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Direct linkRosendal, Tove; Amini Ngabonziza, Jean de Dieu – Language Policy, 2023
In this paper we explore the nexus of language policy, ideology and power in the linguistic landscape of urban Rwanda. In post-genocide Rwanda, English has been promoted and gained status. This has led to an increased usage of English on shop signs in the streets of Kigali and other towns in Rwanda at the expense of both French and Kinyarwanda.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Language Planning, Ideology, Power Structure
Kuchah Kuchah; Laela Adamson; Aline Dorimana; Aloysie Uwizeyemariya; Alphonse Uworwabayeho; Lizzi O. Milligan – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2024
This paper develops the notion of epistemic exclusion as a way of exploring the different types of silence and silencing that happen in English medium Rwandan classrooms. By focusing on classroom observations of teachers' pedagogic practices and the ways in which girls interact in the classrooms, we demonstrate how experiences of epistemic…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Language of Instruction, English, Teaching Methods
Download full textBikorimana, Emmanuel; Rutayisire, Joachim; Omar, Mwana Said; Sun, Yi – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2017
Kinyarwanda, the national official language used by the population of Rwanda, was greatly affected by the tragic history that faced the country. The 13th annual national dialogue held at Kigali from 21st to 22nd December 2015, recommended the government of Rwanda, to put in place all measures to enhance and maintain the above mentioned language.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, History, Language Maintenance, Cultural Influences
Gafaranga, Joseph; Niyomugabo, Cyprien; Uwizeyimana, Valentin – Language Policy, 2013
An invitation to integrate macro and micro level analyses has been extended to researchers as this integration is felt to be the way forward for language policy research (Ricento, Ideology, politics and language policies: Focus on english, John Benjamins, Amsterdam, 2000). In turn, the notion of 'micro' in language policy has been specified as…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Language Planning, African Languages, Case Studies
Rosendal, Tove – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2009
Rwanda has experienced major changes during the last decade due to the genocide in 1994. After the civil war, in addition to establishing political and economical stability, peace and reconciliation, the government was faced with the return of refugees from neighbouring, mostly English-speaking, countries. The new socio-demographic conditions…
Descriptors: Language Planning, Language Usage, Official Languages, War
Samuelson, Beth Lewis; Freedman, Sarah Warshauer – Language Policy, 2010
The evolution of Rwanda's language policies since 1996 has played and continues to play a critical role in social reconstruction following war and genocide. Rwanda's new English language policy aims to drop French and install English as the only language of instruction. The policy-makers frame the change as a major factor in the success of social…
Descriptors: Economic Development, Language Planning, Official Languages, Language of Instruction
