How language challenges affect the behaviour of immigrant learners in the foundation phase at three schools in Gauteng, South Africa
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Date
2020
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Abstract
The education of immigrant children is influenced by many factors that emanate
from global socio-economic and political issues. In the South African education system,
teachers do not have guidelines on how to include immigrant children from diverse linguistic
and cultural backgrounds. The question that arose was ‘what effect does poor language
proficiency have on immigrant learners’ psychosocial development?’This study focused on how language challenges experienced by immigrant children
influence their relationships with themselves and others in the learning environment. The
second objective was to find out how teachers are coping with immigrant learners.
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Identity formation, Prosocial behaviour, Bullying, Psychosocial well-being, Social identity
Citation
Babane, V. C. (2020). How language challenges affect the behaviour of immigrant learners in the foundation phase at three schools in Gauteng, South Africa, South African Journal of Childhood Education, 10(1), a868. https://doi.org/10.4102/ sajce.v10i1.868