Achieving Academic Excellence through Higher-Order Cognition in an African Language: Students Researching "Small Talk" in Sesotho sa Leboa

Autor/inn/en	Ramani, Esther; Joseph, Michael
Titel	Achieving Academic Excellence through Higher-Order Cognition in an African Language: Students Researching "Small Talk" in Sesotho sa Leboa
Quelle	In: Perspectives in Education, 26 (2008) 4, S.42-56 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0258-2236
Schlagwörter	African Languages; Academic Discourse; Multilingualism; Language Proficiency; Thinking Skills; Academic Achievement; Foreign Countries; College Programs; College Second Language Programs; Curriculum Design; College Curriculum; South Africa + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Africa; Language; Languages; Afrika; Sprachen; Afrikanische Sprache; Discourse; Diskurs; Mehrsprachigkeit; Multilingualismus; Language skill; Language skills; Sprachkompetenz; Denkfähigkeit; Schulleistung; Ausland; Studienprogramm; Lehrplangestaltung; Südafrika; Süd-Afrika; Republik Südafrika; Südafrikanische Republik
Abstract	In 2002 in a special issue of "Perspectives in Education" on multilingual education, we outlined the thinking underlying a proposed dual-medium degree (in Sesotho sa Leboa and English) at the then University of the North. This article theorises the experience of teaching and learning since 2003 when the degree, BA in Contemporary English and Multilingual Studies (BA CEMS), was first launched. We do this by describing the curricular structure of the degree, and by analysing how students researched "Small Talk" in a first-year module taught in Sesotho sa Leboa. We use Cummins' four-quadrant model to show how the learners are supported in their efforts to deploy higher-order thinking and to produce Sesotho sa Leboa of a Cognitive Academic Language Proficiency (CALP) level. The pedagogy used is discussed and an example of a student's academic writing in Sesotho sa Leboa is provided. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10