Education in Indigenous Languages: The West African Model of Language Education.

Bamgbose, Ayo

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Publication Date: 1983

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Education in Indigenous Languages: The West African Model of Language Education.

Bamgbose, Ayo

Journal of Negro Education, v52 n1 p57-64 Win 1983

Notwithstanding the barriers posed by multiplicity of languages, inherited colonial policies, and negative state and citizen attitudes, West African experience supports a policy of using the mother tongue rather than a foreign language as the medium of instruction in schools at all levels. (Author/MJL)

Descriptors: Colonialism, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Language of Instruction, Native Language Instruction, Official Languages, Public Policy

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Africa

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