There's a hippo on my stoep': constructions of English second language teaching and learners in the new national senior certificate

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dc.contributor.authorKapp, Rochelleen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorArend, Moeainen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2014-10-28T14:02:23Z
dc.date.available2014-10-28T14:02:23Z
dc.date.issued2011en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThe focus of this paper is an analysis of the conceptualisation of language teaching and the construction of learners in the new National Senior Certificate grade 12 curriculum and examinations taken by students for whom English is an additional language. The paper examines the values, attitudes and beliefs, as well as the required levels of cognitive engagement and notions of reading and writing. The authors argue that the curriculum represents a significant improvement on the previous version. However, there is a considerable mismatch between the Curriculum Statement and the examination papers. The curriculum emphasis on the role of language as a tool for critical, independent thinking is not evident in the examination papers, which reinforce traditional gender norms and essentialised notions of Africa. The examination papers are cognitively undemanding, requiring only the most basic understandings of texts. The authors argue that, by making it possible to pass at a very basic level, the examination system in effect obscures the contradiction that although the majority of learners have to use English as a first language across the curriculum, the language itself is taught as a second language.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationKapp, R., & Arend, M. (2011). There's a hippo on my stoep': constructions of English second language teaching and learners in the new national senior certificate. <i>Per Linguam: A Journal of Language Learning</i>, http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8851en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationKapp, Rochelle, and Moeain Arend "There's a hippo on my stoep': constructions of English second language teaching and learners in the new national senior certificate." <i>Per Linguam: A Journal of Language Learning</i> (2011) http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8851en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationKapp, R., Arend, M. 2011. There's a hippo on my stoep': constructions of English second language teaching and learners in the new national senior certificate. Per Linguam: A Journal of Language Learning.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn2224-0012en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Journal Article AU - Kapp, Rochelle AU - Arend, Moeain AB - The focus of this paper is an analysis of the conceptualisation of language teaching and the construction of learners in the new National Senior Certificate grade 12 curriculum and examinations taken by students for whom English is an additional language. The paper examines the values, attitudes and beliefs, as well as the required levels of cognitive engagement and notions of reading and writing. The authors argue that the curriculum represents a significant improvement on the previous version. However, there is a considerable mismatch between the Curriculum Statement and the examination papers. The curriculum emphasis on the role of language as a tool for critical, independent thinking is not evident in the examination papers, which reinforce traditional gender norms and essentialised notions of Africa. The examination papers are cognitively undemanding, requiring only the most basic understandings of texts. The authors argue that, by making it possible to pass at a very basic level, the examination system in effect obscures the contradiction that although the majority of learners have to use English as a first language across the curriculum, the language itself is taught as a second language. DA - 2011 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town J1 - Per Linguam: A Journal of Language Learning KW - second language teaching KW - english KW - national senior certificate LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2011 SM - 2224-0012 T1 - There's a hippo on my stoep': constructions of English second language teaching and learners in the new national senior certificate TI - There's a hippo on my stoep': constructions of English second language teaching and learners in the new national senior certificate UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8851 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/8851
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationKapp R, Arend M. There's a hippo on my stoep': constructions of English second language teaching and learners in the new national senior certificate. Per Linguam: A Journal of Language Learning. 2011; http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8851.en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisherStellenbosch Universityen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentAcademic Development Programme (ADP)en_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyCentre for Higher Education Developmenten_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.rights.urihttp://perlinguam.journals.ac.za/pub/about/editorialPolicies#sectionPoliciesen_ZA
dc.sourcePer Linguam: A Journal of Language Learningen_ZA
dc.source.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.5785/27-1-94en_ZA
dc.subjectsecond language teachingen_ZA
dc.subjectenglishen_ZA
dc.subjectnational senior certificateen_ZA
dc.titleThere's a hippo on my stoep': constructions of English second language teaching and learners in the new national senior certificateen_ZA
dc.typeJournal Articleen_ZA
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