.pdf
ESL 1450 C – Fall Term Paper 2014 Due Date: November 29, 2014
Value: 10% of Final Mark
This critical response assignment requires you to write a short essay in
response to one of the three questions on the reverse of this page. Your essay
should be 3-4 pages in length (750-1000 words) and should include: an
introduction; a brief summary of the key points; a comprehensive evaluation of
the various positions on these key points; and a concluding section summarizing
your personal opinion of the issue(s) you have focused on. You are only required
to use texts we have read in class as sources. You should use a minimum of three
and must use proper APA style for all citations, and also include an APA style
cover page and reference list (please consult
https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/ for all necessary
details).
This paper will be assessed based on:
a) Unity and support (your introduction/thesis/summary of key
points/critical evaluation) – 60%
b) Coherence (logic and organization of your argument) – 20%
c) Sentence and technical skills (grammar/punctuation/usage, including
proper APA style formatting) – 20%
Additional Guidance
If you feel you would benefit from further assistance with this assignment,
you may submit an outline in class as a hard copy including your thesis
statement and the issues you plan to address no later than November 15th.
Questions
1. Read “Assessing the Opposition to Multiculturalism” (included below).
Why do you feel some people oppose or fear multiculturalism in Canada?
Do you think their opposition or fear is valid? Why/why not?
2. Read “The Royal Commission on Bilingualism and Biculturalism”
(included below). The Official Languages Act (OLA) of 1969 was intended
to address social and economic inequality between French and English
Canada. However, the establishment of the bilingual state created a range
of new problems. Consider the pros and cons of the OLA in terms of
Canadian identity and belonging today. In what ways has it been
successful? In what ways has it not?
3. Read “A Typology for Understanding Internal Cleavages” (included
below). Describe some of the frictions or tensions between these two
conceptions of Canadian society. Are these two models compatible?
All readings taken from:
Hiller, H. H. (2006). Canadian society: A macro analysis (5th edition). Toronto:
Pearson.
Hiller - French-English Relations.pdf