A Survey of Literacy Practices in Black and Coloured Communities in South Africa: Towards a Pedagogy of Multiliteracies

Autor/in	Banda, Felix
Titel	A Survey of Literacy Practices in Black and Coloured Communities in South Africa: Towards a Pedagogy of Multiliteracies
Quelle	In: Language, Culture and Curriculum, 16 (2003) 2, S.106-129 (24 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0790-8318
Schlagwörter	Racial Segregation; Foreign Countries; Literacy; Multilingualism; Questionnaires; Blacks; Minority Groups; Socioeconomic Status; Profiles; Geography; Cultural Traits; English (Second Language); Language Role; Family Environment; Reading Materials; African Languages; South Africa + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Rassentrennung; Ausland; Alphabetisierung; Schreib- und Lesefähigkeit; Mehrsprachigkeit; Multilingualismus; Fragebogen; Black person; Schwarzer; Ethnische Minderheit; Socio-economic status; Sozioökonomischer Status; Charakterisierung; Profilanalyse; Geografie; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Familienmilieu; Africa; Language; Languages; Afrika; Sprachen; Afrikanische Sprache; Südafrika; Süd-Afrika; Republik Südafrika; Südafrikanische Republik
Abstract	The initial motivation for the study was the view of multilingualism as a resource, in which all languages and literacies at the disposal of a learner are used for his/her benefit. In turn, interest was motivated by the notion of literacy practices as social practices linked to broader cultural and socioeconomic conditions (Street, 2001). Interest was also motivated by recent studies which stress the value of understanding the literacy practices that groups and communities are already engaged in before embarking on literacy programmes and pedagogical interventions (Prinsloo & Breier, 1996; Street, 2001). Drawing on a questionnaire designed to profile literacy practices in black and coloured communities and schools in South Africa, the study concludes that literacy practices are linked to demographic, geographical, attitudinal, linguistic, cultural and socioeconomic factors, all of which intersect in multiple ways with the legacy of apartheid. As a way of bridging the gulf between community literacies and schooled literacies, the study suggests a multiliteracy approach in which local literacies become vehicles for accessing educational discourses. (Contains 22 tables.) (Author).
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