Language Proficiency and Language Policy in South Africa: Findings from New Data

Autor/inn/en	Posel, Dorrit; Casale, Daniela
Titel	Language Proficiency and Language Policy in South Africa: Findings from New Data
Quelle	In: International Journal of Educational Development, 31 (2011) 5, S.449-457 (9 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0738-0593
DOI	10.1016/j.ijedudev.2010.09.003
Schlagwörter	African Languages; Language Planning; Language of Instruction; Labor Market; Foreign Countries; Language Skills; English (Second Language); Language Proficiency; Bilingualism; Native Language; Second Language Learning; South Africa + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Africa; Language; Languages; Afrika; Sprachen; Afrikanische Sprache; Sprachwechsel; Teaching language; Unterrichtssprache; Labour market; Arbeitsmarkt; Ausland; Language skill; Sprachkompetenz; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Language skills; Bilingualismus; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Südafrika; Süd-Afrika; Republik Südafrika; Südafrikanische Republik
Abstract	This study explores new data from 2008 on language proficiency and labour market outcomes in the context of South Africa's language-in-education policy. We show that the economic returns to English language proficiency are large and higher than those to home language proficiency for the majority of employed South Africans. This helps explain why there is little incentive to switch to an African language as the language of instruction in schools. However, we show also that African adults are significantly more likely to be proficient in English if they are proficient in their home language. This finding supports the arguments of additive bilingualism, which identify the benefits of extended mother-tongue education for the acquisition of second-language skills. (Contains 8 tables and 3 figures.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10