The "Language Struggle" in South Africa: Emergence and Development in Educational Policy. 1987-1988 World Education Monograph Series, Number One.

Autor/in	Reagan, Timothy
Institution	Connecticut Univ., Storrs. Thut (I.N.) World Education Center.
Titel	The "Language Struggle" in South Africa: Emergence and Development in Educational Policy. 1987-1988 World Education Monograph Series, Number One.
Quelle	(1988), (26 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
ISBN	0-918158-907
Schlagwörter	Afrikaans; Bilingualism; Black Education; Colonialism; Educational History; Educational Policy; English; Foreign Countries; Immigrants; Indigenous Populations; Language Attitudes; Language of Instruction; Language Planning; Native Language Instruction; Official Languages; Public Policy; Racial Bias; Second Language Instruction; South Africa + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Bilingualismus; Kolonialismus; History of education; Bildungsgeschichte; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; English language; Englisch; Ausland; Immigrant; Immigrantin; Immigranten; Sinti und Roma; Sprachverhalten; Teaching language; Unterrichtssprache; Sprachwechsel; Native language education; Muttersprachlicher Unterricht; Office language; Amtssprache; Öffentliche Ordnung; Racial discrimination; Rassismus; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Südafrika; Süd-Afrika; Republik Südafrika; Südafrikanische Republik
Abstract	The "language struggle" has been a focus of disagreement throughout South Africa's educational history. In contemporary South Africa, the issue of the language used as a medium of instruction has been most controversial in black education, where the government's policy of initial native language instruction has been widely denounced as an attempt to retribalize black South Africans. The native language policy controversy grows from the historical language struggle in the white community, which deeply influenced government policy toward black education. Before 1800, education was largely controlled by the Dutch, and even the French Huguenots were assimilated into the Dutch community. British occupation around 1800 marked the beginning of serious anglicization of the Cape and legal establishment of English as the official language. Antagonism grew between Boers and English, and English-medium instruction was inconsistent. In 1892, a law left the choice of medium of instruction up to the parents. The Afrikaans language movement pressed for native-language instruction among Afrikaans children. The 1910 Act of Union made both English and Dutch official languages, affirming bilingualism in education. While the language issue for white education is now largely settled, language remains a highly divisive issue in black education, with blacks largely rejecting native-language-medium schooling. (MSE)
Anmerkungen	The Isaac N. Thut World Education Center, School of Education, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06268 ($2.50).
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC