'I often get that anxious feeling': language shift in English schools

dc.creator	Yusef De Klerk
dc.date	2008-08-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-07-20T22:21:28Z
dc.date.available	2015-07-20T22:21:28Z
dc.identifier	10.5785/14-1-179
dc.identifier	0259-2312
dc.identifier	2224-0012
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/b9f2a33d5c404f1680bf03f602bb18c9
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/20405
dc.description	<p>This article reports on the experiences and attitudes of Alrikaans-speaking parents who have recently chosen to send their children to English-medium schools in Grahamstown (Eastern Cape, South Africa). The research was carried out during 1998, and the project was a multi-faceted quantitative and qualitative longitudinal stuc(v involving responses to a postal questionnaire sent to all non-English parents at English-medium schools in the town, and/allow-up interviews with 26 parents. The aim of the project as a whole was to observe whether there is any evidence of a process of language shift taking place from Afrikaans to English, both on an individual level and on a hroader societal basis, to assess (from the parents' perspective) the linguistic and psycho- social effects on individuals who move to English-medium schools, and to monitor changing perceptions, language loyalty and attitudes over this period.</p><p>In hierdie artikel word verslag gelewer oar navorsing wat in 1998 gedoen is oor die ondervindings en houdings van Afrikaanssprekende ouers wat hulle kinders redelik onlang na Engelsmediumskole in Grahamstad (Oos-Kaap, Suid-Afrika) oorgeplaas het. Die projek was 'n veelfasettige kwantitatiewe en kwalitatiewe longitudinale studie. As deel van die projek is vraelyste per pos aan al die nie-Engelsprekende ouers van kinders in Engelsmediumskole in die stad gestuur en is dit opgevolg deur onderhoude met 26 ouers te voer. Die doel van die projek was om vas te stel c)ldaar hewyse is dat 'n taalverskuiwing van Afrikaans na Engels plaasgevind het op die vlak van so weI die individu as die hreer samelewing am te hepaal (vanuit die ouers se per.lpektie/J wat die linguistiese en psigo-sosiale uitwerking is op die indidue wat na Englesmediumskole verskuifword en IJIIl veranderende persepsies, taallojaliteit en houdings gedurende the betrokke tydperk te monitor.</p>
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	Stellenbosch University
dc.relation	http://perlinguam.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/179
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 14, Iss 1 (2008)
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
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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	'I often get that anxious feeling': language shift in English schools
dc.type	article