Die gebruik van Wit oemfaan (F.A. Venter) in ’n imagologiese raamwerk vir die onderrig van Afrikaans as addisionele taal
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2003
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AOSIS Publishing
Abstract
The multicultural additional-language classroom has its own characteristics
and requirements. An important element to keep in mind is that learners
come from different cultures and all of them have their own perceptions of
themselves, their own and other cultures. These perceptions can lead to
conflict – something the educator has to deal with. Opportunities can be
provided to work through the conflict and thereby facilitate intercultural
understanding. Learners can be encouraged to become aware of their own
stereotypes of the Other, which are influenced by historical and social
realities and based on misperceptions. In order to grow in intercultural
understanding, learners have to let go of their stereotypes and become
willing to integrate the Other into their own identity.
This article attempts to indicate why and how learners can be made aware
of national and ethnic stereotypes in a youth text such as Wit oemfaan
(1965) by F.A. Venter. The main aim is to train teacher educators at tertiary
level to facilitate the learning process in an integration model for literature
teaching by using imagology as theoretical framework. The teaching
strategies aim to make the learner aware of the narrative voice and
focalisation in the representation of stereotypes. The learner is guided to
be confronted with the Self in the story, who is in unusual contact with the
Other. This intercultural encounter in the secondary world of the literary text
leads eventually to the maturation of the main character and can facilitate
the maturation process of the additional-language learner of Afrikaans in
the Further Education and Training phase at school.
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CITATION: Kruger, E. 2003. Die gebruik van Wit oemfaan (F.A. Venter) in ’n imagologiese raamwerk vir die onderrig van Afrikaans as addisionele taal. Literator, 24(3): 57-84, doi: 10.4102/lit.v24i3.301.
The original publication is available at http://literator.org.za
The original publication is available at http://literator.org.za
Keywords
Second language acquisition, Venter, F. A. -- (François Alwyn), -- 1916-1997, Imagery (Psychology) in literature, Afrikaans language -- Study and teaching -- South Africa
Citation
Kruger, E. 2003. Die gebruik van Wit oemfaan (F.A. Venter) in ’n imagologiese raamwerk vir die onderrig van Afrikaans as addisionele taal. Literator, 24(3): 57-84, doi: 10.4102/lit.v24i3.301