An investigation into the factors affecting the pass rate of Grade Twelve learners with specific reference to the English subject : a case study of selected schools in Libode district

Mzokwana, Nomnikelo Nondwe

Title: An investigation into the factors affecting the pass rate of Grade Twelve learners with specific reference to the English subject : a case study of selected schools in Libode district
Creator: Mzokwana, Nomnikelo Nondwe
Subject: Language and education -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
Subject: School failure -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
Subject: Education, Secondary -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
Subject: English ability -- Testing
Subject: Education, Secondary -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape Case studies
Date Issued: 2008
Date: 2008
Type: Thesis
Type: Masters
Type: MPA
Identifier: vital:8215
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10948/1022
Identifier: Language and education -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
Identifier: School failure -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
Identifier: Education, Secondary -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
Identifier: English ability -- Testing
Identifier: Education, Secondary -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape Case studies
Description: Libode district is a rural district within the Eastern Cape Province. It has forty-two senior secondary schools. All schools in Libode district offer the English subject as the first additional language (second language). Schools in Libode district use English as the medium of instruction. English as the medium of instruction was seen by the National Department of Education as an important aspect of teaching and learning and as an effective tool through which teachers and learners can express their knowledge. The pass rate of grade twelve learners had declined from 2004 showing very low success rates. The quality of grade twelve results in English had deprived learners of their future career prospects. This treatise investigated the factors that might have affected the pass rate of grade twelve learners with specific reference to the English subject: a case study of selected schools in Libode district. A sample of 165 grade 12 learners and six English teachers from randomly selected senior secondary schools participated in the study. The study used both quantitative and qualitative approaches. Some factors affecting the pass rate of grade twelve learners with specific reference to the English subject were identified which included the non-implementation of English as medium of instruction, the non-availability of teaching facilities, and the influence of the mother tongue on the English subject. The treatise offers some recommendations such as improved in-service training on language teaching, assessment techniques and learner-centredness, involvement of all education stakeholders in the implementation of English as a language of teaching and learning, and the provision of teaching facilities in schools.
Format: viii, 95 leaves ; 30 cm
Format: pdf
Publisher: Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University
Publisher: Faculty of Arts
Language: English
Rights: Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University

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