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Goldschagg, Paul; Bekker, Tanya; Cockcroft, Kate – South African Journal of Education, 2023
Noise, although ubiquitous, is seldom considered as a factor that may impede learning. In South Africa, most learners are multilingual and learn in English, which is their second language. Most noise studies have been conducted in the Global North, where the school context differs from the Global South. In this article, using questions selected…
Descriptors: Acoustics, Learning Processes, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Sonck, Gerda – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2005
Mauritius is a multilingual country with English, French and Creole as the main languages, and several ancestral languages which are mainly used for religious ceremonies. Most children speak Creole at home and learn English, French and one ancestral language in the first year of primary school. The educational dropout rate is 40-50% after primary…
Descriptors: Language Planning, Creoles, Ceremonies, Dropout Rate