English as a Medium of Instruction in Postcolonial Contexts

Lizzie O. Milligan is a Lecturer in International Education at the University of Bath, UK. Her research focuses on issues of social justice, rights and educational quality in low income countries. She particularly explores the disjuncture between policy and practice and the impact this has on inequalities in learning experiences and outcomes. Recent work has considered this in relation to language of instruction, educational resources and gender.Leon Tikly is Professor in Education at the School of Education, University of Bristol, UK. His areas of expertise are in the quality of education in low income countries, including a focus on medium of instruction and in the achievement of Black and Minority Ethnic learners in the UK and in Europe.

• Introduction. English as a medium of instruction in postcolonial contexts: moving the debate forward 1. Language choice and education quality in Eastern and Southern Africa: a review 2. Medium of instruction policies in Ghanaian and Indian primary schools: an overview of key issues and recommendations 3. English-medium instruction in an English–French bilingual setting: issues of quality and equity in Cameroon 4. Exploring the potential for language supportive learning in English medium instruction: a Rwandan case study 5. Learning through the medium of English in multilingual South Africa: enabling or disabling learners from low income contexts? 6. Improving the effectiveness of English as a medium of instruction in sub-Saharan Africa 7. English as a medium of instruction in East Asia’s higher education sector: a critical realist Cultural Political Economy analysis of underlying logics 8. Re-interpreting relevant learning: an evaluative framework for secondary education in a global language 9. Language-in-education policy in low-income, postcolonial contexts: towards a social justice approach