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Direct linkPosel, Dorrit; Hunter, Mark; Rudwick, Stephanie – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2022
In this study, we revisit the status of English relative to the African languages in South Africa by analysing new national data on the main language spoken outside the home. These data, which derive from the General Household Surveys of 2017 and 2018, complement commonly collected data on the main language spoken within the home. Our analysis…
Descriptors: Incidence, African Languages, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Makoe, Pinky; McKinney, Carolyn – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2014
Existing research on language in South African schooling frequently draws attention to the problematic hegemony of English and the lack of access to quality education in the home language of the majority of learners, often drawing on the metaphor of a gap or a disjuncture between post-apartheid language in education policy (LiEP) and its…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Multilingualism, Language Attitudes, Power Structure
