Susan Coetzee‐van Rooy
Biographic Data
| ID | 77931 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Susan Coetzee‐van Rooy |
| GIVEN NAMES | Susan |
| FAMILY NAME | Coetzee‐van Rooy |
| SIGNATURE | VAN ROOY S C |
| AFFILIATIONS | North-West University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7345-5052 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 31 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 18 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Reloading language programs
First, I want to state my agreement with the cause expressed by the authors of the World Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics (WLLL) case study at West Virginia University (WVU; Thompson et al., 2025, this issue). The knowledge and cognitive development encapsulated in languages, literatures, and linguistics courses are vital contributors to high-quality education in our time. The learning that we facilitate in these courses provides the cogni…
Emerging trends in multilingual learning and teaching
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A Portrait-Corpus Study of Language Attitudes towards Afrikaans and English
Language portraits are useful instruments to elicit speakers’ reflections on the languages in their repertoires. In this study, we implement a “portrait-corpus approach” (Peters and Coetzee-Van Rooy 2020) to investigate the conceptualisations of the languages Afrikaans and English in 105 language portraits. In this approach, we use participants’ reflections about their placement of the two languages on a human silhouette as a linguistic corpus. R…
Being English in multilingual South Africa
The multilingual repertoires of African home language and bilingual Afrikaans‐English speakers in South Africa have been investigated comprehensively in the recent past. Less attention has been paid to the language repertoires of English home language speakers. Very little is known about the nature of their repertoires and their attitudes towards the languages in their repertoires. These Inner Circle users of English are immersed in a deeply mult…
Researching South African Englishes
In this paper we provide an overview of the current status as well as broad functions of Englishes in South Africa. We also provide a discussion of some of the contemporary concerns related to the complex and multivaried nature of English in the country. This paper further serves to introduce the major themes that are of concern to those researchers that are interested in the study of South African Englishes, through an introduction of the papers…
Exploring the interplay of language and body in South African youth
Elicitation materials like language portraits are useful to investigate people’s perceptions about the languages that they know. This study uses portraits to analyse the underlying conceptualisations people exhibit when reflecting on their language repertoires. Conceptualisations as manifestations of cultural cognition are the purview of cognitive sociolinguistics. The present study advances portrait methodology as it analyses data from structure…
Language mixing in the social network of a South African student
This article discusses the dynamics underlying a particular feature of South African Englishes – language mixing – and how such mixing practices and the use of English form part of the social identity of interactions between speakers in their respective social networks. The approach to this current study was adapted from Milroy's (1980) research on social networks in order to provide access to participants’ most natural use of languages. This stu…
South African Englishes
The bibliography presented here is a list of contemporary research publications that provide the details of books, research articles, as well as other research outputs that were published between 1994 and 2020. The main aim of this bibliography is to provide scholars interested in researching South African Englishes with sources of major works published internationally as well as in core journals from South Africa. Despite the problems concerning…
Dominant Language Constellations in Multilingual Repertoires
There is evidence in South Africa that multilingual language-in-education policies are not realised in practice. Researchers offer comprehensive lists of reasons for the observed policy failure. International and national researchers identify a lack of congruence between language-in-education policies and the natural language practices of learners as a contributing factor in the perceived policy disaster. The central argument of this article is t…
Multilingualism and social cohesion
The relationship between nations (or states), languages and social cohesion have been studied over time. Contexts like Africa and India challenge the conceived Western notion of "one-nation-one-language". Insights about multilingualism and social cohesion from complex sociolinguistic contexts like South Africa could provide a deeper understanding helpful for promoting social cohesion in emerging "super-diverse" situations across the globe. This a…
Explaining the ordinary magic of stable African multilingualism in the Vaal Triangle region in South Africa
The academic and public debates about language maintenance and language shift in the post-1994 South Africa distract attention from the more productive and important endeavour of explaining the nature of the multilingualism observed among users of African languages in urban contexts. An explanation for this phenomenon is offered here, based on evidence from a literature overview, data from a large-scale language repertoire survey conducted in 201…
