Educational implications of nonstandard varieties of Xhosa

This study aims: (i) to find out if language interference and language change would cause the students to fail Xhosa. The response of schools to this situation will be investigated and an attempt will be made to understand the dichotomy that exists in spoken and written Xhosa. (ii) to look at the implications on nonstandard Xhosa of sociolinguistic factors such as attitudes, language policies, communicative influence of the mass media, and language use in multilingual societies. (iii) to examine the effects of 'dialects' of Xhosa on standard Xhosa. (vi) to investigate the causes of this apparent lack of learners' interest towards learning Xhosa. (iv) to assess the contribution of language planners towards remedying the situation.

Grantor dc:publisher.institution

African Languages and Literatures

Year dc:date.issued

1998

Author dc:creator

• Sigcau, Nompucuko Eurica

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Gxilishe, D S

Language dc:language.iso

eng

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/11427/17152

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/17152