AFL1501 ASSESSMENT 6 - PORTFOLIO MEMO - SEMESTER 2 - 2022 - UNISA - DETAILED SOLUTIONS

AFL1501 Language Through an African Lens ASSESSMENT 6 PORTFOLIO MEMO SEMESTER 2 – OCTOBER/ NOVEMBER UNISA – 2022 UNIQUE NUMBER:- DUE DATE: 14 OCTOBER 2022 Final Portfolio 2022 S2 Assessment 6: Language, Culture, and Identity Year Mark 40% Introduction: (10%) Introduce your assessment by telling us who you are (name, place of birth, age, culture, language etc.) and provide us with an overview of how your language, culture and identity will be explained within your portfolio. Provide us with a brief description of what you have learned throughout the semester and how it has changed your perception of your own language, culture, and identity. First Portfolio Activity: (10%) In Unit 0 you were required to introduce yourself in Ice Breaker 0.2. Attach a screenshot of your first blog activity. Make sure the date is clearly visible - Discussion Activity (First Portfolio Activity) o Having gone through each of the units and now looking back at your first portfolio activity, do you believe that your blog entry reflects what you understand of yourself now? Justify your answer. Second Portfolio Activity: (30%) Storytelling has always been a long-standing tradition in South Africa. Find someone (friend, relative, acquaintance, peer) from a culture different to your own culture. Let them share an old cultural story with you passed down from their elders. Pay special attention to wording, body language, and setting. 1. Introduce the storyteller (Setting, Name, Language, and age group). 2. Find out if the storyteller believes and practices cultural activities and to what extent. 3. Which culture do you belong to, and what is the culture of the person who is telling the story? 4. Provide a brief summary of the story that was shared with you. 5. Can you identify the idiolect of the storyteller? Compare their idiolect to that of your own. 6. Based on the story shared, what have you learned in terms of the storyteller’s culture and how is it different from your own cultural background? Third Portfolio Activity: (20%) Having gone through unit 3 (Language and Identity) and understood the term “family”. Compile a drawing of your own family tree by following these guidelines: · Go up to your parents, grandparents, and great-grandparents · Go down [if you need to] to your children, grandchildren · Use dotted lines to link people who are not related by blood but marriage · If you know the kinship terms in another language, add them to your family tree, too. · While labelling your family members, remember to inform us about their Language background and the Languages they speak. Re-work the answers you provided on the activity “Language and Form of Address” found in Unit 4, that you were required to spend some time observing a friend of a different racial group. Compare your observation to how you were raised, and comment on what will be tolerated within your family. From the family tree you have provided above, who do you think is much more inclined to the way of living of the friend mentioned above and why? Forth Portfolio Activity: (15%) Discuss the three issues facing South Africa stated below and answer the question: · Corruption · Protest action · Gender-based violence Having gone through Unit 5, whereby former president Thabo Mbeki speaks about Ubuntu philosophy and being an African, how can the concept of Ubuntu be applied to solve the above issues? Do you believe these are issues or problems faced in South Africa today? (Remember this must be from your point of view). Final Reflection: (15%) We would like you to share your journey through AFL1501, with us. Include components such as the University being an Open Distance eLearning Institution and the module is fully online. Discuss what you have learned about language, self, culture, identity, and Ubuntu and how you have overcome the challenges of a self-learning environment. Begin your discussion by stating, “We only reflect who we are when we use language”.