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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