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Assignment heading and number : Assignment 3 - 215431
Group Number : AFL1501-23-S1-97T
Name of department and University: Department of African Language, Unisa
Course code and Name : AFL1501: Language through an African Lens
Name of instructor : Dr. J. O. Nene
Name of TA : Miss Nomalanga Langa
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Table of Contents
Understanding the concept “Family”
Task 1:
1. My definition of family .......................................................................................................... 3
2. Four different types of families …………………………………………………………………………………………… 3-4
3. Three definitions of the term family …………………………………………………………………………………… 4-5
4. A summary of what I have learned ………………………………………………………………………………………… 5
5. How community shapes a family and the influence of additional family members in my own
family structure ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 5
6. The role of family in one’s cultural identity ......................................................................... 5-6
Task 2:
1. The interview ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 6-8
2. A short story .............................................................................................................................. 9-10
Task 3
1. How language reveals one’s cultural identity and its interactions with others and the world
around us ............................................................................................................................. 10-11
References ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 12-14
Academic Honesty Declaration ....................................................................................................... 15
Assignment heading and number : Assignment 3 - 215431
Group Number : AFL1501-23-S1-97T
Name of department and University: Department of African Language, Unisa
Course code and Name : AFL1501: Language through an African Lens
Name of instructor : Dr. J. O. Nene
Name of TA : Miss Nomalanga Langa
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Table of Contents
Understanding the concept “Family”
Task 1:
1. My definition of family .......................................................................................................... 3
2. Four different types of families …………………………………………………………………………………………… 3-4
3. Three definitions of the term family …………………………………………………………………………………… 4-5
4. A summary of what I have learned ………………………………………………………………………………………… 5
5. How community shapes a family and the influence of additional family members in my own
family structure ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 5
6. The role of family in one’s cultural identity ......................................................................... 5-6
Task 2:
1. The interview ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 6-8
2. A short story .............................................................................................................................. 9-10
Task 3
1. How language reveals one’s cultural identity and its interactions with others and the world
around us ............................................................................................................................. 10-11
References ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 12-14
Academic Honesty Declaration ....................................................................................................... 15
