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Vukosi Linah Maluleke; Cornelia Smith; Makgatho – Journal of English Teaching, 2023
Folktales stem from the oral tradition passed down over generations by the people who recounted them. These tales form part of the prescribed syllabus, CAPS, in South Africa specifically for Grade 9 English First Additional (EFAL) learners. The study explored the perceptions of folktales by 9 learners and 9 teachers. It was a qualitative study…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Folk Culture, Oral Tradition, Indigenous Knowledge
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Railton, Nikki – Changing English: Studies in Culture and Education, 2015
This essay charts the experiences of a group of Year 10 students studying literature together. I challenge the current educational thinking that the literature classroom should consist exclusively of a set of canonised texts handed down from teacher to student. Instead I consider the importance of ensuring students have space to explore themselves…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Oral Language, Story Telling, Grade 9
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Kersting, Jessica M.; Anderson, Michele A.; Newkirk-Turner, Brandi L.; Nelson, Nickola W. – Topics in Language Disorders, 2015
African American English has a rich oral tradition, with identifiable features across all 5 systems of language--phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, and pragmatics. This is an investigation of the extent to which pragmatic features of African American oral storytelling traditions are apparent in the written stories of African American…
Descriptors: African American Students, Black Dialects, Oral Language, Story Telling