Teaching and learning of languages especially modern languages, be they L1, L2 or L3, continue to evolve and shift from the traditional approach where the physical instructor was key to the educational process to contemporary interactive digital approaches that give the learn a certain amount of confidence and autonomy. However, this is not the case in Lesotho where the approach in the teaching and learning of Sesotho has arguably been traditional, despite the fact that Sesotho is not only the official language but also the only indigenous language spoken across the country. This article concerned with problems related to teaching and learning of Sesotho through the use of traditional methods. It argues that contemporary approaches would render the language much more accessible to the masses locally and internationally, particularly in the information age. Secondly, new methods would help re-document the language with all the indigenous knowledge and savoir-faire proper to the language and culture of Basotho. The article explores possible avenues of electronic language documentation and digitisation with the aim of improving the teaching and learning of Sesotho in formal academic establishments and in informal settings generally meant for foreign agents working or representing international non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in the rural areas of Lesotho. This is where citizens may know how to read and right but not be particularly conversant in the second official language - English. Finally, the article advocates for collaboration between computer scientists and linguists with the objective of developing an on-point Sesotho language software that supports regulated online language learning platforms.
Cette étude avait pour but de déterminer l’importance d’intégrer le jeu dans la didactique du français langue étrangère (FLE) au Lesotho. L’intention majeure de cette intégration des jeux en classe de langue était de pouvoir motiver les apprenants du français dans un contexte multilinguistique où cette langue étrangère est moins attrayante pour beaucoup d’apprenants. Les adolescents âgés de 17 - 19 ans de Tšakholo High School constituaient le public de cette étude. Ils étaient 29 en classe et étaient en cinquième année du lycée. Ils parlaient tous sésotho et anglais qui sont respectivement la langue maternelle et la langue d’instruction dans tout le pays. Une approche mixte a été adoptée pour l’étude, et la méthode d’observation des participants ainsi qu’un questionnaire ont été employés pour recueillir les données. Les données ont révélé que les apprenants étaient plus motivés à participer au cours quand les activités ludiques étaient utilisées dans l’enseignement.
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