Investigating the Teaching and Learning of Creative Writing in English first additional language in selected grade 9 classrooms in the Western Cape

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dc.contributor.advisorNomlomo, V
dc.contributor.authorNondabula, Nikiwe
dc.date.accessioned2023-05-25T12:38:37Z
dc.date.accessioned2024-05-28T10:26:03Z
dc.date.available2023-05-25T12:38:37Z
dc.date.available2024-05-28T10:26:03Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.descriptionMagister Educationis (Adult Learning and Global Change) - MEd(AL)en_US
dc.description.abstractWriting is an important aspect of language learning and a tool for assessment in Basic and Higher Education across the globe. Learners need to acquire proficient writing skills to learn and to demonstrate their knowledge and creativity. Given the importance of creative writing in expressing one’s thoughts, emotions and imagination, this study sought to investigate how creative writing was taught through the medium of English First Additional Language (FAL) to Grade 9 learners in one primary school in the Western Cape province. It also sought to observe and analyse the teaching strategies employed by teachers in creative writing to Grade 9 learners who were isiXhosa home language speakers, and who were taught all the subjects (except isiXhosa language) through the medium of English (FAL). Through the lens of Vygotsky’s Social Constructivism Theory, this study explored how the learners’ social context and language played a role in the teaching-learning process. The Social Constructivism theory assumes that the home environment is a primaryen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10566/15435
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of the Western Capeen_US
dc.rights.holderUniversity of the Western Capeen_US
dc.subjectCreative Writingen_US
dc.subjectEnglishen_US
dc.subjectEssaysen_US
dc.subjectFirst Additional Language (FAL)en_US
dc.subjectLiteracy Skillsen_US
dc.titleInvestigating the Teaching and Learning of Creative Writing in English first additional language in selected grade 9 classrooms in the Western Capeen_US

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