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Languages in Africa: Multilingualism, Language Policy, and Education (Georgetown University Round Table on Languages and Linguistics) by Elizabeth C. Zsiga; One Tlale Boyer; Ruth Kramer; Elizabeth C. Zsiga; One Tlale Boyer; Ruth Kramer; Barbara Trudell; Carolyn T. Adger; Lydiah K. Kiramba; Stephen L. Walter; Kingsley Arkorful; Richard Beyogle; Samson Seid; Sheena Shah; Eyovi Njwe; Tolulope Odebunmi; Leonard Muaka; Anjali Pandey; Eyamba Bokamba is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Languages in Africa: Multilingualism, Language Policy, and Education (Georgetown University Round Table on Languages and Linguistics) about?
People in many African communities live within a series of concentric circles when it comes to language. In a small group, a speaker uses an often unwritten and endangered mother tongue that is rarely used in school. A national indigenous language—written, widespread, sometimes used in school—surrounds it. An international language like French or English, a vestige of colonialism, carries prestige, is used in higher education, and promises mobility—and yet it will not be well known by its users. The essays in Languages in Africa explore the layers of African multilingualism as they affect language policy and education. Through 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 and figurative language. The contributors report on the widespread devaluing and even death of indigenous languages. They also investigate how poor teacher training leads to language-related failures in education. At the same time, they demonstrate that education in a mother tongue can work, linguists can use their expertise to provoke changes in language policies, and linguistic creativity thrives
Who reads Languages in Africa: Multilingualism, Language Policy, and Education (Georgetown University Round Table on Languages and Linguistics)?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Elizabeth C. Zsiga; One Tlale Boyer; Ruth Kramer; Elizabeth C. Zsiga; One Tlale Boyer; Ruth Kramer; Barbara Trudell; Carolyn T. Adger; Lydiah K. Kiramba; Stephen L. Walter; Kingsley Arkorful; Richard Beyogle; Samson Seid; Sheena Shah; Eyovi Njwe; Tolulope Odebunmi; Leonard Muaka; Anjali Pandey; Eyamba Bokamba
- Publisher
- Georgetown University Press
- Published
- 2015
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781626161528
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Linguistics, Education, Language Learning
Other editions & translations
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