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Podcast: The Daily Discourse
Episode: Balancing act when it comes to issues of language
Description: One of my producers who tutors learners in history asked a learner why she was finding it difficult to write an essay and engage in English discussion as required in the exam question? She then answered by saying her teacher in an English school teaches them history in isZulu which makes it difficult for her to understand some of the English terms they read in the school textbook. Another learner said her uncle explains history to her in ixiTsonga which also makes it difficult for her to understand questions asked in the question paper in English. This then takes...