Experiencing Language Challenges in a Rural School: Implications for Learners' Life Aspirations

Autor/in	Omidire, Margaret Funke
Titel	Experiencing Language Challenges in a Rural School: Implications for Learners' Life Aspirations
Quelle	In: Early Child Development and Care, 190 (2020) 10, S.1619-1637 (19 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Omidire, Margaret Funke)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0300-4430
DOI	10.1080/03004430.2019.1660963
Schlagwörter	Rural Schools; Aspiration; Resilience (Psychology); Student Welfare; Grade 9; Service Learning; Graduate Students; Language Proficiency; Communicative Competence (Languages); Educational Psychology; Barriers; Student Experience; Context Effect; Foreign Countries; Disadvantaged Environment; Adolescents; Second Language Learning; English (Second Language); South Africa + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Rural area; Rural areas; School; Schools; Ländlicher Raum; Schule; Schulen; Streben; Studentenseelsorge; School year 09; 9. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 09; Service-Learning; Graduate Study; Student; Students; Aufbaustudium; Graduiertenstudium; Hauptstudium; Studentin; Language skill; Language skills; Sprachkompetenz; Communicative competence; Languages; Kommunikative Kompetenz; Sprache; Erziehungspsychologie; Pädagogische Psychologie; Studienerfahrung; Ausland; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Zweitsprachenerwerb; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Südafrika; Süd-Afrika; Republik Südafrika; Südafrikanische Republik
Abstract	This article reports on the influence of communication skills on rural students' resilience and well-being. Purposive sampling was used to retrospectively select 40 (f: n = 20; m: n = 20) Grade 9 students in a rural school that were involved in a larger youth project that aimed to deliver pathways towards resilience in rural schools through cross-cultural measures for assessments, career guidance and therapeutic interventions. The project aimed to provide academic service learning opportunities for the second-year Master's in Educational Psychology students. Secondary data analysis was employed to explore and analyse the data. From the findings, the most frequently indicated challenges the students faced included limited expressive and receptive skills in English. Although they have dreams and hopes for the future, the students' lack of language proficiency hinders their career aspirations and life beyond school. Future research should focus on ways to enhance their communicative competences. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01