Description: Rethinking Bilingual Education in Postcolonial Contexts, Hardcover by Chimbutane, Feliciano, ISBN 1847693644, ISBN-13 9781847693648, Brand New, Free P&P in the UK
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, th 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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Book Title: Rethinking Bilingual Education in Postcolonial Contexts
Number of Pages: 200 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Rethinking Bilingual Education in Postcolonial Contexts
Publisher: Channel View Publications LTD
Publication Year: 2011
Subject: Strategy
Item Height: 210 mm
Item Weight: 378 g
Type: Study Guide
Author: Feliciano Chimbutane
Subject Area: Religious Sociology
Series: Bilingual Education & Bilingualism
Item Width: 148 mm
Format: Hardcover
