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- Title
Teaching and learning of Mandarin as a foreign language in South African schools.
- Authors
Nel, Norma
- Abstract
Globalisation has influenced the demand for the acquisition of Mandarin. As a proactive response, the South African Department of Education included Mandarin as a second additional language in the National Curriculum Statement grades R-12 in March 2015. The research reported on in this article was context specific. It entailed a case study of a school in Gauteng that had introduced Mandarin as a foreign language. Chomsky's language theory, the interactionist theory and Vygotsky's socio-cultural theory are acknowledged. A qualitative inquiry strategy was employed; individual and focus group interviews, questionnaires and observations were used as data gathering tools. Content analysis was done manually. Themes, categories and subcategories were identified. The research culminated in a case study narrative elaborating on the main themes, namely motivation and beliefs, teaching Mandarin, and learners' learning experiences.
- Subjects
MANDARIN dialects -- Study &; teaching; CHINESE language education; FOREIGN language education; EDUCATION &; globalization; LANGUAGE acquisition; SOCIOCULTURAL theory; CONTENT analysis
- Publication
Perspectives in Education, 2016, Vol 34, Issue 2, p43
- ISSN
0258-2236
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.18820/2519593X/pie.v34i2.4