Acknowledging diversity: The need to promote African languages

dc.creator	Zubeida Desai
dc.date	2013-02-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-07-20T22:17:14Z
dc.date.available	2015-07-20T22:17:14Z
dc.identifier	10.5785/10-1-246
dc.identifier	0259-2312
dc.identifier	2224-0012
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/c3bb11581494482698ae9beb1d84b87e
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/18911
dc.description	Multilingualism has become fashionable. However, the complexity of the concept is not widely recognized. Multilingualism is best addressed by extending the use of African languages beyond the fourth year at school. However, it is possible that this could frustrate learning, since at present it is difficult to develop CALP abilities in the L2 via the Ll, because of facts such as the low status of its speakers. Research should be done into the BJCS and CALP abilities of the pupils concerned at std 4 and std 9 level to determine the factors which influence language proficiency. Multilinguisme het 'n modewoord geword, maar die kompleksiteit van die konsep word nie allerwee begryp nie. Die beste manier om multilinguisme aan te spreek is om die gebruik van Afrikatale te verleng tot na die vierde skooljaar. Dit is egter moontlik dat so 'n stap leer kan belemmer, aangesien dit tans moeilik is om kognitiewelakademiese taalbevoegdheid deur middel van die eerste taal in die tweede taal te ontwikkel omrede faktore soos die lae status van sy sprekers. Die kognitiewe/akademiese taalbevoegdheid en basiese interpersoonlike kommunikasievaardighede van die betrokke leerlinge op st 4- en st 9-vlak behoort nagevors te word om vas te stel watter faktore taalbevoegdheid bei"nvloed.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	Stellenbosch University
dc.relation	http://perlinguam.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/246
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 10, Iss 1 (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	Acknowledging diversity: The need to promote African languages
dc.type	article