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11	Factors influencing performance in the learning of IsiZulu at Ekurhuleni South District secondary schools Mkhombo, S. M. (Sibongile Margaret) January 2011 (has links) The background in this study is that over the years analysis of grade 12 results in Ekurhuleni South District indicates that most secondary schools obtain 100% pass rate but not quality results isiZulu home language. IsiZulu home language quality results often range from 20% to 40%. The research findings point at two casual factors: (1) inside the classroom and (2) outside the classroom. Inside the classroom refers to quality of educators teaching isiZulu home language and outside the classroom refers to what is supposedly isiZulu home language’ yet a close analysis of the kind spoken in the township Zulu homes is in fact pidgin Zulu. In terms of quality evaluation this so called isiZulu home language can never pass quality assurance. The researcher recommends that educators of isiZulu home language be put through vigorous quality training in the teaching of isiZulu (HL). / African Languages / M.A. (African Languages) Indigenous languages Outcomes-based education Home language Performance Multiligualism Educator language attitudes Tsotsitaal Syllabus Subject Code switching Language varieties Mix languages Assessment Results Learner Standard/non-standard language Code mixing Different phases Language interference 496.3986071268224