Assignment 219
Fall 2020
ENGL100_Assignment 4_Version O2 (15%)
Guidelines
Work in groups of 2-3.
Read the essay below.
Complete the missing parts (see detailed instructions below the essay).
Create a new Word document. Type complete essay and format it following APA guidelines
(add cover page, running head, abstract, key words, reference page).
Submit your work as a file on your course Moodle page. The deadline is January 26th, 2021
at 5 pm.
Task. Read the essay and follow the instructions below.
Canada: Education Destination
Sitting in college and university classes are some very motivated young people.
Until they speak up, in English flavored with accents from all over the world, they seem no
different from their classmates, a bit more serious, perhaps, but just students all the same.
What casual observers—their peers and even their instructors—do not see are their histories
and the journeys they have undertaken to reach the classrooms where they sit now. The
decision to leave home, for the 150,000 international students who come to Canada each year
is an expensive and life-changing one. The reasons they leave home to study are sometimes
strikingly similar; independence, educational opportunities, and ____________________ are
some of the most common ones.
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Despite different home cultures and countries, international students’ main overall
motivation is the desire to get out on their own, to carve out a new direction in their lives. Some
students emigrate to escape those same tight-knit families and bonds that others find so painful
to leave behind. An oncampus report notes that family expectations may be opposed to
students’ visions for themselves and lead them to reject accepted values and career paths in
their hometowns and countries. “Cesilla, a web-design student at Waterloo admits that she was
always supposed to enter her family’s restaurant business in Budapest, but she felt suffocated
even working part-time as a server. Web design is her passion, and she wanted a completely
fresh start, something that is completely her own” (_____________________, _______,p.291).
Finding independent paths to their own dreams is the key here, whether students choose those
paths because of personal ideals or a reaction to pre-set plans.
____________________________________________________________________.
Most students admit Canadian educational opportunities and the potential for personal and
career rewards are the main reasons that they are here. When researching educational
opportunities in their homelands, many find no internationally known postsecondary
institutions catering to their areas of interest, or no programs or degrees relevant to their
future careers. Canadian colleges and universities, in fact, recruit students in many areas of
the world, making them aware of the range and quality of higher education and career
training available. A related impetus for studying abroad is the lack of career opportunities
available, even for graduates.
Body paragraph 3 is missing.
Conclusion is missing.
References
Gardiner, S., King, B., & Wilkins, H. (2013). The travel behaviours of international
students: Nationality-based constraints and opportunities. Journal of Vacation
Marketing, 19(4), 287–299. https://doi.org/10.1177/1356766712471233
1. In the line where you see number , complete the thesis statement by adding one
supporting idea. Make sure it is parallel.
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2. In the line where you see number , complete the in-text citation.
3. Topic sentence in the second body paragraph is missing. Write it in the line where
you see number .
4. Write third body paragraph of the essay to develop the point that you added to the
thesis. Use minimum one external source to support your idea. Add the reference.
5. Write a conclusion for this essay. In the first part of conclusion, you should restate the
thesis statement (use synonyms). In the second part of conclusion, you should use another
method (prediction, final thought, advice, etc.).
Grading.
Criteria Points
APA formatting is observed. (font, spacing, cover page, running head, page
number, abstract, key words, title, references, indentation)
15
Thesis statement is complete. 5
In-text citation is complete. 5
Missing topic sentence is added. 5
Missing body paragraph is added.
Paragraph is original (not copied) 5
Paragraph is related to the essay. 5
Paragraph has unity. 5
Paragraph is well supported. Support is specific. External source is used
appropriately.
10
Paragraph is coherent. 5
Student demonstrates good sentence skills
(spelling/punctuation/grammar)
5
Missing conclusion is added.
Conclusion is original (not copied) 5
Conclusion has summary/restatement of the main idea. 15
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3
Another method of conclusion (prediction, final thought, advice, etc.) is
used.
10
Student demonstrates good sentence skills (spelling / punctuation /
grammar)
5
Total 100