THE INFLUENCE OF LANGUAGE OF LEARNING AND TEACHING ON THE PERFORMANCE OF LEARNERS IN CONSUMER STUDIES

LOLT has been seen as the most influential integral part of learning; however, if it is not properly administered byteachers when teaching in class, particularly subjects such as Consumer Studies, it can result in an outrageous high poor performance of learners, which can also be regarded as a high failure rate. LOLT has become a major problem in selected schools of the Nkangala district in areas such as Emalahleni, where the majority of learners doing Consumer Studies havefailed. Current research has demonstrated that many learners in township schools enrolled for Consumer Studies in grade 12 failed even worse because of the appropriate use of LOLT by most educators. In this paper, we consider that even though intrusion strategies are embraced in each and every term of the year to improve the results of learners, it seems that littleattention is drawn on the ascendancy LOLT regardingthe accomplishment of pupils concerning assessment. The resolution of this groundwork was to scrutinize the influence of the Language of Learning and teaching on the performance of learners in grade 12, ConsumerStudies in selected schools of the Nkangala District Mpumalanga Province. We used a qualitative approach to collect caricature data from secondary schools, educators, and learners from the selected schools;furthermore, in-depth interviews and observations were used. The findings revealed that learners performedpoorly because of the appropriate use of LOLT by teachers in the selected secondary schools of the Nkangala district. We recommend various solutions to improve and curb the current problems that cause learners to fail in their assessments