The Medium Of Instruction In Tanzania: Reflections On Language, Education And Society  

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Neke, Stephen M.

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Changing English: Studies in Culture and Education (Full Text) vol. 12 no. 1 (2005), page 73-83.
Fulltext: Vol. 12, No. 1, April 2005, pp. 73–83.pdf (176.64KB)

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The use of English as a medium in post-primary education in Tanzania raises issues of language education policy, of relations between English, education and science and of access to opportunities and economic dependency. It also underlies questions of power relations and of resource distribution. It is argued here that language education policy decisions are socioeconomic, since they entail a reversal of power relations and may lead to certain groups in the community, whose language is not selected, finding themselves at the fringes of the socioeconomic and political spectrum. Language policy is about choice, speaking rights, representation, since language is inseparable from politics and development. Education becomes a prerequisite for socioeconomic development in post-colonial Africa.

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