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Languages in Africa : multilingualism, language policy, and education

Explore the layers of African multilingualism as they affect language policy and education. This book includes case studies ranging across the continent, the contributors consider multilingualism in the classroom as well as in domains ranging from music and film to politics. It also reveals how poor teacher training leads to failures in education.
eBook, English, 2014
Georgetown Univ. Press, Washington, DC, 2014
Konferenzschrift
1 online resource (XII, 207 Seiten) : Illustrationen Diagramme
9781626161528, 9781626161535, 1626161526, 1626161534
1015211771
Introduction: Layers of Language-Some Bad News and Some Good News on Multilingualism, Language Policy, and Education in Africa 1 Early Reading Success in Africa: The Language FactorElizabeth C. Zsiga, One Tlale Boyer, and Ruther Kramer2 Multilingualism as a Sociolinguistic Phenomenon: Evidence from AfricaEyamba G. Bokamba 3 Classroom Discourse in Bilingual and Multilingual Kenyan Primary SchoolsLydiah Kananu Kiramba 4 Investigating Teacher Effects in Mother-Tongue-Based Multilingual Education ProgramsStephen L. Walter 5 Ghana's Complementary Education ProgramKingsley Arkorful 6 Language Contact and Language Attitudes in Two Dagara-Speaking Border Communities in Burkina Faso and GhanaRichard Beyogle 7 Language and Education Policy in Botswana: The Case of SebirwaOne Tlale Boyer and Elizabeth Zsiga 8 Ethnic Language Shift among the Nao People of EthiopiaSamson Seid 9 The Role of Language and Culture in Ethnic Identity Maintenance: The Case of the Gujarati Community in South AfricaSheena Shah 10 "The Palm Oil with Which Words Are Eaten": Proverbs from Cameroon's Endangered Indigenous LanguagesEyovi Njwe 11 The Linguistic "Glocal" in Nigeria's Urban Popular MusicTolulope Odebunmi 12 Language Use in Advertisements as a Reflection of Speakers' Language HabitsLeonard Muaka 13 The Persuasive Nature of Metaphors in Kenya's Political DiscourseLeonard Muaka 14 African Languages on Film: Visualizations of Pathologized Polyglossia Anjali Pandey Contributors Index