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50 Years of ERIC
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Research and Policy on the Language of Instruction Issue in Africa
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Brock-Utne, Birgit – International Journal of Educational Development, 2010
Since 1995 I have been engaged in consultancies and since 2001 in research dealing with the language of instruction policies in Africa. To what extent are the policies being implemented? What is the role of research and consultancy when it comes to language policy? What happens when researchers or consultants come up with recommendations which do…
Descriptors: Language Planning, Consultants, Donors, Language of Instruction
Learning through a Familiar Language versus Learning through a Foreign Language--A Look into Some Secondary School Classrooms in Tanzania
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Brock-Utne, Birgit – International Journal of Educational Development, 2007
This article builds on 30h of observations made in classrooms in secondary schools in Tanzania in the fall of 2004. The article presents an empirical study using an experimental group that was taught in Kiswahili and a control group taught the same topics in English. The author takes the reader straight into some of the classrooms and gives…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Qualifications, Language of Instruction, Experimental Groups
Language Policies and Practices in Tanzania and South Africa: Problems and Challenges
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Brock-Utne, Birgit; Holmarsdottir, Halla B. – International Journal of Educational Development, 2004
The authors of the present article are engaged in a research project funded by the Norwegian Research Council. In this project the language policies of Tanzania and South Africa, as well as the practices of these policies in the classroom are analyzed. The article gives some preliminary results from the project. While the language policies of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Language of Instruction, African Languages, Official Languages