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LST 110 STUDY GUIDE LST 110 FIRST SEMESTER...

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Contents Welcome to LST 110 ..................................................................................................................................... 6 Section 1: Organisational component .......................................................................................................... 8 Contact details .......................................................................................................................................... 8 Grievance procedure ................................................................................................................................ 8 1.1 Purpose of LST 110.............................................................................................................................. 8 1.1.2 What is literacy?............................................................................................................................... 8 1.1.3 What is academic literacy? .............................................................................................................. 9 1.1.4 Academic literacy as a collection of cultural practices .................................................................... 9 1.2 Who should register for LST 110? ..................................................................................................... 10 1.3 Educational approach ....................................................................................................................... 10 1.3.1 Argumentation ........................................................................................................................... 10 1.3.2 African-centred global citizenship ............................................................................................. 11 1.3.3 Hybrid learning........................................................................................................................... 11 1.3.3.1 What does hybrid learning require of you? ............................................................................ 12 1.3.4 Scaffolded argumentation ......................................................................................................... 12 1.4 LST 110 learning outcomes ............................................................................................................... 13 2. Learning materials................................................................................................................................... 14 2.1 The Merensky Library ................................................................................................................... 14 3. Learning time .......................................................................................................................................... 14 4. Assessment opportunities with due dates..............................................................................................15 5. Examination rules.................................................................................................................................... 16 6. UP Language policy and LST 110 language approach ............................................................................. 16 7. Presentation of LST 110 assessments ..................................................................................................... 17 8. Requirements for submission of assignments ........................................................................................ 17 9. Writing assistance: The Humanities Writing Centre (HWC) ...................................................................18 10. The structure of this study guide and the online ClickUP environment ............................................... 18 11. LST 110 argumentation scaffolds with associated academic literacy concepts ................................... 18 Scaffold 1: To be a scientist in Africa .................................................................................................. 18 Scaffold 2: Language and learning in Africa ........................................................................................ 19 Scaffold 3: Translanguaging argumentation concepts........................................................................ 19 1

Scaffold 4: Arguing together ............................................................................................................... 19 Scaffold 5: Summarising arguments ...................................................................................................19 Scaffold 6: Planning our arguments .................................................................................................... 19 Scaffold 7: Writing our arguments...................................................................................................... 19 Scaffold 8: Exam - Argumentative essay and multiple-choice questions ........................................... 19 12. Scaffold concepts ..................................................................................................................................19 13.1 Scaffold 1 concepts ..................................................................................................................... 20 13.2 Scaffold 2 concepts ..................................................................................................................... 20 13.3 Scaffold 3 concepts ..................................................................................................................... 20 13.4 Scaffold 4 concepts ..................................................................................................................... 22 13.5 Scaffold 5 concepts ..................................................................................................................... 22 13.6 Scaffold 6 concepts ..................................................................................................................... 23 13.7 Scaffold 7 concepts ..................................................................................................................... 23 Section 2: Theoretical component .............................................................................................................. 23 2.1 Introduction to theories of argumentation ...................................................................................... 24 2.1.1 What is argumentation? ................................................................................................................ 24 2.1.2 How is argumentation applied towards scientific inquiry? ........................................................... 25 2.1.3 What is the relationship between academic literacy practices and argumentation? ................... 26 2.2 Which argumentation branches are applied in the LST 110 curriculum?......................................... 26 2.2.1 Dialectical argumentation.............................................................................................................. 27 2.2.1.1 How will I apply dialectical argumentation in LST 110?.............................................................. 27 2.2.2 Rhetorical argumentation .............................................................................................................. 28 2.2.2.1 How will I apply rhetorical argumentation in LST 110? .............................................................. 28 2.2.2.1.1 Online forums .......................................................................................................................... 28 2.2.2.1.2 Peer teams ............................................................................................................................... 28 2.3 The argumentation branches of Logical Fallacies and Informal Logic .............................................. 29 2.3.1 How the Logical Fallacies and Informal Logic branches are applied in the LST 110 curriculum.... 29 2.4 Discourses and argumentation ......................................................................................................... 30 2.4.1 What is discourse? ......................................................................................................................... 30 2.4.2 Primary discourses and argumentation ......................................................................................... 30 2.4.3 Secondary discourses and argumentation..................................................................................... 31 2

