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The Radio Language Arts Project in Kenya is currently testing the feasibility of using radio intensively to serve as the major medium of English instruction in the formal classroom setting. The project, now in its third and final year of lesson development and experimentation, is evaluating the effectiveness of radio in teaching English to children in the first three primary grades. The thirty-minute, daily broacasts are part of the normal school curriculum. Preliminary results show...
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Fixed-point photo monitoring supplemented by animal census data and climate monitoring potential has never been explored as a long-term monitoring tool for studying vegetation change in the arid and semi-arid national parks of South Africa. The long-term (1988–2010), fixed-point monitoring dataset developed for the Camdeboo National Park, therefore, provides an important opportunity to do this. Using a quantitative estimate of the change in vegetation and growth form cover in 1152...
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Are the most suitable teachers of a second language necessarily mother-tongue speakers of that language? From a survey of responses of std 8, 9 and 10 African pupils of English as a second language, it would seem that teachers of English who are not mother-tongue speakers are automatically regarded as inferior. In this article, the author considers the validity of 'South African English; and the role and relevance of indigenous languages in education in a post-apartheid era. He uses data...
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Although African post-graduates recognise the importance of African languages in the education of African children in South Africa, most of them are of the opinion that English should not only be taught as a language from grade 1, but should also be preferred as the main language of instruction for African children from the outset of schooling. In the ensuing pilot study which involved 50 post-graduates, 68% expressed this opinion as against the rest who preferred a variety of other options....
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South Africa has eleven official languages, but English is by far the most commonly used medium of instruction in schools. It is therefore essential that the English proficiency of preservice teachers be accurately assessed by means of a valid, reliable and feasible assessment instrument. As there are so many tertiary institutions responsible for teacher certification in the country, standards of oral assessment vary widely. This paper describes a semi-structured oral proficiency test,...
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Communicative language teaching presents a number of challenges to those involved in teacher training. This article takes the view that the focus should be on education, rather than training. The challenges inherent in four areas are given particular attention: the view of language; the view of teaching; the view of language learning and the view of the learner. The final section, argues that courses should be proactive, enabling students to review the current teaching approach critically...
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Communicative language teaching (CLT) has been criticised on some counts both here and abroad. One of the reasons is that it is open to a number of interpretations. Another is its uncertain theoretical base. However, perhaps the most significant reason is that criticism of an approach or method in the course of time is natural and helpful. The adoption of outcomesbased education (OBE) in South Africa requires certain adaptations and redefinition of language teaching. This article argues that...
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This paper describes some of the challenges facing the language teacher as South Africa moves into a new era. The discussion is structured around three areas of change: change in the country, changes brought about by the official language policy, and changes in the school system itself. It explores the implications for language teaching of jour key words of the new era: inclusive, non-racial, democracy, and empowerment. In relation to the 11 official languages policy, it examines the status...
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It is well known that, within the broad theory of Suggestopedia, music is used in a specific manner so as to facilitate, inter alia, long-term memory. In this article attention is drawn to the use of music in the teaching of a tone language where variations in pitch levels within words may give rise to variations in meaning. The question is posed whether music, whilst enhancing reception and long-term memory may, at the same time, not be distorting the natural and even essential...
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An experiment in the teaching of English L2 to young (pre-primary and primary) children is described. There was a high tutor-to-pupil ratio, but tutors had had no previous experience of teaching at this level. The planning of the lessons and their execution are outlined and the use of activities such as Total Physical Response described. The eclectic nature of these approaches is emphasised and suggestions about the development of further co-operative activities are made. Die skryfster...
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In this article Professor Thembela, Vice-Chairman of the Board of Trustees, UPTTRAIL Trust*, sketches some of the issues which constitute major problems in the education of black South Africans. In the first place the discontinuity between the pupils' traditional home background and a Westernized system of education creates severe obstacles. They are aggravated by the fact that black culture is itself in transition. by the contempt with which black culture was regarded by the colonialists...
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The article isextractedfroma comprehensive report to the HSRC by ProfD H. van der Vyver, the author, and Dr H.L. Bot ha, the co-author. It gives an overview of the development of suggestopedic!SALT language teaching in South Africa. First the theoretical framework, objectives and methodology of the approach are given followed by reports on SALT conferences. Various projects are described, especially the launching of a pilot project to upgrade English in education for blacks in KwaZulu by the...
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Department of Educational Management Policy & Curriculum Studies, 100p. The LB 3060.22 .K4G52 2012
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This article examines the implementation of inclusive education (IE) in Cameroon.Evidence in support of the practice in Cameroon is extrapolated from the activities of the SEEPD (socio-economic empowerment of persons with disabilities) program of the CBCHB (Cameroon Baptist Convention Health Board).After establishing a number of shortcomings in terms of policy, the paper underlines that there are a plethora of legal instruments both national and international backing the implementation of...