AFL2601 - Communication Dynamics In African Languages
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OCTOBER/NOVEMBE
2022
,UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS
Take Home Exam
October/ November 2022
AFL2601
Communication Dynamics in African Languages
100 Marks
Duration: 48 Hours
This paper consists of 35 pages.
Instructions:
PLEASE TAKE NOTE:
You are allowed to access your prescribed works and the study material. You are however not allowed to copy
verbatim from your study material. You should write the answers in your own words. In the case of any cheating
or plagiarism no mark will be allocated.
The exam can be downloaded on Saturday 15 October 08:00 and must be uploaded by Saturday 15 October
11:00
Please note that the QR Code is in page 2
NO LATE EXAMS WILL BE ACCEPTED.
You can provide your answers in your own exam script, either in typed format or handwritten format. The
answered exam script must be uploaded as a PDF electronic document and NOT as a scanned image.
ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS (1–7)
Question 1 consists of twenty Multiple Choice Questions (in English only) that have to be answered in your exam
script. Please provide the numbers of the multiple-choice questions, and next to each number, give the correct option,
e.g.
1. A
2. B
etc.
Questions 2 to 7 consist of short and essay type questions. Please consider the marks which have been allocated per
question. They should give you a good indication of the amount of information needed.
IMPORTANT
Questions 2 – 9 in this paper are in English as well as isiZulu, isiXhosa, Sesotho sa Leboa, Setswana, Sesotho,
Siswati, isiNdebele, Tshivenḑa and Xitsonga. Please choose ONE language to answer the questions. Please
indicate at the top of your exam script which language you have chosen. When answering your questions you
should use the chosen language throughout. Codeswitching between languages will result in a penalty and loss of
well deserved marks.
The English paper starts on p. 2. Should you prefer to answer in an African Language of your choice, please find
the page numbers below:
IsiZulu : page 4
IsiXhosa : page 14
Sesotho sa Leboa : page 17
Setswana : page 20
Sesotho : page 23
SiSwati : page 26
IsiNdebele : page 29
Tshivenda : page 32
Xitsonga : page 35
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BEFORE YOU START ANSWERING THE QUESTIONS BELOW, PLEASE INDICATE THE
LANGAUGE YOU HAVE CHOSEN TO ANSWER QUESTIONS 2 TO 7.
QUESTION 1: MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS
1. The African languages are experienced as difficult to learn by non-speakers of an African
language because of …
(a) economic pressures.
(b) structural differences between their languages and an African language.
(c) lack of prestige associated with knowing an African language.
(d) an inherent inability to acquire an additional language.
2. Guthrie’s classification of languages into zones was based on the following principles:
3. Which areas in South Africa tend to be more linguistically homogeneous?
(a) Cape Town
(b) Urban areas
(c) Johannesburg
(d) Rural areas.
4. When you are able to apply some of your knowledge of one language to a new language
this is called …
(a) linguistic improvisation.
(b) language transfer.
(c) automatic translation.
(d) information extraction.
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