Год выпуска: 2011 Автор: J. Marriote Ngwaru Издательство: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing Страниц: 208 ISBN: 9783847311713
Описание
Under achievement in English as a second language (ESL) (the official language and language in education in many Sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries refuses to go away despite revised policies,efforts and practices at relevant levels down to classroom and lecture room. At the same time, the extent and nature of the support that second language learners need to succeed academically remains a recurring elusive educational policy issue ever so urgent. This book identifies instructional pedagogies used in SSA as one of the main reasons for low achievement at both primary and secondary school. Using studies carried out at primary and secondary school in Zimbabwe as the backdrop, the book calls for teachers to explore alternative perspectives to ESL teaching by using classroom based data to develop methodologies that respond to their learners'specific langauge needs. The adoption of explicit pedagogy to ensure appropriate language proficiency and grammatical competence at all levels is...
