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Journal Article
Factors Affecting the Oral Performance of Setswana Home Language Learners: A South African Perspective
2025
Overview
Winterveldt, a township in Pretoria, has residents who speak a variety of of South African indigenous languages, including Setswana, Sepedi/Sesotho sa Leboa, Sesotho, Nguni (isiZulu, isiNdebele, isiXhosa), Xitsonga, English, Afrikaans, and Tshivenda. With so many languages in township like this, it is not easy for someone to use one standard language. They use urban contact varieties (UCVs) of languages such as Sepitori and Tsotsitaal to communicate, which helps them bridge the communication gap in society.The aim of the study is to describe the type and the extent of interference of UCVs in speaking Setswana of Grade 10 learners and how to improve the oral performance of Setswana Home Language (HL) learners. The study was conducted at two high schools where 34 participants were selected from Grade 10. The study employed a qualitative method. In this regard, two focus groups consisting of ten learners each from each school were interviewed. Similarly, class observations (learners presenting and when teachers were conducting the lesson) were also used to collect the data. The aim of the study to use a qualitative approach was to expand and strengthen the data that the researcher needed to collect.This article examines the possible interference of urban contact varieties (UCVs) on Grade 10 learners at the two selected high schools in Winterveldt concerning speaking and writing Setswana. As a result, many learners tend to perform poorly in Setswana Home Language (HL) and fail when they do not attain the required marks in their exams, mainly because they fail their home language.
