English-Only Language-in-Education Policy in Multilingual Classrooms in Ghana

Autor/in	Opoku-Amankwa, Kwasi
Titel	English-Only Language-in-Education Policy in Multilingual Classrooms in Ghana
Quelle	In: Language, Culture and Curriculum, 22 (2009) 2, S.121-135 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0790-8318
Schlagwörter	Bilingual Education; Language of Instruction; Multilingualism; Foreign Countries; Literacy; Bilingualism; Qualitative Research; Educational Policy; English (Second Language); Second Language Learning; Educational Attitudes; Native Language Instruction; African Languages; Ghana + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Bilingual teaching; Bilingualer Unterricht; Teaching language; Unterrichtssprache; Mehrsprachigkeit; Multilingualismus; Ausland; Alphabetisierung; Schreib- und Lesefähigkeit; Bilingualismus; Qualitative Forschung; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Educational attitude; Bildungsverhalten; Erziehungseinstellung; Native language education; Muttersprachlicher Unterricht; Africa; Language; Languages; Afrika; Sprachen; Afrikanische Sprache
Abstract	This paper, based on the findings of a qualitative study, discusses the influence of Ghana's recently introduced English-only language-in-education policy on pupils' classroom communicative practices and learning generally. It highlights how the use of English--an unfamiliar language--creates anxiety among students and stalls effective classroom participation. The paper first considers the key issues that impinge on the literacy development in multilingual classrooms in postcolonial Africa including the uninformed attitudes towards mother tongue/bilingual education. It then draws on the empirical data from Africa and elsewhere to refute the negative perceptions about mother-tongue education, and, examines the prospects for bilingual/mother-tongue education in multilingual classrooms in Ghana. (Contains 4 notes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10