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Nkoala, Sisanda B. – Reading & Writing: Journal of the Reading Association of South Africa, 2020
Background: The year 2020 will mark five years since the watershed #FeesMustFall protests in South Africa. This was a student-led series of protests, at campuses across the country, calling for higher education to be made accessible through free decolonised education for black people. In light of this, the time has come to ascertain how students…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Multilingualism, Journalism Education, Higher Education
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Ngubane, Nomalungelo I.; Ntombela, Berrington; Govender, Samantha – Reading & Writing: Journal of the Reading Association of South Africa, 2020
Background: The teaching of writing in English First Additional Language (EFAL) classrooms remains less explored in the Further Education and Training Phase (FET) in South Africa. This is so despite research showing a decline in the writing skills of second language learners, especially at the FET phase, calling attention to how writing is taught.…
Descriptors: Writing Instruction, Writing Strategies, School Districts, Code Switching (Language)
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Sibanda, Rockie – Reading & Writing: Journal of the Reading Association of South Africa, 2019
Background: Mother-tongue education in South African primary schools remains a challenge to policymakers. The situation is problematic in multilingual "lok'shin" (township) schools where the "lok'shin" lingua is not recognised as 'standard' language. This article raises the controversial possibility of positioning of…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, African Languages, Native Language, Language of Instruction