A language in decline ? :a constrastive study of the use of, and motivation and de-motivation for, learning Afrikaans among two groups of learners at an English medium high school in Cape Town, South Africa

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dc.contributor.advisorDyers, Charlyn
dc.contributor.authorGovender, Manisha
dc.contributor.otherDept. of Linguistics, Language and Communication
dc.contributor.otherFaculty of Arts
dc.date.accessioned2013-09-19T13:16:53Z
dc.date.accessioned2024-03-27T08:53:47Z
dc.date.available2011/03/03 12:19
dc.date.available2011/03/03
dc.date.available2013-09-19T13:16:53Z
dc.date.available2024-03-27T08:53:47Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.descriptionMagister Artium - MAen_US
dc.description.abstractAfrikaans in practice replaced Dutch and became one of South Africa's official languages (along with English) from 1925. It reached the apex of its development and influence during the years of Nationalist party rule and the apartheid regime as a language of officialdom, of the judiciary and education. However, in 1994 nine African languages were afforded official status along with English and Afrikaans in South Africa. Presently, Afrikaans is still taught in the majority of schools in the Western Cape as either a first or second language. This thesis compares and contrasts the language attitudes and motivation towards Afrikaans in two groups of secondary school learners - grade eight and grade eleven learners - at the same school, viz. the Settlers' High School in Parow, a northern suburb of Cape Town, South Africa. At this English medium school, Afrikaans as a second language is a compulsory subject. The thesis also examines the dominant ideologies held towards Afrikaans by the learners and by the school in question which contributes towards shaping their attitudes and motivations for learning the language as well as their actual use of the language. The study finds a correlation between the learners' attitudes towards Afrikaans and their actual patterns of use of the language, which indicates that the use of Afrikaans may be in decline among especially the younger, grade eight, learners.en_US
dc.description.countrySouth Africa
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10566/9910
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of the Western Capeen_US
dc.rights.holderUniversity of the Western Capeen_US
dc.subjectGrade 8 and 11 learnersen_US
dc.subjectThe Settlers� High School Cape Townen_US
dc.subjectLanguage attitudesen_US
dc.subjectLanguage ideologyen_US
dc.subjectMotivationsen_US
dc.subjectDe motivationsen_US
dc.subjectLanguage useen_US
dc.subjectLanguage shiften_US
dc.subjectLanguage declineen_US
dc.titleA language in decline ? :a constrastive study of the use of, and motivation and de-motivation for, learning Afrikaans among two groups of learners at an English medium high school in Cape Town, South Africaen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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