Multilingualism in South African Education
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What is emphasized as a defining characteristic of being South African?

  • Being bilingual
  • Being multilingual (correct)
  • Being trilingual
  • Being monolingual

    • What is the Department's position on bilingualism?

  • It should promote monolingualism over multilingualism.
  • It should focus on teaching through multiple languages simultaneously.
  • It should maintain home languages while providing access to additional languages. (correct)
  • It should discourage the maintenance of home languages.

    • What is the underlying principle of whichever route is followed in multilingual education?

  • Introducing multiple new languages simultaneously.
  • Eliminating home languages to focus solely on additional languages.
  • Maintaining home languages while acquiring additional languages. (correct)
  • Promoting a monolingual education system.

    • What approach does the Department's language-in-education policy advocate towards bilingualism?

    <p>An additive approach to bilingualism.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What should policy be guided by in terms of the delivery system?

    <p>Comparative research both locally and internationally</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What right is vested in the individual according to the text?

    <p>The right to choose the language of learning and teaching</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the main focus of the Ministry of Education's policy for language in education?

    <p>To promote and develop all official languages in South Africa</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What relationship between languages and culture does the paradigm described in South Africa presuppose?

    <p>A multicultural society can have a core of common cultural traits while respecting sectional or communal cultures.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Why is additive multilingualism promoted as an approach to language in education?

    <p>To support cognitive growth and enhance learning among students</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is required for learners from Grade 3 onwards regarding language subjects?

    <p>Offer their language of learning and teaching plus at least one additional approved language as subjects</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the basis for promotion in Grade 1 to Grade 4 (Std 2) according to the language policy?

    <p>Performance in one language and Mathematics</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is required for learners from Grade 10 to Grade 12 regarding language subjects?

    <p>Passage of two languages, one at first language level and the other at second language level</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is one of the key tasks assigned to the Department of Education in South Africa?

    <p>Promoting multilingualism</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What has characterized the language-in-education policy in South Africa historically?

    <p>Racial and linguistic discrimination</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Why is the new language in education policy considered integral to the South African government's strategy?

    <p>To build a non-racial nation and facilitate communication across language barriers</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Why does the new language in education policy advocate for the learning of more than one language?

    <p>Because societal and individual multilingualism is a global norm</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What cognitive benefit does the new education strategy aim to achieve through multilingual education?

    <p>Enhancing cognitive abilities through multilingualism</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How does the new government's language policy differ from the inherited policies in South Africa?

    <p>It aims to promote respect for all languages used in the country</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Study Notes

    Multilingualism in South Africa

    • The Department of Education aims to promote multilingualism as a defining characteristic of being South African.
    • The goal is to counter ethnic chauvinism and separatism through mutual understanding.

    Approaches to Multilingual Education

    • Views on viable approaches to multilingual education range from teaching through one medium (home language) and learning additional languages as subjects, to structured bilingual education through dual-medium programs.
    • The underlying principle is to maintain home language(s) while providing access to and effective acquisition of additional language(s).

    Language-in-Education Policy

    • The policy is guided by an additive approach to bilingualism, promoting the acquisition of additional languages while maintaining home languages.
    • The right to choose the language of learning and teaching is vested in the individual, but must be exercised within the framework of promoting multilingualism.

    Relationship between Languages and Culture

    • The policy acknowledges a more fluid relationship between languages and culture, accepting that there is no contradiction between a core of common cultural traits and particular sectional or communal cultures.

    Aims of Language Policy

    • The main aims of the policy are to:
      • Promote full participation in society and the economy through equitable access to education
      • Pursue language policies supportive of general conceptual growth amongst learners
      • Promote and develop all official languages
      • Support the teaching and learning of all other languages required by learners or used by communities
      • Counter disadvantages resulting from language mismatches
      • Develop programs for the redress of previously disadvantaged languages

    Languages as Subjects

    • All learners shall offer at least one approved language as a subject in Grade 1 and Grade 2.
    • From Grade 3 onwards, learners shall offer their language of learning and teaching and at least one additional approved language as subjects.
    • All language subjects shall receive equitable time and resource allocation.

    Promotion Requirements

    • Promotion requirements for language subjects include:
      • Performance in one language and Mathematics in Grade 1 to Grade 4
      • Passing one language from Grade 5 onwards
      • Passing two languages from Grade 10 to Grade 12, one on first language level and the other on at least second language level

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