Implementation of the government of the Republic of Namibia’s language policy for schools in selected primary schools in Windhoek

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dc.contributor.authorAshton, D.
dc.contributor.authorIijambo, Tangeni
dc.contributor.authorMatengu, Marika
dc.contributor.authorKalenga, E.
dc.date.accessioned2014-06-30T11:44:39Z
dc.date.available2014-06-30T11:44:39Z
dc.date.issued2008
dc.descriptionJournal in the library Call No. SCP 370.96881 NERen_US
dc.description.abstractThis study investigated the implementation of Namibia’s Language Policy in Grades 1-4 in selected schools in the Windhoek area. Thirty-six teachers of Grades 1-4 in nine schools were individually interviewed. Seven principals were also interviewed. Namibia’s Language Policy states that English is the official language of the country and that instruction for primary learners Grades 1-3 be delivered in the mother language. The issues investigated in this study were: 1) how does this mother tongue implementation occur in a heterogeneous classroom where there are learners with a variety of mother languages and where the teacher’s mother tongue may not be that of the learner? 2) What are the social dynamics in a school where the learners and the teachers are from different ethnic groups? The findings indicate that only eight of the 36 teachers had a medium of instruction in one of Namibia’s native languages (six in Afrikaans, one in Khoe-Khoe and one in Oshiwambo). English supersedes mother language teaching as the default medium of instruction in many heterogeneous classrooms even though it is not a mother language. Furthermore, parents are requesting that their children be enrolled in the English medium of instruction streams as opposed to the mother language streams.en_US
dc.identifier.citationAshton, D., Iijambo, T. , Matengu, M.,& Kalenga, E. (2008). Implementation of the Government of the Republic of Namibia’s Language Policy for Schools in Selected Primary Schools in Windhoek. NERA Journal A Journal for the Namibian Research Association, 17-29.en_US
dc.identifier.issn1609-2716
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11070/1134
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherNamibian Educational Research Association (NERA)en_US
dc.titleImplementation of the government of the Republic of Namibia’s language policy for schools in selected primary schools in Windhoeken_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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