Language Education

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The linguistic situation in Lesotho is such that there are two official languages – Sesotho and English. Official means that a language is used as a language of governance. Sesotho as the language spoken by the majority population (99%) ;is the national language in Lesotho. That is, it is the language that Lesotho identifies with.

Language supremacy is not alien in Lesotho. In the Supreme Court however, Sesotho is still used although ideally English should be the language at that level.

Rudiments of a language policy also appear in the education policy of Lesotho which stipulates that the language of teaching and learning is Sesotho for the first four years of primary school and English takes over from higher primary school through secondary, high school and tertiary levels.

• Throughout primary and high school levels, English is a failing subject and Sesotho is not.Though English is thought to be very prestigious in Lesotho, Sesotho is still the most widely used language in many domains especially domestically.

  Contrary to popular believe and propaganda that there is one language in Lesotho, in actual fact, there are other languages that are not recognized by the language planning policy in Lesotho. The minority languages in Lesotho include Sephuthi, Sethepu, Xhosa, Ndebele, and Setlokoa. The remaining minority languages in Lesotho are also faced with the threat of extinction because the language planners in Lesotho do not recognize them as languages. The people in the regions such as Quthing where these minority languages are found are very hostile to people who speak Sesotho. It has thus been observed that these minority language speaking people of Lesotho feel more at home in South Africa than in Lesotho. Is there really no hope for this population that speaks minority languages in Lesotho?

  Language plays a pivotal role in human life. I strongly believe that ones’ language corresponds to ones’ origin.

  “Optimal first language education provides a rich cognitive preparation for the acquisition of a second language; and that the literacy skills already acquired in the first language provide easy transition to the second language medium education.”