Assignment 01:
Task 1
Discuss your linguistic identity in terms of your linguistic environment with reference to: “Whenever we use language we reflect who we are.”
For example, your linguistic background will be that you were raised within linguistic environment where you used a specific language (e.g: IsiZulu – i.e. at home and English-i.e.at school),then now you find yourself in a different linguistic environment where you need to use Sesotho and/or Afrikaans, which may change your linguistic environment because you now use isiZulu at home, English at work and Sesotho/ Afrikaans with some friends and colleagues socially.
Do you think your Linguist Identity changes because of this?
- Why do you think so?
- Which Language will now dominate your thinking and world view?
- Will this affect your cultural believes and Identity and why?
Task 2
Based on the above now read the posts of at least 6 people and comment on their post in terms of whenever we use language we reflect who we are.
Your main discussion should be structured in terms of the Rubric for “Assessing Discussion Forums”foundunder Additional Resources.
The assignment must contain an introduction (10%), where you refer to your language background,body (20%)where you discuss your linguistic identify with reference to examples from your day to day life and a conclusion (20%)of how your linguistic environment contribute to who you are today.
Your discussion should have a minimum of 500 words or more. The comments to other students must not be an assessment of their work but rather an interpretation of who they are in terms of their linguistic identity. Each comment should therefore be a paragraph of at least 100 words.
