2. The Emergence of a Favourable Policy Landscape

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Contributors vii
4. Preface xi
5. Part 1: Policy Development and the Opening up of Implementation Opportunities
6. 1. Biliteracy and Translanguaging Pedagogy in South Africa: An Overview 3
7. 2. The Emergence of a Favourable Policy Landscape 15
8. 3. Multilingualism at Work in South African Higher Education: From Policy to Practice 28
9. Part 2: Enhanced Student Performance through Biliteracy Pedagogy
10. 4. African Languages as Languages of Teaching and Learning: The Case of the Department of African Languages, University of South Africa 49
11. 5. Promoting Concept Literacy through Multilingual Glossaries: A Translanguaging Approach 68
12. 6. Teaching Indigenous African Languages to Speakers of Other African Languages: The Effects of Translanguaging for Multilingual Development 88
13. Part 3: Affective Aspects of Biliteracy Pedagogy
14. 7. isiZulu–English Bilingualisation at the University of KwaZulu- Natal: An Exploration of Students’ Attitudes 107
15. 8. Dual Language Instruction: Its Impact on Attitudes Towards the Role of African Languages in Education 123
16. 9. Tertiary Educators’ Reflections on Language Practices that Enhance Student Learning and Promote Multilingualism 145
17. Part 4: Africanisation and Localisation of Content for Cultural Identification
18. 10. An Exemplary Astronomical Lesson that Could Potentially Show the Benefits of Multilingual Content and Language in Higher Education 167
19. 11. Literacy Self-Narratives as Constructions of Pre-Service Teachers’ Multiliterate and Multilingual Identities 179
20. 12. African Languages in Higher Education: Lessons from Practice and Prospects for the Future 202
21. Subject Index 220