- Title
- The Politics of Language Education in Africa:
- Creator
- Kaschula, Russell H, Kretzer, Michael M
- Date
- 2019
- Type
- text
- Type
- book
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/174739
- Identifier
- vital:42505
- Identifier
- ISBN
- Identifier
- https://doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/9780190228637.013.750
- Description
- Language policies in sub-Saharan African nations emerge out of specific political, historical, socioeconomic, and linguistic conditions. Education plays a crucial role for all spheres of language policy. Policies either upgrade or downgrade indigenous languages through their application at various educational institutions. The most significant example is the selection of the language (s) used as languages of learning and teaching at higher-education institutions. The region’s colonial history also influences the language policies of the independent African states. Language policy in Senegal is an example of a francophone country focusing on a linguistic assimilation policy in which minor reforms in favor of indigenous languages have taken place.
- Format
- Publisher
- Oxford Research Encyclopedia
- Language
- English
- Relation
- Kaschula, R.H. and Kretzer, M.M., 2019. The Politics of Language Education in Africa. In Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Politics
- Rights
- Publisher
- Rights
- Use of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the Oxford Research Encyclopedias Statement (https://oxfordre.com/page/accessibility)
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