Teaching Life Sciences to English second language learners: what do teachers do?
South Africa has eleven official languages and legally learners receive tuition in their mother tongue until the end of Grade 3. From then on teachers are required to teach through the medium of English or Afrikaans. The implication is that the majority of learners in the senior secondary school pha...
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doaj-c0e16027e74a4d6dab3d27552eab41282020-11-24T22:05:24ZengEducation Association of South AfricaSouth African Journal of Education0256-01002076-34332011-01-01311102113Teaching Life Sciences to English second language learners: what do teachers do?Johanna G FerreiraSouth Africa has eleven official languages and legally learners receive tuition in their mother tongue until the end of Grade 3. From then on teachers are required to teach through the medium of English or Afrikaans. The implication is that the majority of learners in the senior secondary school phase study Life Sciences in their second language, which is English. This has a major effect on the performance of learners in Life Sciences. A review was done of possible strategies teachers could use to assist English second language learners. Focus group interviews were held with Life Science teachers in an attempt to determine what the impact of teaching Life Sciences to English second language learners is and what teachers can do to assist English second language learners master concepts and terminology. The findings and recommendations of this research are reported here.http://www.scielo.org.za/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0256-01002011000100008analogiescode switchingEnglish second language learnersLife Sciences teaching |
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Teaching Life Sciences to English second language learners: what do teachers do? |
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Teaching Life Sciences to English second language learners: what do teachers do? |
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Teaching Life Sciences to English second language learners: what do teachers do? |
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Teaching Life Sciences to English second language learners: what do teachers do? |
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Teaching Life Sciences to English second language learners: what do teachers do? |
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teaching life sciences to english second language learners: what do teachers do? |
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Education Association of South Africa |
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South African Journal of Education |
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South Africa has eleven official languages and legally learners receive tuition in their mother tongue until the end of Grade 3. From then on teachers are required to teach through the medium of English or Afrikaans. The implication is that the majority of learners in the senior secondary school phase study Life Sciences in their second language, which is English. This has a major effect on the performance of learners in Life Sciences. A review was done of possible strategies teachers could use to assist English second language learners. Focus group interviews were held with Life Science teachers in an attempt to determine what the impact of teaching Life Sciences to English second language learners is and what teachers can do to assist English second language learners master concepts and terminology. The findings and recommendations of this research are reported here. |
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analogies code switching English second language learners Life Sciences teaching |
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