Xhosa students' attitudes towards Black South African languages at the University of the Western Cape

Abstract

This work-in-progress paper describes the writer's current research into the language attitudes, preferences and usage of the student speech community at the University of the Western Cape. It specifically looks at responses by first and second year Xhosa students to questions on Black South African Languages (BSALs), which formed part of a larger survey questionnaire on attitudes towards all the 11 official South African languages, and attempts an analysis of these results.