Del 81 - Bilingual Education & Bilingualism

Rethinking Bilingual Education in Postcolonial Contexts

Häftad, Engelska, 2011

Av Feliciano Chimbutane

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This book calls for critical adaptations when theories of bilingual education, based on practices in the North, are applied to the countries of the global South. For example, it challenges the assumption that transitional models necessarily lead to language shift and cultural assimilation. Taking an ethnographically-based narrative on the purpose and value of bilingual education in Mozambique as a starting point, it shows how, in certain contexts, even a transitional model may strengthen the vitality of local languages and associated cultures, instead of weakening them. The analysis is based on the view that communicative practices in the classroom influence and are influenced by institutional, local and societal processes. Within this framework, the book shows how education in low-status languages can play a role in social and cultural transformation, especially where post-colonial contexts are concerned.

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Utgivningsdatum2011-05-18
Mått148 x 210 x 11 mm
Vikt274 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieBilingual Education & Bilingualism
Antal sidor182
FörlagChannel View Publications Ltd
ISBN9781847693631

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This volume presents a landmark study of bilingual education policy and local practice in a new context. It offers a fresh and thought-provoking African perspective on the value and purpose of bilingual education, foregrounding its transformative potential. Chimbutane’s arguments are grounded in detailed, multilayered research of an innovative sociolinguistic and ethnographic nature. The volume represents a significant new intellectual resource for all of us who are concerned with education in multilingual settings in the global south.