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Title: | The status of isiZulu second-language learning in UKZN, with particular reference to the case against Durban High School (2008) |
Author: | Turner, Noleen |
Year: | 2010 |
Periodical: | Language Matters: Studies in the Languages of Africa (ISSN 1022-8195) |
Volume: | 41 |
Issue: | 1 |
Pages: | 97-108 |
Language: | English |
Geographic term: | South Africa |
Subjects: | language policy language instruction Zulu language |
Abstract: | IsiZulu is the most widely spoken language in South Africa, but particuarly in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN). This article looks broadly at the situation of the South African government's language policy in schools, and at the declining number of pupils opting to take isiZulu as a first additional language (in the old terminology: a second language) subject in KwaZulu-Natal, compared to Afrikaans. In particular, the court case against Durban High School (DHS) in 2008 is examined as well as the impact of this case generally, with regard to second-language teaching in KZN. DHS was accused of teaching 'sub-standard Zulu' and as a result of the judgment in the case, the school hired a new isiZulu teacher and started to teach isiZulu at the same level as Afrikaans. Pressure on schools - many of them struggling with scarce resources to provide greater parity in language instruction - has increased by the judgment in the case. The article concludes that the court case has not had the desired effect of transforming the situation in education to reflect the government's new ideologies. IsiZulu as a first language has still not been introduced at DHS or any other English-medium secondary school in KZN. Bibliogr., notes, sum. [Journal abstract, edited] |