IGNOU BEGAE 182 SOLVED ASSIGNMENT 2023-24
BEGAE-182: English Communication Skills
Assignment July, 2023 & January, 2024 Sessions
(Based on Blocks 1 – 4)
Max. Marks: 100
Answer all questions.
1. What do you understand by the term ‘non-verbal communication’? What are its
advantages? 10
2. Write a short note on Macro functions of communication. 10
3. How do you differentiate between Group Discussions at Interviews and Group Discussions
in General? 10
4. What are “homonyms” and “homophones”? Explain with suitable examples. 10
5. What are some of the meeting etiquettes which one must follow while attending a
meeting? Also suggest ways to end a meeting. 10
6. A construction company is planning to cut down several trees in your locality to build 10
new flats. As the President of your Residential Association write a formal letter to the
editor of your local newspaper highlighting this issue.
7. You are attending an international Conference in your city. You have just met a 10
participant from the U.S.A. Write a dialogue in 10 turns where both of you get introduced
to each other and discuss your expectations from the conference.
8. Write an essay on Barriers to communication. 10
9. A group of five students have been given the topic “Environment Pollution and ways to
curb it” for group discussion. Attempt a group discussion for a set of three students. 10
10. You have been invited to speak in a webinar for high school students on the topic: 10
“Contribution of Youth in Nation building”
Write your speech in around 300 words.
