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  Coursera week 3   This week begins with a discussion of culture and its relevance when individuals become mobile, moving between geographical and social contexts. I look at a case study of a student from the United Kingdom who comes to Johannesburg, South Africa. The case study help me to think about who owns culture and how different or similar we are across contexts. Next, I consider Thornton’s arguments about culture. He argues against the view that there are many cultures and notes that there is only culture. Thornton considers culture as a resource to which people have different degrees of access. Some examples of cultural resources are clothes, money, beliefs, ideas. Individuals draw on these to construct their identity, but unequal access to these resources that are valued gives some people more possibilities to construct identities that are dominant and more valued.  This creates a semblance of difference between groups of people. As people move across bor...

  Coursera Week 2   In this week I learned to developing the concept of identity by considering the effects of mobility on one’s identity. Throughout time, as individuals moved across borders, they were either welcomed or perceived as an outsider or a threat. In South Africa during Apartheid, people within the country were further separated into ‘homelands’, and those who challenged the boundaries such as Nelson Mandela were labelled as criminals and terrorists. I also introduced to a three-part strategy to approach my readings: preview, overview and inview, understand how identity is socially and individually constructed, Acknowledge the effects of mobility on identity, Recognize the components and function of an introduction in an academic essay, Review how educators evaluate introductions written by the student writers, Recognize the relationship between the introduction and conclusion Construct an introduction for my essay   I still find it difficult to Reco...

  Morphology Coursera     From this course, I learn about practical aspects of academic writing, such as structure and the importance of defining key terms in an essay. I find it difficult to distinguish the three essential structural components (introduction, body, conclusion) of an academic essay Emphasising is the new vocab for me  

  Airliner :  An  airliner  is a type of aircraft for transporting passengers and air cargo. "When i was a kid i saw a big airliner in the airport" Plosive :  a pulmonic consonant in which the vocal tract is blocked so that all airflow ceases. "I learn about plosive in biology class when i was at senior high school" Gout :  Gout  is a common and complex form of arthritis that can affect anyone. "My grandfather had a Gout" Zinky : Relating to, containing, or having the apperence of zinc "It's difficult to  find   Zinky in a sentence" Faucet :  a device by which a flow of liquid or gas from a pipe or container can be controlled; a tap. "My sister broke the kitchen faucet and my mom get really really mad"