UHL 2412 ENGLISH FOR ACADEMIC COMMUNICATION
SEM 1, 2014/2015
ASSESSMENT 4: FIRST DRAFT
MATRIC NO.
STUDENT’S NAME
MARK
OUTLINE
FIRST DRAFT
TERM PAPER
TOTAL
1.
KC13054
NORFARIDAH BT ABDUL GHANI @ MOHD ZAHID
/10
/20
/30
/60
2.
KC13058
MUHAMMAD FAIZ BIN MOHAMED AMEEN
SECTION:
SECTION 03G
TOPIC NO.:
TOPIC 19
LECTURER’S NAME:
MOHD SHAFEIRUL ZAMAN BIN ABD MAJID
DATE:
14th NOVEMBER 2014
APPENDIX B
FIRST DRAFT 10%
TOPIC: People have become overly dependent on technology
PARAGRAPH 1
GENERAL STATEMENT:
The human civilization undergo many changes and developments with the passage of time. Early man lived in caves and forests. They lived on the food available in the forests. Science has blessed mankind with all the basic comforts of life. Nowadays, technology have been improved our life in innumerable ways which make our life on the earth much more easier. Many people admit they cannot survive one day without gadgets such as phones, laptops and computers, tablets and more. We even rely on those gadgets just to entertain us on occasions. Hence, \technology is ruining the future generations and will spoil the generations after that.
THESIS STATEMENT:
Thus, we are strongly agree that people have become overly dependent on technology because they are we are strongly agree that people have become overly dependent on technology because
a) technology is dumbing down society
b) technology is used as a lone source of communication with others, which leads to anti-socialism and bad communication skills
c) technology has gradually changed us and made us lazier
PARAGRAPH 2
1 TOPIC SENTENCE:
Improvements in technology have give many negative impacts mainly to society which rise the social problems.
2 SUPPORTING DETAILS
Technology is slowly taking over our social lives and slowly creeping into our relationships and everyday activities. Have you ever seen two friends sitting in the same room exchanging