Afrikaans in contact with English
At present, discussions about potential language shift from African languages or Afrikaans to English are widespread in South Africa. This article focuses on the position of Afrikaans. Researchers interested in the position of Afrikaans today hold different views and there are some methodological problems with current studies. The main aim of this article is to problematize claims of language shift among Afrikaans speakers by analyzing relevant d…
Flourishing functional multilingualism
Currently, there is a debate about the potential language shift among speakers of African languages towards English. Scholars hold conflicting views about this issue and the debates are complicated because of the widespread multilingualism in the South African society. The main aim of this article is to revisit current claims of language shift among speakers of African languages by analyzing relevant data from a larger scale survey of the languag…
Intelligibility and perceptions of English proficiency
More and more learners of English from the Expanding Circle are travelling to Outer Circle contexts to learn English or to improve their English proficiency. This is also the case for some Korean families who moved to Potchefstroom, South Africa. This phenomenon poses challenges in terms of assessment of English proficiency, and emphasizes the increasing 'global' reach of English observed by many researchers. A result of this phenomenon is the po…
From the Expanding to the Outer Circle
Learners of English from ‘Expanding Circle’ countries like South Korea find new opportunities of advancing their English. There is a considerable body of knowledge about the experiences of students who go abroad to continue to learn their language of choice in a natural setting where it is the dominant language. The current position of English as the most dominant international language results in a new phenomenon related to language learning abr…
Integrativeness
Kachru (1988) and Sridhar and Sridhar (1992) argue that the spread of English as a world language increases the types of context in which English is learnt today. The sociolinguistic realities of world Englishes learners today challenge the validity of some second-language acquisition theories. One of the theoretical limitations of existing second-language acquisition theories is the dependence upon the notion of integrativeness to explain succes…
South African English
Racial or ethnic labels are common practice in South African English, but in recent years some criticism has been levelled against this practice, particularly as far as the label Black South African English is concerned. This article investigates the labelling practices of ordinary, non-linguist South Africans to determine what may be acceptable to them, following a bottom-up approach to categorisation. Data were elicited from 167 black first yea…
Cultural identity profiles of Afrikaans and Southern Sotho learners of English
The cultural identity profiles of second language learners could be regarded as a resource or a hazard in the second language learning process. Constructivist theories of learning and social models of second language learning, for example, present opposing views about the usefulness of cultural identities in the learning process. The central problem investigated in this article is: should the cultural identity profiles of Afrikaans and Southern S…
Integrativeness
Kachru (1988) and Sridhar and Sridhar (1992) argue that the spread of English as a world language increases the types of context in which English is learnt today. The sociolinguistic realities of world Englishes learners today challenge the validity of some second-language acquisition theories. One of the theoretical limitations of existing second-language acquisition theories is the dependence upon the notion of integrativeness to explain succes…
South African English
Racial or ethnic labels are common practice in South African English, but in recent years some criticism has been levelled against this practice, particularly as far as the label Black South African English is concerned. This article investigates the labelling practices of ordinary, non-linguist South Africans to determine what may be acceptable to them, following a bottom-up approach to categorisation. Data were elicited from 167 black first yea…
Explaining the ordinary magic of stable African multilingualism in the Vaal Triangle region in South Africa
The academic and public debates about language maintenance and language shift in the post-1994 South Africa distract attention from the more productive and important endeavour of explaining the nature of the multilingualism observed among users of African languages in urban contexts. An explanation for this phenomenon is offered here, based on evidence from a literature overview, data from a large-scale language repertoire survey conducted in 201…
Flourishing functional multilingualism
Currently, there is a debate about the potential language shift among speakers of African languages towards English. Scholars hold conflicting views about this issue and the debates are complicated because of the widespread multilingualism in the South African society. The main aim of this article is to revisit current claims of language shift among speakers of African languages by analyzing relevant data from a larger scale survey of the languag…
Exploring the interplay of language and body in South African youth
