- Title
- An analysis of perceptions and attitudes to the study of IsiXhosa at tertiary level: NMMU a case study
- Creator
- Somhlahlo, Ruby Xoliswa
- Subject
- Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University -- Students -- Attitudes
- Subject
- Xhosa language -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- South Africa -- Port Elizabeth
- Subject
- Language and education -- South Africa
- Date Issued
- 2009
- Date
- 2009
- Type
- Thesis
- Type
- Doctoral
- Type
- DLitt
- Identifier
- vital:8461
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10948/863
- Identifier
- Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University -- Students -- Attitudes
- Identifier
- Xhosa language -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- South Africa -- Port Elizabeth
- Identifier
- Language and education -- South Africa
- Description
- This study is about the analysis of perceptions and attitudes concerning the study of isiXhosa at tertiary level Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University (NMMU) in Port Elizabeth. The objective of this study is to investigate negative attitudes of African students with special reference to isiXhosa. Chapter One looks at the objectives of the research, the research problem, and its theoretical framework, as well as the literature review, the significance of the study, the research methods and definition of terms. Chapter Two deals with language planning and the current negative attitudes towards African languages, with special reference to isiXhosa. Chapter Three deals with status planning, the teaching of isiXhosa, language maintenance and multilingual education policy. Chapter Four discusses corpus planning, the role that Xhosa educators and students should play in the development of the language. Chapter Five discusses acquisition planning, the attitudes towards isiXhosa language and the maintenance of the language. Chapter Six concludes the study by presenting the summary and recommendations for the future research.
- Format
- iv, 209 leaves
- Format
- Publisher
- Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University
- Publisher
- Faculty of Arts
- Language
- English
- Rights
- Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University
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