Languages in Africa - Multilingualism, Language Policy, and Education

Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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.

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• Authors: Georgetown University Round Table on Lan, Elizabeth C. Zsiga, Elizabeth C. Boyer Zsiga
• Assisted by: One Tlale Boyer (Editor), Boyer One Tlale (Editor), Ruth Kramer (Editor), Ruth (Assistant Professor Kramer (Editor), Kramer Ruth (Editor), Elizabeth C. Zsiga (Editor), Elizabeth C. (Professor Zsiga (Editor), Zsiga Elizabeth C. (Editor)
• Publisher: Georgetown University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 03.03.2015
• EAN: 9781626161528
• ISBN: 978-1-62616-152-8
• No. of pages: 220
• Series: Georgetown University Round Table on Languages and Linguistics series; Georgetown University Round Ta; Georgetown University Round Table on Languages and Linguistics series; Georgetown University Round Ta
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; French, English, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Sociolinguistics, Africa, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General, Sociolinguistics, Bilingualism & multilingualism, African Languages, Bilingualism and multilingualism