Summary: Reading Assignment 1 – CER Evidence Based Writing WRITE YOUR RESPONSE (

Summary:
Reading Assignment 1 – CER Evidence Based Writing
WRITE YOUR RESPONSE (In paragraph form. Minimum 5/6 sentences & Maximum 10/15 sentence).
Begin your response with the topic sentence (Ex: Why you agree/disagree with the statement. Then explain the context, provide evidence (Last name, year, p.), explain your evidence, show relationship between your evidence and topic sentence, and provide a concluding sentence.
ASSIGNMENT TOPIC
Schumann (1976, p.136) hypothesizes that when the social distance between two cultures is great, the learner will have more difficulty learning the second language” (as cited in Wintergerst & McVeigh, 2011, p. 91). 
To what extent do you agree or disagree with this statement.
GRADING CRITERIA 
1. Cover page (Reading Assignment 1, Your full name, Instructor’s full name, student ID, School’s name, Topic Question.)
2. Topic sentence
3. Context
4. Evidence 1
5. Evidence 2
6. Explain your evidence
7. Show how your evidence is related to topic sentence
8. Concluding sentence
9. Format (Double space, use a word document, spacing, font size and style)
10. Typographical errors (spelling, punctuation, capitalization, etc.)