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IsiZulu as an indigenous African language, and technology in the basic education sector in KwaZulu-Natal
South African Journal of African Languages Pub Date : 2019-07-03 , DOI: 10.1080/02572117.2019.1618026
Phephani Gumbi 1
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This article seeks to discuss issues associated with the inconspicuousness of isiZulu as an indigenous African language in the South African education system as established during empirical research conducted by the author for his PhD thesis. The research revealed that the integration of isiZulu into information and communication technology (ICT) in the basic education sector in KwaZulu-Natal is very slow, and yet it could positively fast-track the elevation and promotion of this language as medium of instruction. Despite numerous attempts by the democratic government to elevate the status of the African languages, they are still not seriously considered in the education sector. Institutions of learning have developed multilingual language policies, yet their implementation remains a major problem and a pipe dream for a majority of South Africans. Based on a critical review of the literature on African languages and ICT, the article highlights various opportunities, benefits and challenges that are associated with the integration of indigenous African languages into ICT in the education sector. The article concludes with a discussion of some linguistic challenges that are responsible for the continued low profile of indigenous languages in education and for the high failure rate in South African schools.

中文翻译:

伊西祖鲁语(IsiZulu)是非洲土著语言,在夸祖鲁-纳塔尔省(KwaZulu-Natal)基础教育领域具有技术

本文旨在讨论与依苏祖鲁语不显眼相关的问题,该语言在作者为他的博士学位论文进行的实证研究期间在南非教育体系中确立。研究表明,在夸祖鲁-纳塔尔省的基础教育领域,将isiZulu集成到信息和通信技术(ICT)中的过程非常缓慢,但可以肯定地快速追踪这种语言作为教学语言的提升和推广。尽管民主政府曾多次尝试提高非洲语言的地位,但在教育部门仍然没有认真考虑它们。学习机构已经制定了多种语言的语言政策,但是对于大多数南非人来说,实施这些政策仍然是一个主要问题和梦想。在对有关非洲语言和信息通信技术的文献进行严格审查的基础上,本文重点介绍了与将非洲土著语言纳入教育部门的信息通信技术相关的各种机遇,利益和挑战。本文最后讨论了一些语言上的挑战,这些挑战是造成土著语言在教育中持续低调以及南非学校的高失效率的原因。
更新日期:2019-07-03
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