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“Implications of South Africa’s new language policy with special references to the implementation of African languages as media of instruction”
Includes bibliographical references.
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2014
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| author | Mmusi, Eboleleng Jacobus |
| author2 | Kuye, Jerry O |
| author_browse | Kuye, Jerry O Mmusi, Eboleleng Jacobus |
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| spelling | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/9702 “Implications of South Africa’s new language policy with special references to the implementation of African languages as media of instruction” Mmusi, Eboleleng Jacobus Kuye, Jerry O Democratic Governance Includes bibliographical references. This study has explored the New Language Policy of South Africa, with special reference to African languages as possible media of instruction, at pre-tertiary level of education. The most critical and relevant linguistic aspects examined here, takes into account the issue of multilingualism in education or multilingual education (particularly the issues that still handicaps it), the development of African languages and linguistic rights. The study provides a brief overview with regard to individual and collective rights in South Africa. In sum, the South African government’s attempt to implement the New Language Policy, in part, has been carefully examined. The study has also investigated the relationship between the New Language policy and the people it directly affects. In this respect, much attention has been paid to the attitudes of teachers and students of the African community, that is, African-language speakers, toward the New Language policy. However, the legitimacy of the New Language policy amongst the Afrikaans-speaking populace is not explored in this study. It is anticipated that further research will he conducted in this respect. This study has further demonstrated how the government can be entrapped through the designing of its public policies. Sometimes governments fail to implement the policies they have formulated and announced to the public. The New Language policy of South Africa is no exception. This study indicates that although the New Language policy is politically correct, it is practically unworkable, complex, problematic and controversial with regard to African languages as media of instruction. Some recommendations are provided to shed other alternatives with regard to the successful implementation of the New Language policy. The study indicates that the South African Government should minimise its eleven media of instruction. Whilst one language (English) should serve as a medium of instruction in predominantly African or Black public schools, other languages (African languages) should be taught as subjects in the school curriculum. 2014-11-18T17:02:14Z 2014-11-18T17:02:14Z 1999 Master Thesis Masters MA http://hdl.handle.net/11427/9702 eng application/pdf Department of Political Studies Faculty of Humanities University of Cape Town |
| spellingShingle | Democratic Governance Mmusi, Eboleleng Jacobus “Implications of South Africa’s new language policy with special references to the implementation of African languages as media of instruction” |
| thesis_degree_str | Master's |
| title | “Implications of South Africa’s new language policy with special references to the implementation of African languages as media of instruction” |
| title_full | “Implications of South Africa’s new language policy with special references to the implementation of African languages as media of instruction” |
| title_fullStr | “Implications of South Africa’s new language policy with special references to the implementation of African languages as media of instruction” |
| title_full_unstemmed | “Implications of South Africa’s new language policy with special references to the implementation of African languages as media of instruction” |
| title_short | “Implications of South Africa’s new language policy with special references to the implementation of African languages as media of instruction” |
| title_sort | implications of south africa s new language policy with special references to the implementation of african languages as media of instruction |
| topic | Democratic Governance |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/9702 |
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