Minding the gaps – an investigation into language policy and practice in four Eastern Cape districts

South Africa's new Language in Education Policy (LiEP) has been described as one of the most progressive in the world but few schools have implemented it. This article describes research that investigates the gap between the policy goals and what is actually happening in schools in four distric...

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Main Authors:	Probyn, Margie, Murray, Sarah, Botha, Liz, Botya, Paula, Brookes, Margie, Westphal, Vivian
Format:	Others
Language:	English
Published:	2002
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1009739

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spelling	ndltd-netd.ac.za-oai-union.ndltd.org-rhodes-vital-61092018-07-06T03:24:08ZMinding the gaps – an investigation into language policy and practice in four Eastern Cape districtsProbyn, MargieMurray, SarahBotha, LizBotya, PaulaBrookes, MargieWestphal, VivianSouth Africa's new Language in Education Policy (LiEP) has been described as one of the most progressive in the world but few schools have implemented it. This article describes research that investigates the gap between the policy goals and what is actually happening in schools in four districts in the Eastern Cape. The research attempts to make explicit community and school language practices and the factors that support or frustrate the formation and enactment of a school language policy in these four linguistically diverse sites. It appears that school governing bodies are not well equipped to make decisions about school language policy which meet the requirements of the national LiEP and economic imperatives to acquire English override considerations of multilingualism and additive bilingualism as expressed in the policy.2002Article18 pagespdfvital:6109http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1009739English
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description	South Africa's new Language in Education Policy (LiEP) has been described as one of the most progressive in the world but few schools have implemented it. This article describes research that investigates the gap between the policy goals and what is actually happening in schools in four districts in the Eastern Cape. The research attempts to make explicit community and school language practices and the factors that support or frustrate the formation and enactment of a school language policy in these four linguistically diverse sites. It appears that school governing bodies are not well equipped to make decisions about school language policy which meet the requirements of the national LiEP and economic imperatives to acquire English override considerations of multilingualism and additive bilingualism as expressed in the policy.
author	Probyn, Margie Murray, Sarah Botha, Liz Botya, Paula Brookes, Margie Westphal, Vivian
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Minding the gaps – an investigation into language policy and practice in four Eastern Cape districts

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