2.5 Academic literacy as a secondary discourse ..................................................................................... 31 Section 3: Scaffolds ..................................................................................................................................... 32 3.1 Scaffold 1 - To be a scientist in Africa ................................................................................................... 32 3.1.1 Introduction ................................................................................................................................... 32 3.1.1.1 Forum option 1 - Accessing our primary discourses through music........................................... 32 3.1.1.2 Forum option 2 - Accessing our primary discourses by considering global technological innovations.............................................................................................................................................. 33 3.1.2 Instructions .................................................................................................................................... 33 3.1.3 Audience ........................................................................................................................................ 34 3.1.5 Self-assessment rubric ................................................................................................................... 34 3.2 Scaffold 2 - Language and learning in Africa ......................................................................................... 34 3.2.1 Introduction ................................................................................................................................... 34 3.2.2 Assessment 2/Scaffold 2 – Journal writing .................................................................................... 35 3.2.3 Instructions .................................................................................................................................... 35 3.2.3.1 Guidelines for journaling......................................................................................................... 35 3.2.4 Audience ........................................................................................................................................ 36 3.2.5 Rubric (lecturer assessed) .............................................................................................................. 36 3.3 Scaffold 3 - Translanguaging argumentation concepts.........................................................................37 3.3.1 Introduction ................................................................................................................................... 37 3.3.2 Assessment 3/Scaffold 3 – Translanguaging .................................................................................. 37 3.3.3 Instructions .................................................................................................................................... 38 3.3.4 Audience ........................................................................................................................................ 39 3.3.5 Rubric (peer teams/lecturer moderated) ...................................................................................... 39 3.4 Scaffold 4 - Arguing together ................................................................................................................ 40 3.4.1 Introduction ................................................................................................................................... 40 3.4.2 Assessment 4/Scaffold 4 - Poster...................................................................................................40 3.4.3 Instructions .................................................................................................................................... 41 3.4.4 Audience ........................................................................................................................................ 41 3.4.5 Rubric (peer teams assessed) ........................................................................................................ 42 3.5 Scaffold 5 - Summarising arguments .................................................................................................... 42 3.5.1 Introduction ................................................................................................................................... 42 3

3.5.2 Paraphrasing .................................................................................................................................. 42 3.5.3 Summarisation topics .................................................................................................................... 43 3.5.4 Assessment 5/Scaffold 5 - Summary writing ................................................................................. 43 3.5.5 Instructions .................................................................................................................................... 44 3.5.6 Audience ........................................................................................................................................ 44 3.5.7 Rubric (lecturer assessed) .............................................................................................................. 44 3.6 Scaffold 6 - Planning our arguments ..................................................................................................... 44 3.6.1 Introduction ................................................................................................................................... 44 3.6.2 Elements of planning ..................................................................................................................... 45 3.6.3 Assessment 6/Scaffold 6 - Essay outline ........................................................................................ 45 3.6.4 Instructions .................................................................................................................................... 46 3.6.5 Audience ........................................................................................................................................ 46 3.6.6 Rubric (lecturer assessed) .............................................................................................................. 47 3.6.7 Outline example ............................................................................................................................. 47 3.7 Scaffold 7 - Writing our arguments - Argumentative essay .................................................................. 47 3.7.1 Introduction ................................................................................................................................... 48 3.7.2 Instructions .................................................................................................................................... 48 3.7.3 Audience ........................................................................................................................................ 48 3.7.5 Argumentative essay criteria (lecturer assessed) .......................................................................... 49 3.8 Scaffold inputs.......................................................................................................................................50 3.8.1a - Scaffold 1 - A short example of reflection on musical lyrics .......................................................... 50 3.8.1b – Scaffold 1 – “China’s Race for Scientific and Technological Supremacy” ..................................... 51 3.8.2 Scaffold 2 - Journal inputs .................................................................................................................. 53 3.8.3.1 Set A - Text 1: Science and culture.............................................................................................. 53 3.8.3.2 Set A - Text 2: The nature of science ..........................................................................................54 3.8.3.3 Set B - Text 1: Prof Adeyinka Falusi............................................................................................. 57 3.8.3.4 Set B - Text 2: Dr Chris Barnard................................................................................................... 59 3.8.3 Scaffold 3 - Why are we “translanguaging” in LST 110 ...................................................................... 60 3.8.3.1 Template for Assessment 3.........................................................................................................61 3.8.4 Scaffold 4 – Examples of scientific and multimodal posters.............................................................. 61 3.8.4.1 Graphs ..................................................................................................................................... 62 4

3.8.4.1.1 Pie graphs............................................................................................................................. 62 3.8.4.1.2 Horizontal bar graph ............................................................................................................ 63 3.8.4.1.3 Line graphs ........................................................................................................................... 64 3.8.5 Scaffold 5 – Summary objective re-visited......................................................................................... 65 3.8.5.1 Objective of the summary .......................................................................................................... 65 3.8.5.2 Example of a previous LST 110 student’s summary.................................................................... 65 3.8.6 Scaffold 6............................................................................................................................................ 65 3.8.6.1 Thesis statements ................................................................................................................... 65 

Example of a thesis statement .................................................................................................... 65

3.8.6.2 Outline/Essay structure ..........................................................................................................66 3.8.6.3 Referencing ............................................................................................................................. 66 3.8.6.4 Mind map for planning ...........................................................................................................67 3.8.4.1.4 Essay source identification...................................................................................................68 3.8.7 Scaffold 7 - Argumentative essay inputs............................................................................................ 68 3.8.7.1 Reiteration of key Assessment 7 concepts ................................................................................. 68 3.8.7.2 Essay examples ...........................................................................................................................69 4. References .............................................................................................................................................. 79

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Welcome to LST 110 Dear Student Welcome to LST 110. We are confident that your time with us in the first semester will be exciting, challenging and developmental in multiple ways. Much thought and planning has been put into the 2020 LST curriculum to ensure that you remain engaged and participate interactively - online and in-person throughout the duration of th...