Curriculum 2005 and (post)modernising African languages : the quantum leap
Type
Thesis
Authors
Category
ECCE, Foundation, Intermediate
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Publication Year
1999
Publisher
University of Cape Town, School of Education, Cape Town, South Africa
URL
[ private ]
Pages
115 p.
Subject
Early childhood education, Primary education, Curriculum 2005, African languages, Status, Textbooks, South Africa
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Abstract
This study examines the status of ALs in the school context. In this thesis, I argue that AL syllabi and textbooks are not at the same cognitive, affective and psycho-social level as their English counterparts. The important role of the mother tongue as a powerful platform for cognitive and psycho-social development of the African child is also discussed. My argument is that the low status of the ALs is visible in the textbooks that are in schools. With the introduction of the new Curriculum, there arises a need to write new AL textbooks. As the expertise is lacking among AL speakers to write postmodern textbooks as envisaged by Curriculum 2005, I propose a collaboration between AL and English practitioners as a necessary and feasible transitory step in the development of new AL textbooks.
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Thesis (MPhil)--University of Cape Town, 1999
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