Teachers Voices: Teachers Reflections on Learning and Teaching through the Medium of English as an Additional Language in South Africa

By M. Probyn. 2001

121 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Language and Linguistics, Literature and Literary Theory

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In Language and Linguistics

1. Margie Childs
2. U. Hoadley
3. M. Probyn
4. E. Macaro
5. Y. Lo

In Literature and Literary Theory

1. Margie Childs
2. U. Hoadley
3. M. Probyn
4. E. Macaro
5. Y. Lo

Citations in the corpus

• What do we know about teaching and learning in South African primary schools (2012, background): “…concerned with identifying the ‘generative mechanisms’ or the actual causal links between school language practices and academic performance, and he finds a number in the research, all derived from classroom-based studies (Heugh, 2005a; 2005b; MacDonald, 1990; Setati & Adler, 2000; Probyn, 2001).”
• Language and Learning Science in South Africa (2006, background): “…received scant attention from policymakers and teacher trainers (Joint Education Trust, 1997: 26–9; National Education Policy Investigation, 1992: 4; Probyn, 1995, 2001) and yet has huge implications for questions of access and equity – two of the principles guiding educational transformation in…”
• ‘Smuggling the vernacular into the classroom’: conflicts and tensions in classroom codeswitching in township/rural schools in South Africa (2009, background): “…generally accepted as a legitimate classroom strategy, nor has it been sanctioned in teacher training; hence a teacher referred to ‘smuggling the vernacular into the classroom’ (Probyn 2001) (see also Adendorff 1996; Macdonald 1990; National Education Policy Investigation 1992; Setati et al. 2002).”
• Reflecting on Translanguaging in Multilingual Classrooms: Harnessing the Power of Poetry and Photography (2016, background): “Excluding or diminishing the place of a main language or home language positions many learners at a disadvantage (Probyn, 2001, 2009).”