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Direct linkPhaka, Fortunate Mafeta; Ovid, Dax – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2022
The discussion of African languages as languages of learning and teaching can be traced back to the 1980s. To date, this discussion still continues and efforts to intellectualise African languages have been lax. Here, we present practical South African examples of higher education achievements in African languages that demonstrate the challenges…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Teaching Methods, African Languages, Second Language Learning
Heugh, Kathleen; Stroud, Christopher; Scarino, Angela – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2019
In this paper we draw attention to people who journey from one temporal and spatial setting towards another in the 'South', who aspire to a reconfigured sense of belonging, prosperity and wellbeing, and their multilinguality and multilingualisms. Through three vignettes of journeys we illustrate how in changing of place that linguistic diversities…
Descriptors: Risk, Multilingualism, Well Being, Migration
Wildsmith-Cromarty, R.; Turner, N. – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2018
The University of KwaZulu-Natal has a bilingual language policy (2006) where students may receive instruction in isiZulu as well as in English. An online survey was carried out for all academic and support staff to gauge their linguistic capacity in isiZulu. Staff profiles were created in relation to their respective Colleges, Schools and…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Language of Instruction, School Policy, African Languages
Kamwendo, Gregory; Hlongwa, Nobuhle; Mkhize, Nhlanhla – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2014
After the demise of apartheid in South Africa in 1994, 11 languages (English, Afrikaans and 9 indigenous African languages) were given official status. In the higher education landscape, English remains the dominant language of scholarship. At the University of KwaZulu-Natal, English is the main medium of instruction but the institution's language…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Language of Instruction, Native Language, Second Language Learning
Nkosi, Zinhle Primrose – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2014
IsiZulu is one of the 11 official languages of South Africa and has the highest number of speakers in the country. While the South African Language Policy for Higher Education (2002) emphasizes the need to use African languages at universities, not many universities' isiZulu-speaking students prefer to be taught in isiZulu. Research has revealed…
Descriptors: Language Attitudes, Language of Instruction, Student Attitudes, African Languages
du Plessis, Theodorus – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2010
The Xhariep District is the largest district municipality of the Free State Province of South Africa, covering 26% of the total land surface of this province. It comprises three local municipalities, namely Letsemeng, Kopanong and Mohokare and contains a total of 17 towns. The District is a multilingual area, with Afrikaans (37.1%) and Sotho…
Descriptors: Municipalities, Language Planning, Official Languages, Multilingualism
Peer reviewedKamwangamalu, Nkonko M. – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2001
Examines the language planning situation in South Africa, where language has been instrumental in the country's transition from colonialism to apartheid to democracy. Addresses, diachronically and synchronically, the issues of language spread and use, language policy and planning, and language maintenance and shift. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Apartheid, Colonialism, Diachronic Linguistics, Foreign Countries
