English Lan & Lit

The Importance of a person's home language In my opinion, I think it is important to maintain your home language because you learn basic skills  to set you for a foundation era of your life. And then, you can broaden your expertise into a more complex and advanced perspective of the world and people's beliefs and opinions. To speak your mother tongue, will also help you to learn another language easily - unless the languages are totally different. But, if they are similar like (Dutch & Afrikaans), it is more likely that you will use the same technique to learn the language like you were taught with your home language. Thus, having to speak and maintain your home language helps others identify you and it makes you into the person you are (culturally & personally). It is important to develop your native language(especially for international students in international schools) because, we will tend to lose vital aspects of our mother tongue or even forget the whole lang...

Blog Post 3 - A Good Name Keasha Tatum McGowan is my full name, as some of you know already but let me first begin by stating what the name Keasha means. In African natives it means "favourite or favourite person", and in Hebrew it means "Cinnamon". The name Keasha is of  English - American origin. It's also said that the name is valiant and possess great character. The name reflects on my spirituality, versatile and idealistic. As for my middle name, Tatum (Yes, as in Channing Tatum), means cheerful or full of spirit. And in America the name means "to bring joy."The name is of English origin and is unisex. It is said that the many with this name has a desire for order or physical creativity and excellent at expressing themselves, which is true because I express myself through fashion and actions I commit. The name also hold a great leisure of liberal art, which makes sense because I am artistic in my own way. Lastly, for my surname, McGowan; doe...

Blog Post 2 - Cultural Marker Hello Everyone I'm from South Africa and as some of you know that is a diverse country for 22 years which is known as the 'Rainbow Nation'. South Africa has 11 official languages and various religions. Before democracy (1994), South Africa suffered through Apartheid (which some of you may know). Thus created the separation between Western culture and African culture. As you know, the white government had demanding laws and customs among black people and providing new laws to make their (whites) lives easier. During these years, black people found it difficult to express their native culture. After democracy, laws changed as we had our first black president (Nelson Mandela). It was an enjoyable time for my forefathers as they had freedom and rights. After a few years, or the time I was born, 80% of people were adapted to the Western culture; leaving the 20% to African culture. During the 2000's, people were concerned about their freed...

Hello I am Keasha McGowan from Johannesburg, South Africa. My interests include personalizing homes (interior designing), listening to music, dancing, singing, love doing makeup as well as makeovers, playing volleyball, tennis and netball, running, going to the gym, baking, deep-sea diving, listening to people's problems and finding solutions for them, photography and volunteering (especially for something that would benefit many.) I care about other people's opinions and believes; as these are their perspectives of the world. I care about my family and my friends, as they are the people I look to when having bad day or need comfort. I care about the youth of this world because they are the future and hoping they make this world a better place. My goals for this year and the end of Year 12 is to achieve and graduated with a score of 38 and above. after graduating at Raha, I would like to go to Monash University, in Melbourne to do two majors. One major as Psychology and t...