Handbook of Language Policy and Education in Countries of the Southern African Development Community (Sadc)

A Comparative Perspective on Language Policy and Education
Erscheinungsjahr 2022
ISBN: 978-90-04-50805-7
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 3/1, 368 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 765 g

Reihe: Brill's Handbooks in Linguistics / Handbooks of Language Policies in Africa

This volume focuses on the different challenges of language policy in the Southern African Development Community (SADC). Each of the seventeen chapters follows the same structure, ensuring readability and accessibility, and describes the unique aspects of each country. The work as a whole reveals the complex and reciprocal relations between multiple indigenous African languages, Creole languages and former colonial languages and it constitutes an opportunity to notice recurring patterns as well as distinctive characteristics.

Therefore, everyone involved in language policy, education, economics and development, geography, development or area studies and African studies will benefit from such a holistic and innovative overview.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Weitere Mitwirkende

Kretzer, Michael M.

Kaschula, Russell H.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Fremdsprachenerwerb und -didaktik
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Sprachpolitik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword

Bernard Spolsky

List of Figures and Maps

Notes on Contributors

Introduction

Russell H. Kaschula and Michael M. Kretzer

1 A Comparative Analysis of Language Policy and Planning in the SADC-Region

Michael M. Kretzer and Russell H. Kaschula

2 Language Education Policy and Portuguese Dominant Ideology in Angola: Historical Processes, Discourses and Impacts

Nicolau Nkiawete Manuel

3 Language in Education Policy in Botswana: Some Critical Issues

Andy Monthusi Chebanne

4 ShiKomori, the Bantu Language of the Comoros: Status and Perspectives

Mohamed Ahmed Chamanga

5 Native Languages of the Democratic Republic of Congo

Helena Lopez Palma

6 Language Policy in Eswatini: Challenges in a Globalised World

Owen G. Mordaunt and Paul A. Williams

7 Language as a Kennel and Husk of the African Philosophy: The Case of Lesotho

Mosisili Sebotsa and Khahliso Mahula

8 Language and Education in Madagascar: Ideological Conflicts and Implementation Challenges

Penelope Howe

9 The Prevailing Sociolinguistic and Socio-political Realities in Malawi and Their Implications on Language Policy

Joshua Isaac Kumwenda and Michael M. Kretzer

10 Pluralism without Inclusion: The Case of Mauritius, a Linguistically Diverse Diasporic Small Island Developing State (SIDS)

Nita Rughoonundun-Chellapermal

11 Shifting from ‘Uncivilised’ People’s Languages to Ordinary People’s Languages: An Overview of Past and Current Practices in Mozambique’s Language-in-Education Policy

Eliseu Mabasso

12 Multilingual Education Policy for Namibia: A Case for Endangered Indigenous Languages

Sarala Krishnamurthy

13 Using, ‘Kreol Seselwa’, the Seychellois Creole Language to Strengthen Connections between the Government, Public Entities, Educational Institutions and Beyond

Marie Flora Ben David and Michael M. Kretzer

14 Legal Regulations, Obstacles and Current Developments in the Language Policy of the Republic of South Africa

Michael M. Kretzer and Russell H. Kaschula

15 The Ambivalent Language-in-Education Policy of Tanzania with Specific Reference to Kiswahili

Birgit Brock-Utne and Mwajuma Vuzo

16 No English but English: The Case of Language Policy and Planning in Zambia

Sande Ngalande and Bandana Sinha Kumar

17 Ergonyms as Material Complementing Language Policy for Education outside the Classroom in Zimbabwe

Liketso Dube

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Michael M. Kretzer completed his Ph.D. in Human Geography in 2018 at the Justus Liebig University in Giessen, Germany. Since 2020 he has worked at Ruhr University in Bochum, Germany and in 2022 was appointed as a research fellow and Andrew W. Mellon Post-Doctoral Fellow at the University of Western Cape. He researches education systems and language policies in Sub-Saharan Africa, Linguistic Landscapes and health crisis communication. He has published book chapters, including in the Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Politics, and articles in international journals such as the International Journal on Multilingualism, Current Issues in Language Planning and the South African Geographical Journal.

Russell H. Kaschula is Professor in the Department of African Language Studies at the University of the Western Cape where he is the Postgraduate Coordinator. He also holds the newly established Chair in Forensic Linguistics and Multilingualism at that university. He has a particular interest in language and crime, literary geography, and sociolinguistics and has published widely in the field of Applied Language Studies. His most recent book is Languages, Identities and Intercultural Communication in South Africa and Beyond (Routledge, 2021). He also co-edited the A Handbook on Legal Languages and the Quest for Linguistic Equality in South Africa and beyond (SUN Press, 2021).