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Africa : Challenges of Multilingualism:Afrika: Herausforderungen der Mehrsprachigkeit Les defis du plurilinguisme en Afrique.
Title:
Africa : Challenges of Multilingualism:Afrika: Herausforderungen der Mehrsprachigkeit Les defis du plurilinguisme en Afrique.
Author:
Altmayer, Claus.
ISBN:
9783653037258
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (255 pages)
Series:
Sprache - Kultur - Gesellschaft ; v.14

Sprache - Kultur - Gesellschaft
Contents:
Cover -- Preface -- Table of Contents -- I. Introduction -- H. Ekkehard Wolff: Multilingualism and Language Policies in Africa, with Particular Reference to Language-in-Education Issues -- II. Cultural Challenges of Multilingualism -- Sena Yawo Akakpo-Numado and Tchotcho Folly: Impact des langues étrangères d'enseignement sur les langues et cultures locales -- cas du français au Togo -- Papa Oumar Fall: The ethnolinguistic classification of Seereer in question -- Essodina Kokou Perekewezima: Les langues africaines et les autres langues en Afrique Sub-saharienne: naissance d'un "booster néo-langagier" chez les jeunes africains -- Toussaint Yaovi Tchitch: Multilinguisme et convergence culturelle en Afriquei -- III. Political Challenges of Multilingualism -- Sekou Bocoum: National Languages Policy in Education in Mali -- Patrick Musyoka Kiliku: The Language Factor in the Integration Matrix: The Case of the East African Community Language Policy -- Abdelrahim Hamid Mugaddam: Language Policy in the Sudan: From Independence to the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) -- Tom Onditi Luoch: Safeguarding Multilingualism and Diversity in Kenya -- John Obiero Ogone: The Implications of Devolution on the Indigenous Languages of Kenya -- Alice Wachira: Zur Sprachenpolitik in Afrika am Beispiel Kenias -- IV. Challenges of Institutional Multilingualism -- Akila Ahouli: Fremdsprachendidaktik im multilingualen Kontext: Zur Theorie einer Didaktik des Deutschen alsTertiärsprache in Afrika -- Rolf Annas: From Bilingual Classes to Separate Streams - Some Thoughts on Language Policy at Stellenbosch University -- Theodorus du Plessis: The Politics of Language Delegitimation - A Case Study on Language Regulation for the Motor-Vehicle Registration System of the Multilingual Free State Province of South Africa.

Russell H. Kaschula: Challenging the Forked Tongue of Multilingualism: Scholarship in African Languages at South African Universities -- Saudah Namyalo: HIV/AIDS Communication in Uganda: Facts and Perspective -- Jane Akinyi Ngala Oduor: The Anticipated Benefits of Multilingualism in Education in Kenya -- List of Contributors.
Abstract:
The book presents a collection of papers in English, French and German, which touch on a wide variety of cultural, political, and educational ramifications of multilingualism in Africa. Apart from the general introduction, all contributions stem from African scholars representing their inside perspective on matters. The contributions refer to sociolinguistic situations primarily in Benin, Kenya, Mali, Senegal, South Africa, Sudan and Togo. They deal with aspects of language contact and language change, language empowerment and protection of linguistic diversity, linguistic landscape and language legitimization, regional integration, HIV/AIDS communication, and language issues in education from primary to tertiary level. A special sub-focus is on the teaching of foreign languages such as German in Africa. The book contains 12 contributions in English, three in French, and two in German.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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