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- ItemOpen AccessWriting Your World Week 2 Video 2 - Identity and mobility through the ages(2019-06-01) Hunma, Aditi; Nomdo, GideonThis video focuses on the ideas of identity and mobility through history. The video looks at how the world has changed throughout history. It then touches on how modern mobility helps constructs the "other." It also touches on the labels that are used to identify the outsiders. The video then discusses xenophobic attacks and the holocaust. The video also looks at the migration that took place after South Africa's independence. This is video 1/10 in week 2 of the Writing your World course.
- ItemOpen AccessWriting Your World Week 2 Video 5 - Applying Reading Strategies: Sichone's Chapter(2019-06-01) Nomdo, Gideon; Hunma, AditiThis video focuses on how reading strategies can be applied to Sichone's chapter. The video explains the purpose of the chapter with regards to the essay writing process. The video lists the areas of the book to analyse when using the preview reading strategy. The video also discusses how the preview might not be enough to decide whether to discard or read the text. It then focuses on the overview reading strategy. The video then discusses the sections of the essay to analyse during the overview. It also touches on the analysis questions to ask during the preview and overview. It then gives examples of the analysis from the academic text. This is video 5/10 in week 2 of the Writing your World course.
- ItemOpen AccessWriting Your World Week 3 Video 11 - Giving feedback on Ziggy’s paragraph(2019-06-01) Nomdo, Gideon; Hunma, AditiThis video focuses on Ziggy's paragraph construction. The video restates how Ziggy introduced identity in his introduction. The video then discusses how Ziggy uses his Zulu identity, migration and South Africa's history shaped his identity in the first paragraph. In the second paragraph, Ziggy then looks more broadly at the global context. The video discusses what Ziggy has done correctly and incorrectly when it comes to sentence structure. The video then discusses how to strengthen arguments and provide links between different sections in the paragraph. The video then lays out what Ziggy has done well and where he could improve in his paragraphs. This is video 11/12 in week 3 of the Writing your World course.
- ItemOpen AccessWriting Your World Week 3 Video 9 - Student writers drafting their paragraphs(2019-06-01) Nomdo, Gideon; Hunma, AditiThis video focuses on the process of the students drafting their paragraphs. The video observes how the different students discuss the themes of identity and linking it to mobility and culture in their paragraphs. The video looks at whether each student has presented their ideas convincingly. Ada's uses her experiences growing up in her arguments. Ziggy draws on the works of Sichone and Blommeart in his arguments alongside his experiences and the history of his people. Joey makes use of sexual orientation as a different perspective of looking at identity. This is video 9/12 in week 3 of the Writing your World course.
- ItemOpen AccessWriting Your World Week 4 Video 5 - Giving feedback on Ziggy's draft(2019-06-01) Nomdo, Gideon; Hunma, AditiThe video focuses on analysing Ziggy's essay draft. The video analyses Ziggy's argument in the introduction and points out where it has improved. It also discusses where he could have strengthened his introduction with regards to where his position overlaps with Woodward's. The video then discusses Ziggy's ability to find a link multiple ideas between authors and between various themes. The video then discusses Ziggy's conclusion and whether he is effective in summarise the ideas in his essay. It also touches on opportunities missed by Ziggy to strengthen his argument. The video then discusses the improvement in Ziggy's essay and the management of resources using the reference list. This is video 5/7 in week 4 of the Writing your World course.