AFL1501
ASSIGNMENT 3
SEMESTER 2
ANSWERS 2025
AFL1501 ASSIGNMENT 3 SEMESTER 2
ANSWERS 2025
,AFL1501 Assessment 03
SEMESTER 2
QUESTION 1
1.1 Discuss how your family's naming practices reflect your cultural values
- What to include:
- Which names are used (given name, surname, middle name, honorifics) and who
gets to name a child.
- Whether names honor ancestors, elders, or family clans, and whether names
carry wishes or attributes (courage, wisdom, virtue).
- Any naming ceremony or ritual and what it signifies.
- How the way you address others (full name, nickname, or titles) expresses
respect or belonging.
- How these practices reinforce values like family continuity, respect for elders, or
spiritual beliefs.
- Model answer (fill in with your specifics):
In my family, naming practices reflect our values of respect for ancestors, family
continuity, and collective responsibility. We often choose a given name that
expresses a hoped-for quality (for example, courage or wisdom) and may include a
name from a grandparent or elder to honor lineage. A naming ceremony or blessing
is held to invite the community’s support and to place the child within the family’s
history. When addressing elders, we use formal titles or a respectful form of address,
which reinforces social order and closeness to relatives. Overall, our naming choices
connect the child to both past generations and present responsibilities, strengthening
our sense of belonging to a wider family and community.
, 1.2 Describe two ways your home language makes you feel connected to your
identity
- What to include:
- One way: language as a bridge to family history and stories, songs, jokes, or
everyday rituals.
- Another way: language as a marker of community, belonging with family members
and with others who share the language, including diaspora.
- If relevant, note how language use changes in different settings (at home vs.
outside) and what that feels like.
- Model answer (fill in with your specifics):
First, speaking my home language at home keeps me connected to my family’s
stories, prayers, and everyday rituals. Hearing the language evokes memories of
grandparents’ tales and traditional songs, and it helps me understand jokes and
cultural references that aren’t easily translated. Second, the language is a marker of
belonging with others who share it—my family and community, including relatives
abroad. When I speak it with friends or in community events, I feel a sense of pride
and continuity, even when I’m far from home. These two aspects—memory and
belonging—make my language central to my sense of who I am.
1.3 Provide examples of cultural ceremonies you've experienced and discuss
how language impacted those experiences
- What to include:
- At least two ceremonies (e.g., birth naming, coming-of-age, wedding, festivals,
religious rites).
- How language was used in each (prayers, chants, blessing words, songs, spoken
rituals).
- How the use or absence of your home language affected your experience
(inclusive/exclusive feel, sense of identity, emotion).
- Model answer (fill in with your own experiences):
ASSIGNMENT 3
SEMESTER 2
ANSWERS 2025
AFL1501 ASSIGNMENT 3 SEMESTER 2
ANSWERS 2025
,AFL1501 Assessment 03
SEMESTER 2
QUESTION 1
1.1 Discuss how your family's naming practices reflect your cultural values
- What to include:
- Which names are used (given name, surname, middle name, honorifics) and who
gets to name a child.
- Whether names honor ancestors, elders, or family clans, and whether names
carry wishes or attributes (courage, wisdom, virtue).
- Any naming ceremony or ritual and what it signifies.
- How the way you address others (full name, nickname, or titles) expresses
respect or belonging.
- How these practices reinforce values like family continuity, respect for elders, or
spiritual beliefs.
- Model answer (fill in with your specifics):
In my family, naming practices reflect our values of respect for ancestors, family
continuity, and collective responsibility. We often choose a given name that
expresses a hoped-for quality (for example, courage or wisdom) and may include a
name from a grandparent or elder to honor lineage. A naming ceremony or blessing
is held to invite the community’s support and to place the child within the family’s
history. When addressing elders, we use formal titles or a respectful form of address,
which reinforces social order and closeness to relatives. Overall, our naming choices
connect the child to both past generations and present responsibilities, strengthening
our sense of belonging to a wider family and community.
, 1.2 Describe two ways your home language makes you feel connected to your
identity
- What to include:
- One way: language as a bridge to family history and stories, songs, jokes, or
everyday rituals.
- Another way: language as a marker of community, belonging with family members
and with others who share the language, including diaspora.
- If relevant, note how language use changes in different settings (at home vs.
outside) and what that feels like.
- Model answer (fill in with your specifics):
First, speaking my home language at home keeps me connected to my family’s
stories, prayers, and everyday rituals. Hearing the language evokes memories of
grandparents’ tales and traditional songs, and it helps me understand jokes and
cultural references that aren’t easily translated. Second, the language is a marker of
belonging with others who share it—my family and community, including relatives
abroad. When I speak it with friends or in community events, I feel a sense of pride
and continuity, even when I’m far from home. These two aspects—memory and
belonging—make my language central to my sense of who I am.
1.3 Provide examples of cultural ceremonies you've experienced and discuss
how language impacted those experiences
- What to include:
- At least two ceremonies (e.g., birth naming, coming-of-age, wedding, festivals,
religious rites).
- How language was used in each (prayers, chants, blessing words, songs, spoken
rituals).
- How the use or absence of your home language affected your experience
(inclusive/exclusive feel, sense of identity, emotion).
- Model answer (fill in with your own experiences):
