What counts as English? : a discursive investigation between two English language Cape Town primary school grade six classrooms

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dc.contributor.advisorPrinsloo, Mastinen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorPietersen, Nicola Aideenen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2015-01-03T18:08:57Z
dc.date.available2015-01-03T18:08:57Z
dc.date.issued2011en_ZA
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references (leaves 63-67).en_ZA
dc.description.abstractWhat counts as English depends on the circumstances and where and how it is employed. In classrooms this socio-cultural artefact is constructed through practices in particular ways. Language and literacy practices in schools produce and re-produce certain things that count. In this dissertation I asked what counts as English and what practices were employed in varying contexts to validate what counted in a greater context. I was concerned to find out whether and how English-language resources in different contexts or did not contribute to enhancing students’ (social and economic) mobility. This ethnographically-based study focused on two Grade Six classes in State run Primary schools in Cape Town, one of them being a well-resourced, monolingual, English classroom and school and the other being a poorly-resourced, multilingual, English as an Additional language classroom and school.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationPietersen, N. A. (2011). <i>What counts as English? : a discursive investigation between two English language Cape Town primary school grade six classrooms</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Centre for Applied Language and Literacy Studies and Services in Africa. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11156en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationPietersen, Nicola Aideen. <i>"What counts as English? : a discursive investigation between two English language Cape Town primary school grade six classrooms."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Centre for Applied Language and Literacy Studies and Services in Africa, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11156en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationPietersen, N. 2011. What counts as English? : a discursive investigation between two English language Cape Town primary school grade six classrooms. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Pietersen, Nicola Aideen AB - What counts as English depends on the circumstances and where and how it is employed. In classrooms this socio-cultural artefact is constructed through practices in particular ways. Language and literacy practices in schools produce and re-produce certain things that count. In this dissertation I asked what counts as English and what practices were employed in varying contexts to validate what counted in a greater context. I was concerned to find out whether and how English-language resources in different contexts or did not contribute to enhancing students’ (social and economic) mobility. This ethnographically-based study focused on two Grade Six classes in State run Primary schools in Cape Town, one of them being a well-resourced, monolingual, English classroom and school and the other being a poorly-resourced, multilingual, English as an Additional language classroom and school. DA - 2011 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2011 T1 - What counts as English? : a discursive investigation between two English language Cape Town primary school grade six classrooms TI - What counts as English? : a discursive investigation between two English language Cape Town primary school grade six classrooms UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11156 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/11156
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationPietersen NA. What counts as English? : a discursive investigation between two English language Cape Town primary school grade six classrooms. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Centre for Applied Language and Literacy Studies and Services in Africa, 2011 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11156en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentCentre for Applied Language and Literacy Studies and Services in Africaen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherApplied Language Studiesen_ZA
dc.titleWhat counts as English? : a discursive investigation between two English language Cape Town primary school grade six classroomsen_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
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