The role of INSET in promoting multilingualism in Western Cape schools : a case study

• Main Author: Bam, Nicola Rose-Anne
• Other Authors: Van Niekerk, Magdalena Petronella
• Format: Others
• Language: en
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: Multilingual teaching; INSET; Secondary schools; Strategies; Language policy; Multilingualism; Promotion; 370.715096873; Teachers > In-service training > South Africa > Western Cape; School improvement programs > South Africa > Western Cape; Multilingualism > South Africa > Western Cape; Language and education > Political aspects > South Africa > Western Cape; Education
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10500/18056

The promotion of multilingualism is one of the aims of the new language-in-education policy. It is a phenomenon which is reflective of our multilingual society. However, the means by which it is being promoted at school level needs to be investigated in light of the additive bilingualism model that has been stipulated in the language-in education policy. This dissertation focuses on a school in the Western Cape which offers many languages and is trying to meet the needs of its learners. The way in which multilingualism is experienced in the classrooms is observed from the learners, teachers and parents' perspectives in the hope of describing how it takes place in a secondary school setting. The ways in which teachers can promote multilingualism in the classroom are suggested by offering practical multilingual strategies for teaching and learning. The role of INSET in promoting multilingualism is also discussed. === Educational Leadership and Management === M. Ed. (Educational Management)