Author: Bulelwa Lynette NyangiwePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
The Language-in-education Policy and Attitudes of Learners, Educators and Parents Towards English Or/and IsiZulu as the Language of Learning and Teaching
Author: Bulelwa Lynette NyangiwePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
The Language Attitudes and Practices of High School Learners, Teachers, and Parents in the Mafikeng and Vryburg Districts of the North West Province, South Africa
Author: Tumelontle Mildred ThibaPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Language and education
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
Local Languages as a Human Right in Education
Author: Zehlia Babaci-WilhitePublisher: Springer
ISBN: 9462099472
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 149
Book Description
There seems to be general agreement that children learn better when they understand what the teacher is saying. In Africa this is not the case. Instruction is given in a foreign language, a language neither pupils nor the teachers understand well. This is the greatest educational problem there is in Africa. This is the problem this book discusses and it is therefore an important book. The recent focus on quality education becomes meaningless when teaching is given in a language pupils do not understand. Babaci-Wilhite concludes that any local curriculum that ignores local languages and contexts risks a loss of learning quality and represent a violation of children’s rights in education. The book is highly recommended. Birgit Brock-Utne, Professor of Education and Development, University of Oslo, Norway Zehlia Babaci-Wilhite’s illuminating African case studies display a mastery of the literature on policies related to not only language policies integrally related to human rights in education, but to the relationship between education and national development. The book provides a paradigm shift from focusing on the issue of schooling access to the very meaning education has for personal and collective identity and affirmation. As such, it will appeal to a wide audience of education scholars, policy makers and practitioners. Robert F. Arnove, Chancellor’s Professor Emeritus of Educational Leadership & Policy Studies, Indiana University, Bloomington, USA A very important and timely book that makes crucial contribution to critical reviews of the policies about languages of instruction and rights in education in Africa. Brilliantly crafted and presented with great clarity the author puts into perspective issues that need to be addressed to improve academic performance in Africa’s educational systems in order to attain the goal of providing education for all as well as restoring rights in education. This can be achieved through critical examination of languages of instruction and of the cultural relevance of the curricula. Definitely required reading for scholars of education and human rights in general, in Africa in particular, as well as for education policy makers. Sam Mchombo, Associate Professor of African Languages and Linguistics, University of California, Berkeley, USA This book contributes to enlighten a crucial academic as well as a democratic and philosophical issue: The right to education and the rights in education, as it is seen in the dilemmas of the right to use your local language. It offers a high-level research and the work is both cutting edge and offers new knowledge to the fields of democracy, human rights and education. The book is a unique contribution to a very important academic discussion on rights in education connecting to language of instruction in schools, politics and power, as well as it frames the questions of why education and language can be seen as a human right for sustainable development in Africa. The actuality of the book is disturbing: We need to take the debate on human rights in education for the children of the world, for their future and for their right to a cultural identity. Inga Bostad, Director of the Norwegian Centre for Human Rights, University of Oslo, Norway
Languages of Instruction
Author: International Development Research Centre (Canada)Publisher: IDRC
ISBN: 0889368295
Category : Africa
Languages : en
Pages : 87
Book Description
Languages of Instruction: Policy implications for education in Africa
Focus on Fresh Data on the Language of Instruction Debate in Tanzania and South Africa
Author: Birgit Brock-UtnePublisher: African Minds
ISBN: 1920051465
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description
This is a series of books from the LOITASA (Language of Instruction in Tanzania and South Africa) project. LOITASA is a NUFU-funded (Norwegian University Fund) project which began in January 2002 and continued till the end of 2006. It is, what in donor circles is known as a 'South-South-North' cooperation project which, in this case, involves research cooperation between South Africa, Tanzania and Norway. The first book, entitled Language of instruction in Tanzania and South Africa (LOITASA), focused on the current language in education situation in the two countries by providing a description and analysis of existing language policies and practices.
Learning Languages, Being Social
Author: Susanne MohrPublisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN: 3110794675
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
This book addresses increasingly diverse language learning trajectories in a modern, globalized world, specifically outside of formal classroom situations and with respect to second and additional language practices. This includes, but is not restricted to, intersections of formal and informal learning, computer-mediated contexts as well as family contexts and language learning in multilingual contexts. The book provides a current and specifically anthropological view on the second and additional language acquisition in non-school settings through various studies. It is unique in its focus and scope and is relevant to anthropologists and linguists, who are interested in the intersection of language and culture.
Language Policy in South Africa: How Rural Teachers Make Sense of Public Policy
Author: Kathleen Kimpel, PhDPublisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 0615190316
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 143
Book Description
Resources in Education
Author: Language and Literacy Policies in Sub-Saharan Africa
Author: Nicolau Nkiawete ManuelPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Angola
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
This dynamic created tension between the local and the global discursive practices, specifically between the discourses of national unity, English as a global language and African indigenous languages as the languages of cultural identity and heritage. The findings also revealed that the choices of language of instruction and use are embedded in economic, political, and ideological interests of the various social groups. Parents, teachers, linguists, and policy-makers alike, recognized the advantages of bilingual education. However, entrenched negative attitudes, the high status, and the prestige attached to Portuguese and English pose additional challenges for the promotion of African languages in education and social life. The findings also suggested the need to challenge positions of power and privilege that are reinforced by the use of disciplinary knowledge in the domains of language teaching and learning. In conclusion, the findings suggested that top-down and bottom up processes should work in tandem to promote an inclusive language policy towards, bilingualism, and linguistic diversity.
Languages and Education in Africa
Author: Birgit Brock-UtnePublisher: Symposium Books Ltd
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
The theme of this book cuts across disciplines.