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Autor/inn/en | Naidoo, Shamila; Gokool, Roshni; Ndebele, Hloniphani |
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Titel | The Case of isiZulu for Non-Mother Tongue Speakers at the University of Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa--Is the Compulsory Language Module Promoting Social Cohesion? |
Quelle | In: Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 39 (2018) 4, S.356-368 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift
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Sprache | englisch |
Dokumenttyp | gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz |
ISSN | 0143-4632 |
DOI | 10.1080/01434632.2017.1393079 |
Schlagwörter | Foreign Countries; Compulsory Education; African Languages; College Second Language Programs; Social Integration; Learning Modules; Graduate Surveys; Sociolinguistics; Language Attitudes; Communication Skills; Pretests Posttests; Student Attitudes; South Africa |
Abstract | The Minister of Higher Education, Blade Nzimande's, call on the 5th of April 2011 for South African universities to implement a policy which saw all university graduates exiting with a credit in an African language was the catalyst for the University of KwaZulu-Natal's decision to implement a compulsory isiZulu module for all non-mother tongue speakers of the language. One of the goals motivating the University of KwaZulu-Natal decision was the promotion of the buzzword 'social cohesion'. This article reports on the findings of a survey conducted with a sample of 350 learners who completed the Basic IsiZulu Language Studies (ZULN101) module in 2015 at the University of KwaZulu-Natal. The survey sought to assess the extent to which the goal of promoting social cohesion is being achieved. The findings confirm the existence of a complex and ambivalent linguistic landscape in South Africa; one in which learners acknowledge the benefits of an ability to communicate in an African language but also show limited inclination towards acquiring competence in the language; thereby, decelerating the promotion of social cohesion, per se. (As Provided). |
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Update | 2020/1/01 |