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Smit, Ute. 1996. A New English for a New South Africa? Language Attitudes, Language Planning and Education. (Austrian Studies in English 83). Braumuller.

Publication type

Book – monograph

Publication language

English

Keywords

classroom conversation | education | language attitude | language planning | language variety

Language as a subject

English, South African

Annotation

This research on South African language attitudes and planning, especially regarding English, contains, besides key concepts in sociolinguistics and a sketch of the English language situation, the conclusions of a language attitude survey (1993), designed to elicit pupils' attitudes towards varieties of South African English with regard to their educational use.

Reviewed by

Mesthrie, Rajend. 1999. Review of $A New English for a New South Africa? Language Attitudes, Language Planning and Education.