[lg policy] South African Language Policy to Blame for Low Literacy, Maths Grades

[Christina Paulston]

Heavens -- I meant of course South Africa.  Forgiveness, please.  105   
F heat index or whatever they call it will do this to you, Christina




On Jul 23, 2011, at 12:13 AM, Christina Paulston wrote:

> Neville Alexander is in my judgement one of the both most  
> intelligent and smartist (if at times not always most pragmatic)  
> linguist in South America.  Do listen to him. Christina
>
>
> On Jul 22, 2011, at 7:50 PM, Gareth Price wrote:
>
>> THE government’s policy of second- language education was most to
>> blame for students’ underperformance in maths and low literacy  
>> levels,
>> academics said yesterday.
>>
>> Neville Alexander, direct of the University of Cape Town’s Project  
>> For
>> the Study of Alternative Education, said that while language was not
>> the only problem facing SA’s students, it was the "fundamental issue"
>> and the state’s language policy was a "guarantee of failure".
>>
>> Full story: http://www.businessday.co.za/articles/Content.aspx?id=148991
>>
>> -- 
>> Dr. Gareth Price
>> Visiting Assistant Professor
>> Department of Slavic and Eurasian Studies
>> 316 Languages Building, Box 90259
>> Duke University
>> Durham, NC 27708-0259
>> USA
>>
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