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Direct linkBenson, Carol – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2018
This paper discusses the contributions to this special issue in the context of the African Renaissance and the subsequent need to re-define educational development from a multilingual, multicultural and pan-African perspective. Each contribution offers a different angle to the discussion: a critique of Arabization in Morocco, with questions about…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Cultural Pluralism, Educational Policy, Language Usage
Wildsmith-Cromarty, R.; Turner, N. – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2018
The University of KwaZulu-Natal has a bilingual language policy (2006) where students may receive instruction in isiZulu as well as in English. An online survey was carried out for all academic and support staff to gauge their linguistic capacity in isiZulu. Staff profiles were created in relation to their respective Colleges, Schools and…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Language of Instruction, School Policy, African Languages
Peer reviewedMgqwashu, Emmanuel Mfanafuthi – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2014
This paper reports on a study that examined the extent to which the development of academic literacy in isiZulu, an indigenous language spoken across all the nine provinces in South Africa, enhances opportunities for epistemological access. The focus is in relation to a pilot study of a Bachelor of Education Honours module that uses isiZulu as the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Language Planning, African Languages, Academic Discourse
Kamwendo, Gregory; Hlongwa, Nobuhle; Mkhize, Nhlanhla – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2014
After the demise of apartheid in South Africa in 1994, 11 languages (English, Afrikaans and 9 indigenous African languages) were given official status. In the higher education landscape, English remains the dominant language of scholarship. At the University of KwaZulu-Natal, English is the main medium of instruction but the institution's language…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Language of Instruction, Native Language, Second Language Learning
Nkosi, Zinhle Primrose – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2014
IsiZulu is one of the 11 official languages of South Africa and has the highest number of speakers in the country. While the South African Language Policy for Higher Education (2002) emphasizes the need to use African languages at universities, not many universities' isiZulu-speaking students prefer to be taught in isiZulu. Research has revealed…
Descriptors: Language Attitudes, Language of Instruction, Student Attitudes, African Languages
