(Unused) potentials of educators’ covert language policies at public schools in Limpopo, South Africa:

Kretzer, Michael M; Kaschula, Russell H

Title: (Unused) potentials of educators’ covert language policies at public schools in Limpopo, South Africa:
Creator: Kretzer, Michael M
Creator: Kaschula, Russell H
Date Issued: 2020
Date: 2020
Type: text
Type: article
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/174679
Identifier: vital:42500
Identifier: DOI: 10.1039/D0PP00075B
Description: Language policy is an influencing factor of the educational outcome for pupils in Africa. Colonial languages have been largely used and African Languages are neglected. Despite this, the South African Constitution (1996) declares eleven official languages. However, curricular developments favour Afrikaans and English. To analyse the implementation of the official language policy, we focus on Limpopo Province. Over 1000 questionnaires were answered by teachers. This approach aimed to analyse the language practices and language attitudes of teachers. Schools in Limpopo showed significant differences between the official language policy and the daily language practices. Some teachers implement the official language policy; others use one or more African languages in their oral communications during the lessons in the form of Code Switching.
Format: 14 pages
Format: pdf
Language: English
Relation: Photochemical and Photobiological Sciences
Relation: Kretzer, M.M. and Kaschula, R.H., 2020. (Unused) potentials of educators’ covert language policies at public schools in Limpopo, South Africa. Current Issues in Language Planning, 21(3), pp.254-278
Relation: Photochemical and Photobiological Sciences volume 19 number 10 1442 1454 September 2020 1474-9092
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