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Download full textSibongile J. Mahan; Nkidi C. Phatudi; Matshediso R. Modise – South African Journal of Childhood Education, 2024
Background: Language discussions have historically focused on the power dynamics between dominant and indigenous languages. This has generated discontent and contention on which language should rule the educational sector. The national language policy of South Africa mandates the use of all languages in the educational system. Even though there…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Multilingualism, Bilingual Education, Code Switching (Language)
The Role of English in South African Multilinguals' Linguistic Repertoires: A Cluster-Analytic Study
Direct linkRobyn Berghoff – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2024
A substantial body of research has examined the role of English in South Africans' linguistic repertoires. Many of these studies have investigated whether a language shift towards English might be underway among first-language (L1) speakers of the indigenous languages. At the same time, the role of English in the repertoires of L1 English speakers…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, African Languages, Multilingualism
Hays, Jennifer – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2009
Two international conferences held in southern Africa in 2005 gathered education and language experts to discuss practical, theoretical, and political aspects of the development of African languages for education. Despite the diversity of the participants, there was unanimous agreement that the economic and social benefits of providing…
Descriptors: African Languages, Language Dominance, Language of Instruction, Foreign Countries
Napier, Diane Brook; Napier, John D. – 2002
The history of language in South Africa is characterized by linguistic inequality, European domination and imperialist ideology, suppression and denigration of indigenous languages through non-recognition, and entangled interrelationships among education, race, language, and identity. Official policy enforced mono- or bilingualism through the use…
Descriptors: Apartheid, Blacks, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education
Setati, Mamokgethi – Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, 2005
This article explores the complex relationship between language and mathematics education in multilingual settings by presenting an analysis of one lesson from a multilingual primary mathematics classroom in South Africa taught by an appropriately qualified and experienced teacher. English emerged as a dominant language in this classroom, and this…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Multilingualism, Mathematics Education, Language Role
Kibbee, Douglas A. Ed. – 1998
This edited volume of conference papers contains the following titles: "Presentation: Realism and Idealism in Language Conflict and Their Resolution" (Douglas A. Kibbee); "Legal and Linguistic Perspectives on Language Legislation" (Douglas A. Kibbee); "The Linguistic Rights of Non-English Speaking Suspects, Witnesses,…
Descriptors: African Languages, English Only Movement, Ethnic Groups, Federal Legislation
