The "monolingual habitus" as the common feature in teaching in the language of the majority in different countries

<p>This article describes a fixed pattern of assumptions about language learning implicit in the idea of a national language, and explores their role in failure in the multilingual, multicultural classroom. These examples are drawn from Europe, but they raise important issues for multilingual...

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Main Author: Ingrid Gogolin
Format: Article
Language:Afrikaans
Published: Stellenbosch University 2013-02-01
Series:Per Linguam : A Journal of Language Learning
Online Access:http://perlinguam.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/187
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spelling doaj-c63886925e2749b0b667fff12f6c078b2020-11-25T03:32:26ZafrStellenbosch UniversityPer Linguam : A Journal of Language Learning0259-23122224-00122013-02-0113210.5785/13-2-187The "monolingual habitus" as the common feature in teaching in the language of the majority in different countriesIngrid Gogolin<p>This article describes a fixed pattern of assumptions about language learning implicit in the idea of a national language, and explores their role in failure in the multilingual, multicultural classroom. These examples are drawn from Europe, but they raise important issues for multilingual countries like South Africa with a dominant language of education.</p><p>In hierdie artikel word 'n gevestigde patroon van aannames ondersoek oor die aanleer van 'n taal soos dit duidelik na vore kom in die opvatting oor 'n nasionale taal; verder word die rol wat dit by mislukking in die veeltalige, multikulturele klaskamer speel, ontleed. Hierdie voorbeelde word aan Europa ontleen, maar dit bring belangrike vraagstukke na vore in veeltalige lande soos Suid-Afrika waar 'n dominante taal van onderrig voorkom.</p>http://perlinguam.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/187
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The "monolingual habitus" as the common feature in teaching in the language of the majority in different countries
Per Linguam : A Journal of Language Learning
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title The "monolingual habitus" as the common feature in teaching in the language of the majority in different countries
title_short The "monolingual habitus" as the common feature in teaching in the language of the majority in different countries
title_full The "monolingual habitus" as the common feature in teaching in the language of the majority in different countries
title_fullStr The "monolingual habitus" as the common feature in teaching in the language of the majority in different countries
title_full_unstemmed The "monolingual habitus" as the common feature in teaching in the language of the majority in different countries
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publisher Stellenbosch University
series Per Linguam : A Journal of Language Learning
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publishDate 2013-02-01
description <p>This article describes a fixed pattern of assumptions about language learning implicit in the idea of a national language, and explores their role in failure in the multilingual, multicultural classroom. These examples are drawn from Europe, but they raise important issues for multilingual countries like South Africa with a dominant language of education.</p><p>In hierdie artikel word 'n gevestigde patroon van aannames ondersoek oor die aanleer van 'n taal soos dit duidelik na vore kom in die opvatting oor 'n nasionale taal; verder word die rol wat dit by mislukking in die veeltalige, multikulturele klaskamer speel, ontleed. Hierdie voorbeelde word aan Europa ontleen, maar dit bring belangrike vraagstukke na vore in veeltalige lande soos Suid-Afrika waar 'n dominante taal van onderrig voorkom.</p>
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