Taalbeleid in die onderwys
University of the Free State, 2004
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The notion that multilingualism could be a problem took root globally in the twentieth century after the demise of colonial domination. At the beginning of the nineteenth century, however, multilingualism was already viewed as problematic in South Africa. This monograph researches language policy in South African schools over a period of more than three centuries (from 1652 to 1961) focusing on the Union Government period (1910-1961). After more than a century of single-medium education, Dutch schools in the Cape were largely replaced by schools with English as the sole language of instruction when the colony was annexed by the British. As time went by, Dutch enjoyed a status and function that was forbidden in the British colonies in the two Boer republics. Cataclysmic events such as the Anglo-Boer War (1899-1902) influenced the decisions of the law-makers at the National Convention in 1909 and the language legislation of the Union Government. Under the Union Government language planning in the white and black school systems, which functioned separately, centred mainly on the status of Afrikaans and English. At first English imperialism benefited the English language, especially after the War, but the recognition of Afrikaans in the next decade contributed greatly to the establishment of a new language policy with particular application to the school system. Under the Union Government, the language that benefited most was usually the one dominating the political order, to the detriment of the other language. Afrikaans fought an uphill battle for equal recognition in the school system against “English linguistic imperialism”. After the Union Education Report of 1911 and the provincial legislation of 1912, combined parallel- and dual-medium schools developed side-by-side with Englishmedium schools. The implementation of language policy in schools developed along different lines in each of the four provinces. With the recognition of Afrikaans as an official language, the position of mother-tongue Afrikaans-speaking ...
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Taalbeleid in die onderwys
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Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | Truter, E. J. J. |
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Veröffentlichung: | University of the Free State, 2004 |
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