Multilingual Universities in South Africa : : Reflecting Society in Higher Education / / ed. by Liesel Hibbert, Christa van der Walt.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter MultiLingual Matters Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2015
• MitwirkendeR: Alston, Linda-Anne,; Bosch, Sonja E.,; Carstens, Adelia,; Hibbert, Liesel,; Kosch, Ingeborg M.,; Kotzé, Ernst,; Leeuw, Lerothodi L.,; Madiba, Mbulungeni,; Makalela, Leketi,; Maseko, Pamela,; Mashiyi, Nomakhaya,; Ngcobo, Sandiso,; Parmegiani, Andrea,; Rudwick, Stephanie,; Walt, Christa van der,
• HerausgeberIn: Hibbert, Liesel,; van der Walt, Christa,
• Place / Publishing House: Bristol ;, Blue Ridge Summit : : Multilingual Matters, , [2014]; ©2014
• Year of Publication: 2014
• Language: English
• Series: Bilingual Education & Bilingualism
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (232 p.)

Focusing on the use of African languages in higher education, this book showcases South African higher education practitioners' attempts to promote a multilingual ethos in their classes. It is a first-time overview of multilingual teaching and learning strategies that have been tried and tested in a number of higher education institutions in South Africa. Despite language-in-education policies that extol the virtues of multilingualism, practice remains oriented towards English-only learning and teaching. In the multilingual contexts of local campuses, this book shows how students and lecturers attempt to understand their multiple identities and use the available languages to create multilingual learning environments.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Contributors -- Preface -- Part 1: Policy Development and the Opening up of Implementation Opportunities -- 1. Biliteracy and Translanguaging Pedagogy in South Africa: An Overview -- 2. The Emergence of a Favourable Policy Landscape -- 3. Multilingualism at Work in South African Higher Education: From Policy to Practice -- Part 2: Enhanced Student Performance through Biliteracy Pedagogy -- 4. African Languages as Languages of Teaching and Learning: The Case of the Department of African Languages, University of South Africa -- 5. Promoting Concept Literacy through Multilingual Glossaries: A Translanguaging Approach -- 6. Teaching Indigenous African Languages to Speakers of Other African Languages: The Effects of Translanguaging for Multilingual Development -- Part 3: Affective Aspects of Biliteracy Pedagogy -- 7. isiZulu-English Bilingualisation at the University of KwaZulu- Natal: An Exploration of Students' Attitudes -- 8. Dual Language Instruction: Its Impact on Attitudes Towards the Role of African Languages in Education -- 9. Tertiary Educators' Reflections on Language Practices that Enhance Student Learning and Promote Multilingualism -- Part 4: Africanisation and Localisation of Content for Cultural Identification -- 10. An Exemplary Astronomical Lesson that Could Potentially Show the Benefits of Multilingual Content and Language in Higher Education -- 11. Literacy Self-Narratives as Constructions of Pre-Service Teachers' Multiliterate and Multilingual Identities -- 12. African Languages in Higher Education: Lessons from Practice and Prospects for the Future -- Subject Index