English in a Language Policy

It is difficult…I attended an Afrikaans preschool, high school and university! You do not need English to be the primary language to be able to be fluent in English and Afrikaans or other languages. When I was young, my dad would force us during holidays to take out at least 3 English books from the library. We had to read them, and at the end of the holiday he would ask us questions about the books. This really helped us with English! But I do not think they should force all Afrikaans schools to go English. Children should have a choice were they want to go and in what language they want to learn.

Considering English is the second most spoken language in the world, it’s no wonder that most of the manuals and instructions are written in English first and then followed by other foreign languages.

I”m not sure about Africa, but imagine every instruction manuals catering for the 11 different languages you have just mentioned above, a person would be carrying a backpack full of booklets.

Here is what we do. We make English the main language and then have the option for all the other languages in schools, and maybe add a language like Hindii etc.

Also we shouldn’t take away the right that Afrikaans schools have to educate their children in Afrikaans, but I do believe that English as a Primary language should be forced into Afrikaans schools (half of the people there can’t even speak proper English)

And then lastly I see no reason why the Indian schools should be having Afrikaans as a second language when they are failing it and will never use it.

because english is a big language.

like you said.. there are 11 languages in one country. in england there is one. + the majority of uk + usa. dont forget these are 2 of the biggest superpowers.