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Mathebula, Nikiwe; du Plessis, Theodorus – Language Learning Journal, 2010
This paper critically describes the process of language policy-making in the Free State province of South Africa since 1994, based on an adapted version of the "streams approach" to policy-making. Three policy-making phases are identified, namely a first phase under the Free State Provincial Language Committee; a second phase under the…
Descriptors: Language Planning, Multilingualism, Foreign Countries, State Government
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Wildsmith-Cromarty, Rosemary; Gordon, Mary – Language Learning Journal, 2009
The focus of this paper is on the effects of the use of the home language (i.e. isiZulu) on teachers' and learners' understanding and use of core concepts in mathematics and science at the senior phase, in contexts where the language of instruction is English. It reports on a national, collaborative, multilingual research project which attempts to…
Descriptors: Mathematics Curriculum, Science Curriculum, Language Planning, Mathematics Education