Linguistic liminality in the early years of school: Urban South African children ‘betwixt and between’1 languages of learning

This article is about an investigation into the English spoken language competence of 144 first graders in two urban (‘township’) schools in the Gauteng Province of South Africa. The study was conducted from an anthropological and a cognitive developmental perspective. In one school isiZulu and Seso...

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Main Author: Elizabeth Henning
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: AOSIS 2012-07-01
Series:South African Journal of Childhood Education
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Online Access:https://sajce.co.za/index.php/sajce/article/view/24