Elicitation materials like language portraits are useful to investigate people’s perceptions about the languages that they know. This study uses portraits to analyse the underlying conceptualisations people exhibit when reflecting on their language repertoires. Conceptualisations as manifestations of cultural cognition are the purview of cognitive sociolinguistics. The present study advances portrait methodology as it analyses data from structure…
Afrikaans in contact with English
At present, discussions about potential language shift from African languages or Afrikaans to English are widespread in South Africa. This article focuses on the position of Afrikaans. Researchers interested in the position of Afrikaans today hold different views and there are some methodological problems with current studies. The main aim of this article is to problematize claims of language shift among Afrikaans speakers by analyzing relevant d…
Language mixing in the social network of a South African student
This article discusses the dynamics underlying a particular feature of South African Englishes – language mixing – and how such mixing practices and the use of English form part of the social identity of interactions between speakers in their respective social networks. The approach to this current study was adapted from Milroy's (1980) research on social networks in order to provide access to participants’ most natural use of languages. This stu…
Intelligibility and perceptions of English proficiency
More and more learners of English from the Expanding Circle are travelling to Outer Circle contexts to learn English or to improve their English proficiency. This is also the case for some Korean families who moved to Potchefstroom, South Africa. This phenomenon poses challenges in terms of assessment of English proficiency, and emphasizes the increasing 'global' reach of English observed by many researchers. A result of this phenomenon is the po…
Cultural identity profiles of Afrikaans and Southern Sotho learners of English
The cultural identity profiles of second language learners could be regarded as a resource or a hazard in the second language learning process. Constructivist theories of learning and social models of second language learning, for example, present opposing views about the usefulness of cultural identities in the learning process. The central problem investigated in this article is: should the cultural identity profiles of Afrikaans and Southern S…
Cultural identity profiles of Afrikaans and Southern Sotho learners of English
The cultural identity profiles of second language learners could be regarded as a resource or a hazard in the second language learning process. Constructivist theories of learning and social models of second language learning, for example, present opposing views about the usefulness of cultural identities in the learning process. The central problem investigated in this article is: should the cultural identity profiles of Afrikaans and Southern S…
South African English
Racial or ethnic labels are common practice in South African English, but in recent years some criticism has been levelled against this practice, particularly as far as the label Black South African English is concerned. This article investigates the labelling practices of ordinary, non-linguist South Africans to determine what may be acceptable to them, following a bottom-up approach to categorisation. Data were elicited from 167 black first yea…
Integrativeness
Kachru (1988) and Sridhar and Sridhar (1992) argue that the spread of English as a world language increases the types of context in which English is learnt today. The sociolinguistic realities of world Englishes learners today challenge the validity of some second-language acquisition theories. One of the theoretical limitations of existing second-language acquisition theories is the dependence upon the notion of integrativeness to explain succes…
From the Expanding to the Outer Circle
Learners of English from ‘Expanding Circle’ countries like South Korea find new opportunities of advancing their English. There is a considerable body of knowledge about the experiences of students who go abroad to continue to learn their language of choice in a natural setting where it is the dominant language. The current position of English as the most dominant international language results in a new phenomenon related to language learning abr…
Intelligibility and perceptions of English proficiency
More and more learners of English from the Expanding Circle are travelling to Outer Circle contexts to learn English or to improve their English proficiency. This is also the case for some Korean families who moved to Potchefstroom, South Africa. This phenomenon poses challenges in terms of assessment of English proficiency, and emphasizes the increasing 'global' reach of English observed by many researchers. A result of this phenomenon is the po…
Flourishing functional multilingualism
Currently, there is a debate about the potential language shift among speakers of African languages towards English. Scholars hold conflicting views about this issue and the debates are complicated because of the widespread multilingualism in the South African society. The main aim of this article is to revisit current claims of language shift among speakers of African languages by analyzing relevant data from a larger scale survey of the languag…
Afrikaans in contact with English
At present, discussions about potential language shift from African languages or Afrikaans to English are widespread in South Africa. This article focuses on the position of Afrikaans. Researchers interested in the position of Afrikaans today hold different views and there are some methodological problems with current studies. The main aim of this article is to problematize claims of language shift among Afrikaans speakers by analyzing relevant d…
