Language attitudes, medium of instruction and academic performance: a case study of Afrikaans mother tongue learners in Mitchell's Plain

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dc.contributor.advisorKerfoot, Caroline
dc.contributor.authorHendricks, Jessica
dc.contributor.otherDept. of Linguistics, Language and Communication
dc.contributor.otherFaculty of Arts
dc.date.accessioned2013-06-20T13:02:16Z
dc.date.accessioned2024-03-27T08:53:42Z
dc.date.available2007/03/28 15:13
dc.date.available2007/03/28
dc.date.available2013-06-20T13:02:16Z
dc.date.available2024-03-27T08:53:42Z
dc.date.issued2004
dc.descriptionMagister Artium - MAen_US
dc.description.abstractThe purpose of this study was to determine the implication for learning for learners whose home language is different from the medium of instruction at school.The study is focused on a group of Afrikaans learners for whom English is not a foreign language. Rather, English is a language that they are in contact with on a daily level through the media, their peers and in the classroom. The study looked at why these learners find themselves in English classes when the language policy of the country makes provision for their specific home language in the classroom. It also tried to determine whether these learners experience problems in their learning as they shift from Afrikaans as a home language to an English medium of instruction in class.en_US
dc.description.countrySouth Africa
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10566/9888
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of the Western Capeen_US
dc.rights.holderUniversity of the Western Capeen_US
dc.subjectEnglish languageen_US
dc.subjectStudy and teachingen_US
dc.subjectForeign speakersen_US
dc.subjectTextbooks for foreign speakersen_US
dc.subjectAfrikaansen_US
dc.titleLanguage attitudes, medium of instruction and academic performance: a case study of Afrikaans mother tongue learners in Mitchell's Plainen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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