Educational challenges in multilingual societies
Subtitle: LOITASA  phase two research
By: edited by Zubeida Desai, Martha Qorro and Birgit Brock-Utne
Publisher: African Minds
Published: 2010
Place of publication: [South Africa]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 349
ISBN-13: 9781920489069
Subjects: Teachers; Language; Native language and education; Bilingual Education; Language policy
Notes: "Most of the chapters in this book were presented at the Sixth LOITASA [Language of instruction in Tanzania and South Africa] Workshop held at the University of the Western Cape in South Africa in May 2009"--P. 4 of cover.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Complexities of languages and multilingualism in post-colonial predicaments / Fernando Rosa Ribeiro; title: Reclaiming the common sense / Solveig Gulling; title: Policy on the language of instruction issue in Africa : a spotlight on South Africa and Tanzania / Birgit Brock-Utne; title: Laissez-faire approaches to language in education policy do no work in South Africa / Zubeida Desai; title: Taught language or talked language : second language teaching strategies in an isiXhosa beginners' class at the University of Cape Town / Tessa Dowling; title: Turn-allocation and learner participation in grade four science lessons in isiXhosa and English / Vuyokazi Nomlomo; title: The use of ICT in South African classrooms and the double literacy trap / Greta Gudmundsdottir; title: A critical evaluation of selected textbooks used in teaching standard six mathematics, Kiswahili and English in selected Kiswahili and English-medium primary schools in Tanzania / Martha Qorro; title: What is the difference in achievement of learners in selected Kiswahili and English-medium primary schools in Tanzania? / Jane Bakahwemama; title: What is the difference in the quality of education provided by government and private primary schools in Tanzania? : a comparative study / Julitha Cecilia John; title: A comparative appraisal of teaching and learning resources in private and government primary schools in Tanzania : implications for teaching and learning / Mwajuma Vuzo; title: Why is the choice of the language of instruction in which students learn best seldom made in Tanzania? / Zehlia Babaci-Wilhite; title: The ICT influence on the choice of language in higher education in Tanzania : pictures from fieldwork at the University of Dar es Salaam, 2008-2009 / Torill Aagot Halvorsen; title: The prospects for and possible implications of teaching African philosophy in Kiswahili in east Africa : a Tanzanian perspective / Birgit Brock-Utne and Azaveli Lwaitama.