The authors of the present article are engaged in a research project funded by the
Norwegian Research Council. In this project the language policies of Tanzania and South …

Since 1995 I have been engaged in consultancies and since 2001 in research dealing with
the language of instruction policies in Africa. To what extent are the policies being …

Abstract In 1995 Birgit Brock-Utne was asked by NIED (National Institute for Education and
Development) in Namibia to make a study of the situation of the African languages after …

This publication comprises two papers. In the first paper," The Language Question in Africa
Seen in the Context of Globalisation, Social Justice and Democrazy", the language question …

There is a general consensus among educators and researchers looking into the state of
education in Africa that the primary language of the students is the language through which …

This research was conducted in the particular context of the 2009 new language in
education policy in Rwanda. The problem examined within this context, concerns the …

The findings pointed out a number of advantages of code switching indicating that it is
beneficial to the teaching and learning of Physical Science. Some disadvantages of code …

This book brings together stories from the author's exciting life as a professor, consultant and
researcher, mostly in Africa, but also in Japan, New Zealand, Norway and the US. The book …

The study focuses on the perceptions of teachers on the use of local languages as Medium
of Instruction (MoI) from grades 1 to 4 in selected private schools in Lusaka. This study was …

Starting from 1998, a new language policy on the medium of instruction for secondary
schools is implemented in Hong Kong. The policy stipulates that only 25% of secondary …