Effects of policy on English-medium instruction in Africa  

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Kamwangamalu, Nkonko M.

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: World Englishes (Full Text) vol. 32 no. 3 (2013), page 325–337.
Fulltext: WE_32-03_2013_KAMWANGAMALU.pdf (126.88KB)

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This study examines the effects of policy on English-medium instruction in public schools in Africa. The focus is on illiteracy and elite closure. It argues that policy on English-medium instruction has failed to achieve the key objectives around which it was adopted: spread literacy among and create opportunities for the populace to participate in the socioeconomic and political development of the continent. The paper calls for an inclusive language policy that promotes a dual-medium educational system including an English-medium stream and a vernacular-medium stream to achieve the purported objectives. It warns that for vernacular-medium education to be accepted by the population, however, it must be vested with comparable material returns that are currently associated only with English-medium education.

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