Remedial teaching of Afrikaans as a foreign language: an experimental study. An account was given of two interconnected experimental studies on the teaching of Afrikaans as a foreign language which had been conducted among remedial secondary school pupils in Durban. The samples in the two experiments consisted of 60 and 20 pupils respectively. Constants were sex, school standards, Afrikaans teacher at school, and percentage obtained in Afrikaans at the commencement of the experiment. According to the causal hypothesis which underpinned the project, school percentage obtained in Afrikaans (dependent variable) is to a significant degree determined by the application of an eclectic teaching method (independent variable). The effects of using an eclectic method on a remedial level were assessed by comparing the academic achievements of participants in experimental groups to those of control groups, based on preand posttest statistics. Results indicated that the acquisition of Afrikaans as a foreign language is more rapid and effective when an eclectic approach is followed as opposed to the language teaching methods generally used in Natal schools. The findings suggested a need for the revision of school strategies used in the teaching of Afrikaans to pupils from language groups in South Africa who seldom come into contact with Afrikaans-speaking communities.Verslag is gelewer van twee verwante eksperimentele studies oor die onderrig van Afrikaans as vreemde taal wat onder remedierende h&rskoolleerlinge in Durban van stapel gestuur is. Die steekproewe in die twee eksperimente het onderskeidelik uit 60 en 20 leerlinge bestaan. Konstante veranderlikes was geslag, skoolstanderd, Afrikaanse onderwyser(es) op skool, en Afrikaanse persentasie met aanvang van die eksperiment. Volgens die kousale hipotese waarop die studie gebaseer is, word skwlpersentasie in Afrikaans (afhanklike veranderlike) in 'n beduidende graad bepaal deur die toepassing van 'n eklektiese metode (onafhanklike veranderlike). Die uitwerking van 'n eklektiese metode op remedierende vlak is beraam deur die akademiese prestasies van deelnemers in die eksperimentele groepe te vergelyk met di6 van kontrolegroepe op grond van voor-en natoetsingpersentasie. Die resultate het aangetoon dat Afrikaanstaalverwerwing sneller en doeltreffender plaasvind wanneer 'n eklektiese metode toegepas word, in teenstelling met die taalonderrigmetodes wat tans in Natalse skole aangewend word. Die bevindinge het gei'mpliseer dat daar 'n behoefte bestaan vir die hersiening van skwlstrategiee wat toegepas word in die onderrig van Afrikaans aan leerlinge uit Suid-Afrikaanse taalgroepe wat selde met Afrikaanssprekendes in aanraking kom.