ERIC Number: ED455686
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1999
Pages: 175
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ISBN: ISBN-1-85359-444-X
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Language Planning in Malawi, Mozambique and the Philippines. Multilingual Matters 113.
Kaplan, Robert B., Ed.; Baldauf, Richard B., Jr., Ed.
This edited volume covers the language situation in Malawi, Mozambique, and the Philippines, explaining the linguistic diversity, the historical and political contexts, and language-in-education planning, the role of the media, the role of religion, and the roles of non-indigenous languages. The book is divided into four chapters: "The Language Planning Situation in..." (Robert B. Kaplan and Richard B. Baldauf, Jr.); "The Language Planning Situation in Malawi" (Edrinnie Kayambazinthu); "The Language Planning Situation in Mozambique" (Armando Jorge Lopes); "The Language Planning Situation in the Philippines" (Andrew Gonzalez, FSC). (Contains a total of 417 references appended to the end the book's four chapters). (KFT)
Descriptors: African Languages, Arabic, Bantu Languages, Chinyanja, Foreign Countries, Language Attitudes, Language Maintenance, Language Minorities, Language of Instruction, Language Planning, Official Languages, Portuguese, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Siswati, Swahili, Tagalog, Uncommonly Taught Languages
Multilingual Matters Ltd., UTP, 2250 Military Road, Tonawanda, NY 14150 ($49.95). Web site: http://www.multilingual-matters.com.
Publication Type: Books; Collected Works - General
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Malawi; Mozambique; Philippines
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