GGH1501 TL 201/2/2018 INTRODUCTION TO GEOGRAPHY SEM 2 (18 PAGES)

Tutorial Letter 201/2/2018 Know your world:
Introduction to
Geography GGH1501
Semester 2
Department of Geography IMPORTANT INFORMATION
This tutorial letter contains:  Comments on Assignment 01  Comments on Assignment 02
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CONTENTS
1 Introduction
2 Comments on Assignment 01
3 Comments on Assignment 02
4 Concluding remarks
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Introduction
Dear Student
The purpose of Tutorial Letter 201 is to provide comments on Assignments 01 and 02. You will
be able to use these comments to improve your answers, especially for those questions you
received unsatisfactory marks on. You can also just read through the comments to improve your
understanding of the material in a general way. Lastly, the comments for Assignment 02 form
part of the memorandum used to mark the assignment. This will give you a better idea of not
only what was required, but also how marks were awarded.
Note the following acronyms that are used in the sections below to refer to different elements of
the study material:
 PB Sect A: Section A of the Prescribed Book
 PB Sect B: Section B of the Prescribed Book
 SG: Study guide document (GGH1501_SG001_2018)
 MCQs: Multiple-Choice Questions
 TL: Tutorial letter
 Sect: Section
 Ch: Chapter
 Fig: Figure
 p/pp: Page/pages
The names of the lecturers who have contributed to this tutorial letter are mentioned in the
sections they are lecturing this semester. Please contact them as indicated if you have any
queries.
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2 Comments on Assignment 01 Enquiries: Mr Carel Greyling, +27 11 670 9464, [email protected] Learning Unit 0: Know your learning environment
Page references
Comments on correct answer and/or incorrect option (where applicable)
1 2 3 2 TL101: 9 TL101: 11
You will be automatically assigned to an e-tutor group a while after you registered on myUnisa.
Compare the various statements in the question to the information provided in TL101, and you will note that the assignments contribute 25% to the final mark.
3 4 TL101: 9
It is clearly stated in TL101 that the easiest way to arrange a meeting with the primary lecturer is to email or phone directly.
4 1 TL101: 7
This was an easy one. Compare the ISBN number in the question to the one provided in TL101 and see if it correlates.
5 6 5 2 TL101: 8-9 TL101: 11-12
For GGH1501 you can find all tutorial letters in additional resources on myUnisa.
Please make sure that you understand the difference between your year mark (which is the same as your semester mark), exam mark and final mark. You can answer the question by calculating your year mark as follows: Reducing each of the assignments marks to their correct weight and then add these weights together. Assignment 1 has a weight of 10% (so 46% is reduced to 4.6%), Assignment 2 has a weight of 50% (so 66% is reduced to 33%) and Assignment 3 has a weight of 40% (so 52% is reduced to 20.8%) of the year mark. This results in a year mark of 58.4%. If compared to the