Class, Ethnicity, and Language Rights: An Analysis of British Colonial Policy in Lesotho and Sri Lanka and Some Implications for Language Policy.

Brutt-Griffler, Janina

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ERIC Number: EJ655686

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Publication Date: 2002

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Class, Ethnicity, and Language Rights: An Analysis of British Colonial Policy in Lesotho and Sri Lanka and Some Implications for Language Policy.

Brutt-Griffler, Janina

Journal of Language, Identity, and Education, v1 n3 p207-34 2002

Examines language policy in two British colonies--Basutoland (Lesotho) and Ceylon (Sri Lanka), during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Finds that mother tongue education and the concomitant restriction of the teaching of English for the working classes in these colonial contexts constituted a form of industrial education.(Author/VWL)

Descriptors: Colonialism, English (Second Language), Language of Instruction, Public Policy, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Working Class

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Lesotho; Sri Lanka

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