ENG3701 Assignment 1 2025 – Due 30 April 2024

Section A: Engaging with Moodle content pages 1.1–1.5
1. How do South African citizens or individuals from other countries construct
their identities through complex relationships with language? One should relate
this question to multilingual or foreign language speakers of English.

Moodle content (pages 1.1–1.5)
In South Africa and globally, language plays a central role in shaping individual and
group identities. For multilingual or foreign language speakers of English, identity is
constructed through personal, political, and social relationships with language. This is
particularly evident in how speakers navigate between their home languages and
English, a global language often associated with power, education, and upward
mobility.