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ENGLISH IN SOUTH AFRICA – A DOUBLE-EDGED SWORD (4)

Louise Brown PGCE student, Stellenbosch University (2010) The South African constitution states that all eleven official languages must ‘enjoy parity of esteem and must be treated equitably’. Equity...

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ENGLISH IN SOUTH AFRICA – A DOUBLE-EDGED SWORD (3)

Regardt Visagie PGCE student, Stellenbosch University (2010) Before commencing a discussion on the specific role English plays in South African schools, it might prove fruitful to briefly contemplate...

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ENGLISH IN SOUTH AFRICA – A DOUBLE-EDGED SWORD (2)

Alida Barnard PGCE student, Stellenbosch University(2010) According to the 2001 Census (Statistics South Africa, 2001:5), English is the home language of only 8,2% of South Africans. In a diverse...

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ENGLISH IN SOUTH AFRICA – A DOUBLE-EDGED SWORD (1)

Education in English: an easy solution or the root of the problem in South Africa? Dr Malcolm Venter, PhD English Linguistics This year I have had the pleasure, as a retired English teacher and high...

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MOTHER-TONGUE EDUCATION IN SOUTH AFRICA

Andrew Foley Andrew Foley is Professor and Head of the Department of English, and Director of the Division of Languages, in the Wits School of Education, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg....

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A ‘MOTIVATION’ AGAINST ‘MOTIVATE’

Peter Titlestad Retired Professor of English, University of Pretoria ‘Motivate,’ meaning ‘to give reasons for’ is a South Africanism that is, perhaps, a little too well established. It comes from the...

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SHAKESPEARE IN THE CLASSROOM

Haripersad Sewlall Former Assistant Superintendent of Education (Academic), House of Delegates (TVL) 1.  Introduction How may the study of Shakespearean play be undertaken in the time available in a...

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REVIEW : CAMBRIDGE SCHOOL SHAKESPEARE SERIES

Morag Venter Retired English teacher and former Head of English Sometimes teaching Shakespeare is just hard work.  Often we spend so much time explaining the vocabulary that we don’t seem to get beyond...

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FORMATTING FOR RESULTS

Morag Venter Morag Venter taught high school English for 20 years and is a former head of English and senior marker for Senior Certificate. She is co-compiler of two current Grade 12 literature...

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‘LISTENING’ TO VISUAL IMAGES: APPRECIATING POLITICAL CARTOONS

Madeyandile Mbelani Madeyandile Mbelani is a research officer and PhD candidate in the Institute for the Study of English in Africa at Rhodes University. His MEd dissertation is an action research case...

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TEACHERS AND LEARNING: SHARING THE TALK

Eva Yerendé Eva Yerende is a Visiting Senior Fellow in the Institute for the Study of English in Africa at Rhodes University. She holds a doctorate from the University of Arizona at Tucson, and her...

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WHY ENGLISH TEACHERS NEED PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

Laurence Wright Laurence Wright is Professor and Director in the Institute for the Study of English at Rhodes University. His research interests straddle South African language policy and...

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TO EXAMINE OR NOT TO EXAMINE (PAPER 3, THAT IS)

Alison Immelman HOD, Westering High School, PE I’d like you to imagine the following: A businessperson or teacher or journalist is required to write a report or prepare a lesson.  She will be given one...

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VIVA ENGLISH TEACHERS, VIVA!

By the Editor, MALCOLM VENTER I don’t believe that it is just bias on my part which makes me believe that the most hard-driven teachers in our schools are our language teachers.  From one point of...

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ENGLISH MATTERS

We have posted some information of interest to English teachers: (1) Call for entries for 2011 English Olympiad (2) Advertisement for a new English (Honours) in English Education at Wits (3) The launch...

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NEWSFLASH: CALL FOR COMMENTS ON REVISED CURRICULUM

The Minister of Basic Education has called for submissions on the draft National Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statements (CAPS) which have been placed on its website. A CAPS is a ‘single,...

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WEB-BASED RESOURCES FOR ENGLISH TEACHERS

(1) The creator of the following website has made her resources for teaching English available to English teachers.  It contains some super material. Go to: www.mrs-claassen.co.za Thanks for your...

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BUZZWORDS

The Macmillan Dictionary Online provides interesting information about English words, including a section on ‘buzzwords’.  The latest one posted is clickjacking, which they define as ‘the malicious...

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IN MEMORIAM

It was with great sadness that I learnt last week of the untimely death of Mike Merrett of Evalunet. It was Mike who designed the bannerhead for Teaching English Today and assisted with setting up the...

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ISSUES WITH THE NEW CURRICULUM

Some comments on the draft revised curriculum for languages (CAPS) Alison Immelman Head of English, Westering High, Port Elizabeth And so, yet again, the higher-ups in education have had another look...

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