The politics of English : a study of classroom discourses in a township school

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dc.contributor.advisorYoung, Dougen_ZA
dc.contributor.advisorHerrington, Anneen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorKapp, Rochelleen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2014-11-05T17:40:20Z
dc.date.available2014-11-05T17:40:20Z
dc.date.issued2001en_ZA
dc.descriptionBibliography: leaves 271-283.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThis is an ethnographic study, which investigates discourse practices in English subject classrooms at Mziwethu Senior Secondary, a Western Cape township high school, where the subject is taught as a second language. The data were collected between October 1997 and March 1999. Working within a critical theory framework, my assumptions are (1) that classroom discourse practices reflect and construct outside realities and (2) that motivation to learn a language, and classroom language practices are intimately connected to power relations outside the classroom, as well as to social identity. These assumptions are embedded in my thesis title. Alongside Pennycook (1998), Kumaravadivelu (1999) and Canagarajah (1999), I believe that it is not possible to analyse English language practices in colonial and post-colonial contexts without a consideration of the history and national politics of English in that country. But, as all these writers emphasise, politics also extends to the contemporary local context in which the learning takes place, the roles and relationships in the classroom, and to literacy practices.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationKapp, R. (2001). <i>The politics of English : a study of classroom discourses in a township school</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,School of Education. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/9267en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationKapp, Rochelle. <i>"The politics of English : a study of classroom discourses in a township school."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,School of Education, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/9267en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationKapp, R. 2001. The politics of English : a study of classroom discourses in a township school. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Kapp, Rochelle AB - This is an ethnographic study, which investigates discourse practices in English subject classrooms at Mziwethu Senior Secondary, a Western Cape township high school, where the subject is taught as a second language. The data were collected between October 1997 and March 1999. Working within a critical theory framework, my assumptions are (1) that classroom discourse practices reflect and construct outside realities and (2) that motivation to learn a language, and classroom language practices are intimately connected to power relations outside the classroom, as well as to social identity. These assumptions are embedded in my thesis title. Alongside Pennycook (1998), Kumaravadivelu (1999) and Canagarajah (1999), I believe that it is not possible to analyse English language practices in colonial and post-colonial contexts without a consideration of the history and national politics of English in that country. But, as all these writers emphasise, politics also extends to the contemporary local context in which the learning takes place, the roles and relationships in the classroom, and to literacy practices. DA - 2001 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2001 T1 - The politics of English : a study of classroom discourses in a township school TI - The politics of English : a study of classroom discourses in a township school UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/9267 ER - en_ZA
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dc.identifier.vancouvercitationKapp R. The politics of English : a study of classroom discourses in a township school. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,School of Education, 2001 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/9267en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentSchool of Educationen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherEducationen_ZA
dc.titleThe politics of English : a study of classroom discourses in a township schoolen_ZA
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