Languages in Africa Multilingualism Language Policy and Education 1st Edition by Elizabeth Zsiga, One Tlale Boyer, Ruth Kramer ISBN 9781626161535 1626161534

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ISBN 10: 1626161534
ISBN 13: 9781626161535
Author: Elizabeth Zsiga, One Tlale Boyer, Ruth Kramer

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 in these multilingual communities.

Languages in Africa Multilingualism Language Policy and Education 1st Edition Table of contents:

Introduction: Layers of Language—Some Bad News and Some Good News on Multilingualism, Language Pol

1 Early Reading Success in Africa: The Language Factor

2 Multilingualism as a Sociolinguistic Phenomenon: Evidence from Africa

3 Classroom Discourse in Bilingual and Multilingual Kenyan Primary Schools

4 Investigating Teacher Effects in Mother-Tongue-Based Multilingual Education Programs

5 Ghana’s Complementary Education Program

6 Language Contact and Language Attitudes in Two Dagara-Speaking Border Communities in Burkina Faso

7 Language and Education Policy in Botswana: The Case of Sebirwa

8 Ethnic Language Shift among the Nao People of Ethiopia

9 The Role of Language and Culture in Ethnic Identity Maintenance: The Case of the Gujarati Communit

10 “The Palm Oil with Which Words Are Eaten”: Proverbs from Cameroon’s Endangered Indigenous L

11 The Linguistic “Glocal” in Nigeria’s Urban Popular Music

12 Language Use in Advertisements as a Reflection of Speakers’ Language Habits

13 The Persuasive Nature of Metaphors in Kenya’s Political Discourse

14 African Languages on Film: Visualizations of Pathologized Polyglossia

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