1. Dialects
in the African Home Language
Education Classroom
Issues you must cover:
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Define what a dialect is.
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Show how it is difficult to define a dialect in practice.
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Describe dialects and their relationship in your own
specific home language (HL).
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Provide several reasons why it is important to
respect, include and nurture dialects in the HL
classroom.
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Discuss your professional position about the
importance of teaching a standard written variety of
your HL.