Explaining the ordinary magic of stable African multilingualism in the Vaal Triangle region in South Africa
The academic and public debates about language maintenance and language shift in the post-1994 South Africa distract attention from the more productive and important endeavour of explaining the nature of the multilingualism observed among users of African languages in urban contexts. An explanation for this phenomenon is offered here, based on evidence from a literature overview, data from a large-scale language repertoire survey conducted in 201…
Multilingualism and social cohesion
The relationship between nations (or states), languages and social cohesion have been studied over time. Contexts like Africa and India challenge the conceived Western notion of "one-nation-one-language". Insights about multilingualism and social cohesion from complex sociolinguistic contexts like South Africa could provide a deeper understanding helpful for promoting social cohesion in emerging "super-diverse" situations across the globe. This a…
Dominant Language Constellations in Multilingual Repertoires
There is evidence in South Africa that multilingual language-in-education policies are not realised in practice. Researchers offer comprehensive lists of reasons for the observed policy failure. International and national researchers identify a lack of congruence between language-in-education policies and the natural language practices of learners as a contributing factor in the perceived policy disaster. The central argument of this article is t…
Exploring the interplay of language and body in South African youth
Elicitation materials like language portraits are useful to investigate people’s perceptions about the languages that they know. This study uses portraits to analyse the underlying conceptualisations people exhibit when reflecting on their language repertoires. Conceptualisations as manifestations of cultural cognition are the purview of cognitive sociolinguistics. The present study advances portrait methodology as it analyses data from structure…
Language mixing in the social network of a South African student
This article discusses the dynamics underlying a particular feature of South African Englishes – language mixing – and how such mixing practices and the use of English form part of the social identity of interactions between speakers in their respective social networks. The approach to this current study was adapted from Milroy's (1980) research on social networks in order to provide access to participants’ most natural use of languages. This stu…
South African Englishes
The bibliography presented here is a list of contemporary research publications that provide the details of books, research articles, as well as other research outputs that were published between 1994 and 2020. The main aim of this bibliography is to provide scholars interested in researching South African Englishes with sources of major works published internationally as well as in core journals from South Africa. Despite the problems concerning…
A Portrait-Corpus Study of Language Attitudes towards Afrikaans and English
Language portraits are useful instruments to elicit speakers’ reflections on the languages in their repertoires. In this study, we implement a “portrait-corpus approach” (Peters and Coetzee-Van Rooy 2020) to investigate the conceptualisations of the languages Afrikaans and English in 105 language portraits. In this approach, we use participants’ reflections about their placement of the two languages on a human silhouette as a linguistic corpus. R…
Being English in multilingual South Africa
The multilingual repertoires of African home language and bilingual Afrikaans‐English speakers in South Africa have been investigated comprehensively in the recent past. Less attention has been paid to the language repertoires of English home language speakers. Very little is known about the nature of their repertoires and their attitudes towards the languages in their repertoires. These Inner Circle users of English are immersed in a deeply mult…
Researching South African Englishes
In this paper we provide an overview of the current status as well as broad functions of Englishes in South Africa. We also provide a discussion of some of the contemporary concerns related to the complex and multivaried nature of English in the country. This paper further serves to introduce the major themes that are of concern to those researchers that are interested in the study of South African Englishes, through an introduction of the papers…
Emerging trends in multilingual learning and teaching
Preview this article: Emerging trends in multilingual learning and teaching, Page 1 of 1 /docserver/preview/fulltext/aila.00053.aro-1.gif
Reloading language programs
First, I want to state my agreement with the cause expressed by the authors of the World Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics (WLLL) case study at West Virginia University (WVU; Thompson et al., 2025, this issue). The knowledge and cognitive development encapsulated in languages, literatures, and linguistics courses are vital contributors to high-quality education in our time. The learning that we facilitate in these courses provides the cogni…
Multilingual Education and Policy (17 works) · Linguistics (16 works) · Sociology (16 works) · Psychology (13 works) · Second Language Learning and Teaching (11 works) · Pedagogy (9 works) · Computer Science (8 works) · EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning (8 works) · First language (5 works) · Linguistic Variation and Morphology (5 works)