Education, Language, and Identity amongst Students at a South African University

Autor/inn/en	Parkinson, Jean; Crouch, Alison
Titel	Education, Language, and Identity amongst Students at a South African University
Quelle	In: Journal of Language, Identity, and Education, 10 (2011) 2, S.83-98 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1534-8458
Schlagwörter	Student Attitudes; Focus Groups; Interviews; Foreign Countries; English (Second Language); Official Languages; Questionnaires; Language of Instruction; African Languages; Self Concept; Writing Skills; College Students; South Africa + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schülerverhalten; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Ausland; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Office language; Amtssprache; Fragebogen; Teaching language; Unterrichtssprache; Africa; Language; Languages; Afrika; Sprachen; Afrikanische Sprache; Selbstkonzept; Writing skill; Schreibfertigkeit; Collegestudent; Südafrika; Süd-Afrika; Republik Südafrika; Südafrikanische Republik
Abstract	This article reports on a study of language and cultural identity of mother-tongue Zulu students at an English-medium South African university. The data consist of focus group interviews, questionnaires, and student opinions in essays. Findings include a strong identification of the participants with the Zulu language and Zulu culture, and a view of English variously as a language of settlers that participants are forced to speak for instrumental reasons, or, more positively, as a language useful for education and as a lingua franca. Stigmatisation of those who speak English "too much" was evident. Other findings are that although participants had been educated at nominally English-medium schools, classroom instruction for many was likely to have been in Zulu, with English used only for written work. After 1 year at university, however, students could articulate a clear idea of the kind of writing demanded by university study. (Contains 1 table and 4 footnotes.) (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10