“My ma se taal of leertaal?” A study of different forms of Afrikaans spoken by the ‘coloured’ adult learners at E.W.Hobbs ABET center in Eldoradopark, Gauteng
Date
2006-10-26T10:54:35Z
Authors
Davids, Bernice
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Abstract
This is a phenomenological study that studies a small group (5) of adult learners and two
(2) teachers at E.W. Hobbs ABET center in Eldoradopark, and investigates how the
colloquial Afrikaans spoken in Eldoradopark and the home environment influences the
learners’ competency in the classroom where ‘standard’ Afrikaans is required. The study
revealed that standard Afrikaans is a requirement across the curriculum at this center, but
is only rigorously applied in the Afrikaans class. This proved to have an impact on
learning as colloquial Afrikaans is accepted in all other classes except the Afrikaans
class. The implications of this is that the curriculum should be reevaluated and adjusted
to implement standard Afrikaans in all learning areas, or accept colloquial Afrikaans in
all subjects, including the Afrikaans class.
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Faculty of Humanities
School of Education
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Keywords
standardisation, colloquial, Standard, Afrikaans, dialect, public schools