Answer to Question #307877 in English for Sphesihle Zuma

Question

1.what aspects should a home language teacher keep in mind when teaching a home language to intermediate phase(IP) learners I a multicultural context?

2.what opportunities and challenges do you think you are likely to face as a home language teacher in south Africa and how would you deal with them?

3.discuss how you would teach a home language in an integrated way. Substantiate your discussion with appropriate examples.

Answer 1

1. a. The learners linguistic and cultural background

b. The learners strengths and weaknesses

2.Opportunities: Strengthen the relationship between the learner and the teacher, Establish a strong identity for the learner, Acknowledging the learners linguistic diversity which is bound to improve their social relations with other multilingual learners in the classroom.

Challenges: Limited support, Learners disinterest/boredom, Language barrier, loneliness, Insufficient time and resources like whiteboards and fancy projectors available in classroom but not home.

3. a. Incorporate visual in the learning process for instance by using concrete objects to support their comprehension

b. Acknowledge the learner's diversity in language and culture in the teaching process as a way of engaging them and celebrating their cultural and linguistic diversity in the classroom.

c. Include anchor words that relate to the learners background