In gesprek met Marcus Fabius Quintilianus oor aspekte van kommunikasie-onderrig in die Nuwe Suid-Afrika
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Date
2003
Authors
Terblanche, F. H.
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University of the Free State
Abstract
On the basis of the fact that knowledge of the past often goes hand-inhand
with an understanding of the present, this article provides a
synoptic consideration of the question of whether the Roman orator
and educator, Quintilian, does not perhaps have a useful message
with regard to communication teaching in the New South Africa. In
Quintilian's lnstitutio Oratoria the ideal was that the learner should
be educated in such a manner that he could comply with the demands
of both private and public community life as a competent
communicating being with high moral values. Furthermore certain
aspects of complaints revolving around inadequate communication in
the South African community are noted. The conclusion is that the
communication picture in South Africa looks particularly bleak. From
newspaper reports it also seems that the education situation in South
Africa does not fulfil the expectations of many members of society. The
logical deduction that one is led to is that Quintilian would probably
have said: "Given the implications of change in South Africa and the
distinctiveness of the South African communication reality, you
should write your own Jnstitutio Oratoria ... "
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Keywords
Communication teaching, South Africa, Marcus Fabius Quintilianus, Institutio Oratoria, Community
Citation
Terblanche, F.H. (2003). In gesprek met Marcus Fabius Quintilianus oor aspekte van kommunikasie-onderrig in die Nuwe Suid-Afrika. Communitas, 8, 1-36.