Teaching and learning of Mandarin as a foreign language in South African schools
| dc.contributor.author | Nel, Norma | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2016-12-13T09:34:24Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2016-12-13T09:34:24Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2016 | |
| dc.description.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. | en_ZA |
| dc.description.version | Publisher's version | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.citation | Nel, N. (2016). Teaching and learning of Mandarin as a foreign language in South African schools. Perspectives in Education, 34(2), 43-56. | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.issn | 2519-593X (online) | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0258-2236 (print) | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11660/5225 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://dx.doi.org/10.18820/2519593X/pie.v34i2.4 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher | Faculty of Education, University of the Free State | en_ZA |
| dc.rights.holder | Faculty of Education, University of the Free State | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Mandarin | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Foreign language | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Teaching | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Learning | en_ZA |
| dc.title | Teaching and learning of Mandarin as a foreign language in South African schools | en_ZA |
| dc.type | Article | en_ZA |