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The teaching of Afrikaans literature in high schools for black pupils

M.Ed. (Multiculturalism and Education) / The teaching of Afrikaans faces a variety of problems and challenges in a changing society. It is also evident that in future the teaching of Afrikaans will run parallel with marketing as a dynamic communication medium among the inhabitants of South Afrika (Botha, 1990:85). The above implies that Afrikaans as a language will still be taught as one of the official languages of South Africa. This also coincides with Strydom's remarks (Botha, 1990:85/86) that a new look of Afrikaans needs to be considered with regard to the unfolding of the multicultural reality of South Africa to all those learning the language. Emphasis, in the aim of teaching Afrikaans, rests in its functional use in societal context. Thus it has become inevitable that teachers who teach Afrikaans especially in black high schools require sufficient training. The importance of a well trained teacher for literature teaching cannot be disputed. Kuhn (1989:84), referring to the literature teacher, said "Die onderwyser se benadering in die vak bepaal die kwaliteit van interaksie tussen die teks en die leser grotendeels". In other words the teacher's role is vital in the teaching of literature. The teaching of Afrikaans literature in black high schools involves a considerable host of issues, namely stereotypes, negative attitudes and underqualified teachers. Students in literature classes appear not to understand Afrikaans literature. They are passive which means that literature teaching is dominated by teacher talk. The teacher goes to the extent of over explaining, trying to cover the syllabus. At the...

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:uj/uj:4129
Date18 February 2014
CreatorsLikotla, Dinah Nomaliso
Source SetsSouth African National ETD Portal
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis
RightsUniversity of Johannesburg

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