Language and academic achievement: Perspectives on the potential role of indigenous African languages as a lingua academica

dc.creator	Mbulungeni Madiba
dc.date	2013-04-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-07-20T22:08:14Z
dc.date.available	2015-07-20T22:08:14Z
dc.identifier	10.5785/28-2-528
dc.identifier	0259-2312
dc.identifier	2224-0012
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/f07b05f721ca44cb838822bf501c696f
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/11843
dc.description	<p><em>Although research literature abounds with studies that show the importance of language for academic achievement, the potential role of indigenous African languages in the educational sector in South Africa has not been adequately appraised or appreciated. Accordingly, ambivalence is still rife among parents, teachers, learners and government about the use of these languages for academic purposes. This ambivalence is evident from the existing national language education policies, school language policies, language curricula and language practices in schools. Thus, the purpose of this article is to discuss the perspectives on the potential role of indigenous African languages for academic purposes in South Africa. </em><em>The focus is mainly on the use of these languages to provide a scaffold for academic language proficiency which is critical to academic success. </em><em>To this end, a complementary language-use framework or model for using indigenous African languages to support the development of academic language in multilingual schools and universities is proposed</em>.</p>
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	Stellenbosch University
dc.relation	http://perlinguam.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/528
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/0259-2312
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/2224-0012
dc.source	Per Linguam : A Journal of Language Learning, Vol 28, Iss 2 (2013)
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.title	Language and academic achievement: Perspectives on the potential role of indigenous African languages as a lingua academica
dc.type	article