Foundation Phase Teachers’ Experiences with Teaching Xhosa Home Language to Baca-Speaking Learners in Umzimkhulu

IF 0.5 3区文学 0 LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS

Language Matters Pub Date : 2023-01-02 DOI:10.1080/10228195.2023.2202923

Y. Majola, M. Cekiso

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Abstract

Abstract Native speakers’ learning of dialects is often hampered where a standard language is used. Most learners in Umzimkhulu are members of the Baca people, who use Baca as a home language. Baca is regarded as a dialect of Xhosa, which is the only subject for learners to choose as a home language. The study investigated teachers’ experiences in teaching Xhosa as a home language to Baca-speaking learners from Umzimkhulu. Semi-structured interviews were administered to eight Foundation Phase Xhosa teachers who were purposively selected from three schools. A qualitative case study design was used. The theoretical framework for the study was sociocultural theory, and content analysis was used to analyse the data. The findings showed that learners’ conceptualisation of and expression in Xhosa was not up to standard. The authors propose that the government revisit the issue of learners who speak dialects but have to take standard languages as a home language in schools.

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基础阶段教师在乌姆津库鲁向说巴卡语的学习者教授科萨语的经验

在使用标准语言的地方，母语人士学习方言往往受到阻碍。Umzimkhulu的大多数学习者都是Baca族的成员，他们将Baca语作为母语。巴卡语被认为是科萨语的一种方言，是学习者选择作为母语的唯一科目。该研究调查了教师向来自乌姆津库鲁的以巴卡语为母语的学习者教授科萨语的经验。对从三所学校中有意挑选的八名基础阶段科萨教师进行了半结构化访谈。采用定性案例研究设计。本研究的理论框架为社会文化理论，数据分析采用内容分析。结果表明，学生对科萨语的概念化和表达不达标。作者建议政府重新考虑那些说方言但在学校不得不把标准语言作为母语的学习者的问题。

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期刊介绍： The purpose of Language Matters is to provide a journal of international standing with a unique African flavour focusing on multilingualism in Africa. Although the journal contributes to the language debate on all African languages, sub-Saharan Africa and issues related to multilingualism in the southern African context are the journal’s specific domains. The journal seeks to promote the dissemination of ideas, points of view, teaching strategies and research on different aspects of African languages, providing a forum for discussion on the whole spectrum of language usage and debate in Africa. The journal endorses a multidisciplinary approach to the study of language and welcomes contributions not only from sociolinguists, psycholinguists and the like, but also from educationalists, language practitioners, computer analysts, engineers or scholars with a genuine interest in and contribution to the study of language. All contributions are critically reviewed by at least two referees. Although the general focus remains on multilingualism and related issues, one of the three issues of Language Matters published each year is a special thematic edition on Language Politics in Africa. These special issues embrace a wide spectrum of language matters of current relevance in Southern Africa.