AFL1501 Assignment 6 Final portfolio first semester 2022

INTRODUCTION Life has its own challenges, things can turn out to be different than what we expect them to be, it might be good or bad, but end up being surprised about how it ends, the good you do today you definitely get rewarded from it and same applies to when you do bad reward will always be expected. I always follow the rules and regulations of my UNISA Registration Broacher for my BED, I registered this module as one of my compulsory educational theme for my degree, I was not aware that it’s a signature module (online module) I assumed that it was similar to AFL1502 the literature module, I was so surprised to find out that it was beyond expectation and I was so scared because I was actually not computer literate, but now I am singing a different song all thanks to AFL1501. I am even able to type other assignment and submit them online of which I did not do before. Getting started through this module my attention was drawn different languages, gender, cultures and family groups, I discovered unknown different cultural laws, but also became clear. Though we are different from each other especially in a diverse society of South Africa as Arch Bishop Tutu said that we are a rainbow nation, some of our cultural laws are similar, the details of the form of address, celebration of ceremonies, cultural dances and other customs. We have different colour of skin, hair, culture, looks and structure but there is one thing that describe us as one thing which is the same colour of blood same body parts as differs from our gender but that makes us all to be human beings. Through this module I leaned that I am a human being through other human beings, respect is the primary thing for me to earn respect to other people, the way I address them should draw attention of humanity and self-respect, and in fact it should disclose the kind of a person I am. People will only do good to you if you do well to them do not expect respect if you don’t respect others, and never criticize other people’s cultural groups. PERSONAL LANGUAGE STORY What is language? Language is a system that consists of the development, acquisition, maintenance and use of complex systems of communication, particularly the human ability to do so; and a language is any specific a system or the method of human communication, either spoken or written, consisting of the use of words in a structured and conventional way or a system of communication used by a particular country or community. 1. What is your background in terms of language? 5 I was born and raised in a Tsonga (shangaan) family in Giyani, my parents are Tsonga speaking and when I am at home I speak Xitsonga, but at school I speak English with other students, because some of the students are from other countries, so it gives me advantage to speak English fluently 2. My mother tongue My mother tongue language is Tsonga, I have speaking Tsonga from the day that I was born, I enjoy Xitsonga, because what I have realize about Tsonga people they respect and they are humble everywhere they go. 3. What other languages do you know? Other than my mother tongue ‘’Tsonga’’, I know how to speak Tshivenda and Afrikaans I want to also learn how to speak other languages, I will be happy if I can know how to speak Sepedi, Setswana, isiNdebele, isiXhosa and isiZulu because these are the language that people the South Africans speaks so I am whiling to learn them. 4. How did you learn these languages? I have learn how to speak Tshivenda because when I arrived in Gauteng my friends at university where vendas and I was the only one who speak Xitsonga, so it helps me to speak Tshivenda fluently and write it. Afrikaans I have learnt it while I was doing my high school, because Afrikaans was the third additional language but I don’t speak Afrikaans fluently as Tshivenda. 5. How do you use these languages? I speak Xitsonga when I am at home with my parents and my siblings, I speak Tshivenda with my friends at school and sometimes we speak English if we are doing assignments and helping each other with school work. I speak Afrikaans when I visit my teachers in high school is where I speak Afrikaans. 6. Do you agree that the languages you know, and how you use them reflect who you are as a person? Yes, I do agree that the languages I know and how I use them reflects who I am as a person. Language determines the way a person views the world. Language is one training tool of the mind. Studying the functional relationships between language and other mental operations increases one's knowledge about the way people think. The more one knows about this in our increasingly interdependent world the better. Language is what binds us to our culture and ancestors. It’s what shaped our attitudes, beliefs, values, and understanding of what is truth. Our language is the ‘heart’ of who we are as a person. But language also depends on how your fam