Browsing by Subject "Multilingualism"
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The accommodation of multilingualism through blended learning in two information technology classes
(UFS, 2013)The South African society can be described as culturally diverse and multilingual. However, despite the advantages of mother-tongue education, English is often chosen as the language of learning and teaching at the cost ... -
Combining games and speech recognition in a multilingual educational environment
(North-West University, 2014)Playing has been part of people's lives since the beginning of time. However, play does not take place in silence (isolated from speech and sound). The games people play allow them to interact and to learn through ... -
The continual conundrum of the "language across the curriculum" issue: lessons from the Bullock report (1975) for South African higher education today
((SAALT/SAVTO) South African Association of Language Teaching / Suid-Afrikaanse Vereniging vir Taalonderrig // Sabinet, 2012)The link between language and learning and how to develop language across the curriculum is a persisting theme in education research over time. In this article, the first in a series, we wish to contribute to the current ... -
Cultural identity and acquisition planning for English as a second language in South Africa
(North-West University (South Africa), Vaal Triangle Campus, 2000)English undeniably holds high status in South Africa and several people opt to learn English as a second language (L2). Despite overwhelmingly positive attitudes, low levels of English L2 proficiency are widely reported. ... -
Discrepancies between perceptions of English proficiency and scores on English tests: implications for teaching English in South Africa
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Evaluation of a franchised supplementary programme in English as a second language in South Africa : A case study
(North-West University (South Africa), Vaal Triangle Campus, 2016)In South Africa, schooling and literacy in an African home language, in public primary schools, is initially provided to learners in the first three years but as from the fourth year often change to English (and in some ... -
Explaining the ordinary magic of stable African multilingualism in the Vaal Triangle region in South Africa
(Taylor & Francis, 2014)The academic and public debates about language maintenance and language shift in the post-1994 South Africa distract attention from the more productive and important endeavour of explaining the nature of the multilingualism ... -
Flourishing functional multilingualism: evidence from language repertoires in the Vaal Triangle region
(De Gruyter, 2012)Currently, there is a debate about the potential language shift among speakers of African languages towards English. Scholars hold conflicting views about this issue and the debates are complicated because of the widespread ... -
The identity issue in bi- and multilingual repertoires in South Africa: Implications of Schneider's dynamic model
(John Benjamins, 2014)Identity construction drives the development of postcolonial Englishes in Schneider’s Dynamic Model. Contexts like those of South Africa where wide-spread bi- and multilingualism are observed challenge notions of English ... -
Ideology and subtitling: South African Soap Operas
(Les Presses de l’Université de Montréal, 2012)This article investigates the ideological component of patronage in the subtitling of four South African soap operas: Generations, 7de Laan, Muvhango, and Isidingo. Taking the concepts introduced by Lefevere as point of ...
