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Showing 1 to 13 of 13 for “"Mother-tongue education"”.
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Perceptions of educators on the implementation of mother-tongue education in South Africa : a case study of selected schools in the UThungulu District of KwaZulu-Natal
Submitted in fulfillment of the requirement of the Degree of Master of Language Practice, Durban University of Technology, Durban, South Africa, 2021.
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The differences in medium of instruction for the lower primary phase in teacher education and schools in Namibia, with reference to the Kavango educational region, are a barrier to effective teaching and learning
… in the language of teaching in teacher education and the language of teaching in the lower primary phase is a barrier for effective teaching and learning in the targeted institutions. Furthermore, would additional focus on mother tongue education in teacher education benefit educational …
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Sol Plaatje’s Shakespeare : translation and transition to modernity
… have a place within the general context of mother tongue education.
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A critical analysis of the linguistic and educational challenges facing Border-straddling speech communities, with special reference to the Nyanja-Chewa-Mang'anja cluster of Southeastern Africa
… detail, in terms of its history and its present educational potential. The language is also spoken in Tanzania and Zimbabwe. In this case, the total number of speakers, although spread across five countries, would justify the wider use of the language in education if meaningful inter-state …
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The rights of minorities in the European Union
… or ethnic origin, and policies on culture and education, these references may be regarded as providing the preconditions for an EU regime of minority protection. This thesis investigates whether the EU should take these developments any further, and play more prominent role in protecting …
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The emergence of a rural/urban contrast in the vocabulary of Xhosa-speakers: a study in semantic shift in 15 Xhosa words and its relation to age, geographical area and language attitudes
… terminology development, dictionary revision, mother-tongue education and the creation of literature in Xhosa using the vocabulary of the youth. I conclude that further research on semantic shift in Xhosa is necessary in order to provide these sectors with reliable and useful data.
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Living on the Edge: The Predicament of a Rural Indigenous Santal Community in Bangladesh
… by the devaluation of indigenous peoples’ mother tongue, education, culture, and religion and by distancing them from the land that has belonged to them for centuries. The findings present a shift from the ritual-based, cultural matrix of the rural indigenous community and its …
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Injula ngezinkinga ezidala ukuthi abafundi bamabanga aphansi bangabi nasisekelo sokwazi ulimi lwesiZulu ngendlela efanele
… of KwaZulu-Natal. The focus of the study is on mother tongue education with reference to the role of isiZulu in the provision of Literacy at the foundation phase level. The chapters present an in depth analysis of the key problems which are faced by both teachers and learners in the foundation …
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Fimbo ya mbali haiui nyoka: the question of language and education in Tanzania
… Africa, it is not yet uhuru in terms of educational or economic independence. The objective of implementing adequate language policies for education and development unfortunately remains unfulfilled. This state of affairs persists in the face of decades of research on language of …
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Promoting oral proficiency through art-making in grade R
… and teachers in selecting and using a LoLT in educational programmes (Olivier et al., 2010; South Africa, 2003). Even though mother-tongue education is seen as an educationally sound policy, the majority of South Africans prefer English and not their home language as LoLT (South Africa, 2003). …
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Grade 11 learners' engagement with a literature setwork (Sophiatown) through a tramsmediation project in a third space
… In an era where there are cries from the top for Mother-Tongue education, transmediation and translanguaging as rooted in multimodality advocates for no utilisation of one language, dialect, or mode over another but sets the tone for using all available repertoires and modes for making meaning in …
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Exploring the writing experiences of Selobedu-speaking learners in Sepedi as home language: A case study in the Mopani District.
… used in Sepedi classrooms; the Department of Education should make available adequate materials such as textbooks, study guides, videos/DVDs and dictionaries written in Sepedi, to schools around Bolobedu.,. The Department could also consider revising the curriculum in the Intermediate Phase to …
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Assessment of the Medium of Instruction on Pupils Academic Performance in Literacy: a Study of Selected Lower Primary Schools in Ghana
… that exist in Ghana’s language-in-education policy. The current language-in-education policy allows for only the dominant language of the community, in which a school is situated, to be used as medium of instruction, even when pupils speak different languages in one P.3 classroom. …