Life Sciences Reading Material in Vernacular: Lessons from Developing a Bilingual (IsiZulu and English) Book on South African Frogs

Autor/inn/en	Phaka, Fortunate Mafeta; Ovid, Dax
Titel	Life Sciences Reading Material in Vernacular: Lessons from Developing a Bilingual (IsiZulu and English) Book on South African Frogs
Quelle	In: Current Issues in Language Planning, 23 (2022) 1, S.96-111 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Phaka, Fortunate Mafeta) ORCID (Ovid, Dax)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1747-7506
DOI	10.1080/14664208.2021.1936397
Schlagwörter	Science Instruction; Teaching Methods; African Languages; Second Language Learning; Second Language Instruction; English (Second Language); Language Planning; Foreign Countries; Computational Linguistics; Zoology; Higher Education; Barriers; Bilingualism; Books; Reading Materials; Interdisciplinary Approach; Vocabulary Development; Biological Sciences; Language of Instruction; Case Studies; Scientific Literacy; Guides; Linguistic Borrowing; Taxonomy; South Africa + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Africa; Language; Languages; Afrika; Sprachen; Afrikanische Sprache; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Fremdsprachenunterricht; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Sprachwechsel; Ausland; Linguistics; Computerlinguistik; Zoologie; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Bilingualismus; Book; Buch; Monographie; Monografie; Fächerübergreifender Unterricht; Fächerverbindender Unterricht; Interdisziplinarität; Wortschatzarbeit; Abwasserbiologie; Teaching language; Unterrichtssprache; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Handbuch; Leitfaden; Lehnwort; Taxonomie; Südafrika; Süd-Afrika; Republik Südafrika; Südafrikanische Republik
Abstract	The discussion of African languages as languages of learning and teaching can be traced back to the 1980s. To date, this discussion still continues and efforts to intellectualise African languages have been lax. Here, we present practical South African examples of higher education achievements in African languages that demonstrate the challenges and opportunities of African language planning and corpus development. We particularly focus on the development of a peer-reviewed bilingual (IsiZulu and English) book on the frogs of Zululand, South Africa. The publication under consideration falls within the life sciences, and it is the first comprehensive book on South African frogs to be written in an African language. Developing life sciences reading material in vernacular is a time-consuming process that requires a multidisciplinary team which understands both life and social sciences. Furthermore, when vocabulary relating to a focal species is undocumented, field research is necessary to identify the nuances of a specific language or culture. This language planning effort under discussion demonstrates the IsiZulu language's ability to communicate life sciences and how language planning efforts can be made integrative and inclusive of previously marginalised languages. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01