SDENG3J
SDENG3J – ASSIGNMENT 1
SAMEERA MANJOO
45909385
QUESTION A
English in my school environment is used as a home language to 40% of the students in my classroom and as a first language to the remaining majority. The school is well resourced with textbooks, chalkboards, projectors and also writing books as materials and every student has a desk and chair to sit on during the school day. The school accommodates for students with the playground as well, they have a volleyball, basketball, and soccer and tennis court. All buildings of the school are well maintained and kept very clean, this allows for a comfortable learning environment. Each block of classrooms also has security guards that are visible to all students at all times providing a secure and safe schooling environment for students. The school is based on a diverse society, multi-racial students with different traditions and beliefs. This allows for students to intermingle with students that share a different value or trait, allowing for all students to see equality in our rainbow nation, South Africa.
QUESTION B
Social media applications have rules our youth for the past ten to twelve years. MXit is still one of the major applications used by majority of the students, as stipulated in the articles, “MXit also appeals to young people from poorer communities due to its low cost...”. The students in my Grade Ten classes come from the lower socioeconomic background. Students will be interested in this article mainly because it relates to them in a sense that, they are familiar with this application which they use on a daily basis to communicate with fellow classmates as well as friends and/or family members. Learners will be able to relate to the discussion at hand because they have a lot of knowledge on the particular application that is being related in the article, furthermore, I personally feel that after the discussion a lot of students will also join the “Safely Home App”, joining 45 547 other young and
SAMEERA MANJOO
45909385
QUESTION A
English in my school environment is used as a home language to 40% of the students in my classroom and as a first language to the remaining majority. The school is well resourced with textbooks, chalkboards, projectors and also writing books as materials and every student has a desk and chair to sit on during the school day. The school accommodates for students with the playground as well, they have a volleyball, basketball, and soccer and tennis court. All buildings of the school are well maintained and kept very clean, this allows for a comfortable learning environment. Each block of classrooms also has security guards that are visible to all students at all times providing a secure and safe schooling environment for students. The school is based on a diverse society, multi-racial students with different traditions and beliefs. This allows for students to intermingle with students that share a different value or trait, allowing for all students to see equality in our rainbow nation, South Africa.
QUESTION B
Social media applications have rules our youth for the past ten to twelve years. MXit is still one of the major applications used by majority of the students, as stipulated in the articles, “MXit also appeals to young people from poorer communities due to its low cost...”. The students in my Grade Ten classes come from the lower socioeconomic background. Students will be interested in this article mainly because it relates to them in a sense that, they are familiar with this application which they use on a daily basis to communicate with fellow classmates as well as friends and/or family members. Learners will be able to relate to the discussion at hand because they have a lot of knowledge on the particular application that is being related in the article, furthermore, I personally feel that after the discussion a lot of students will also join the “Safely Home App”, joining 45 547 other young and