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ENG1503: Academic Lan-
guage and Literacy in English
May/June 2025 & May/June 2024 — Past Paper Revision Guide
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Academic Language and Literacy – English Studies
Exam Revision Guide
ENG1503
Module Code:
Academic Language and Literacy in English
Module Name:
May/June 2025 and May/June 2024
Paper / Exam:
2026
Year:
100 marks per paper
Total Marks:
Use this guide to revise thoroughly. Focus on understanding, not memorisation.
Both questions are provided with full model answers.
Exam Revision Notes – ENG1503 – 2024/2025
,ENG1503 | Exam Revision Academic Language & Literacy
UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS — MAY/JUNE 2025
ENG1503: Academic Language and Literacy in English | 100 Marks
Submission deadline: 12 June 2025 at 13:00
Key Concept
Exam Format Reminder: This is a portfolio-style online exam. You must choose
ONE of the two essay questions below. Each essay must be no more than 500
words (roughly 1.5 to 2 pages). Include your checklist, plagiarism declaration, and
essay as one PDF on myModules under ‘Assessment 3’. Use Harvard referencing for
all three provided sources per question.
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, ENG1503 | Exam Revision Academic Language & Literacy
Question One (May/June 2025) [100 marks]
Question: Read the following extract carefully and answer the question that follows:
“Academic misconduct, encompassing acts of plagiarism and cheating, has long been a
pressing concern within educational institutions. However, the emergence of artificial
intelligence (AI) technologies has brought forth a transformed landscape of academic dis-
honesty, presenting novel challenges for educators.”
Adapted from: Mohammadkarimi, E. (2023). Teachers’ reflections on academic dishon-
esty in EFL students’ writings in the era of artificial intelligence. Journal of Applied
Learning and Teaching, 6(2).
Using the direct quotation above as your point of reference, write a discursive essay
in which you discuss three leading causes of academic dishonesty and its impact on
higher institutions. You must use in-text citations from the three provided sources and
include a full Harvard reference list at the end of your essay.
Answer:
Key Concept
Discursive Essay Defined: A discursive essay presents multiple perspectives on
a topic before arriving at a reasoned conclusion. It differs from an argumentative
essay, which commits to one side from the start. Here you explore causes, discuss
impact from different angles, then draw a measured conclusion.
Model Answer (approx. 500 words)
Academic dishonesty is nothing new in higher education. But the arrival of AI tools like
ChatGPT has made it faster, harder to detect, and in some cases, easier for students
to rationalise. Mohammadkarimi (2023) puts it plainly: the landscape has changed.
Three causes sit at the root of this problem, and their effects on universities are both
far-reaching and difficult to reverse.
First cause: academic pressure and fear of failure. Students in under-resourced
environments, or those juggling work and study, face enormous stress. When the gap be-
tween what is expected and what feels achievable becomes too wide, some students take
shortcuts. This is especially true in large-enrolment modules where personal support
is limited. According to research on academic integrity (as cited in Mohammadkarimi,
2023), performance anxiety is consistently one of the strongest predictors of cheating
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ENG1503: Academic Lan-
guage and Literacy in English
May/June 2025 & May/June 2024 — Past Paper Revision Guide
⋆ ⋄ ⋆ ⋄ ⋆ ⋄ ⋆ ⋄ ⋆
Academic Language and Literacy – English Studies
Exam Revision Guide
ENG1503
Module Code:
Academic Language and Literacy in English
Module Name:
May/June 2025 and May/June 2024
Paper / Exam:
2026
Year:
100 marks per paper
Total Marks:
Use this guide to revise thoroughly. Focus on understanding, not memorisation.
Both questions are provided with full model answers.
Exam Revision Notes – ENG1503 – 2024/2025
,ENG1503 | Exam Revision Academic Language & Literacy
UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS — MAY/JUNE 2025
ENG1503: Academic Language and Literacy in English | 100 Marks
Submission deadline: 12 June 2025 at 13:00
Key Concept
Exam Format Reminder: This is a portfolio-style online exam. You must choose
ONE of the two essay questions below. Each essay must be no more than 500
words (roughly 1.5 to 2 pages). Include your checklist, plagiarism declaration, and
essay as one PDF on myModules under ‘Assessment 3’. Use Harvard referencing for
all three provided sources per question.
Page 2 of 17
, ENG1503 | Exam Revision Academic Language & Literacy
Question One (May/June 2025) [100 marks]
Question: Read the following extract carefully and answer the question that follows:
“Academic misconduct, encompassing acts of plagiarism and cheating, has long been a
pressing concern within educational institutions. However, the emergence of artificial
intelligence (AI) technologies has brought forth a transformed landscape of academic dis-
honesty, presenting novel challenges for educators.”
Adapted from: Mohammadkarimi, E. (2023). Teachers’ reflections on academic dishon-
esty in EFL students’ writings in the era of artificial intelligence. Journal of Applied
Learning and Teaching, 6(2).
Using the direct quotation above as your point of reference, write a discursive essay
in which you discuss three leading causes of academic dishonesty and its impact on
higher institutions. You must use in-text citations from the three provided sources and
include a full Harvard reference list at the end of your essay.
Answer:
Key Concept
Discursive Essay Defined: A discursive essay presents multiple perspectives on
a topic before arriving at a reasoned conclusion. It differs from an argumentative
essay, which commits to one side from the start. Here you explore causes, discuss
impact from different angles, then draw a measured conclusion.
Model Answer (approx. 500 words)
Academic dishonesty is nothing new in higher education. But the arrival of AI tools like
ChatGPT has made it faster, harder to detect, and in some cases, easier for students
to rationalise. Mohammadkarimi (2023) puts it plainly: the landscape has changed.
Three causes sit at the root of this problem, and their effects on universities are both
far-reaching and difficult to reverse.
First cause: academic pressure and fear of failure. Students in under-resourced
environments, or those juggling work and study, face enormous stress. When the gap be-
tween what is expected and what feels achievable becomes too wide, some students take
shortcuts. This is especially true in large-enrolment modules where personal support
is limited. According to research on academic integrity (as cited in Mohammadkarimi,
2023), performance anxiety is consistently one of the strongest predictors of cheating
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