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Antia, Bassey E. – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2021
In many countries of sub-Saharan Africa, the release of each year's results for the end of high school examinations heralds an annual ritual of public commentary on the poor state of national education systems. However, the exoglossic/monolingual language regime for these examinations is infrequently acknowledged as contributing to the dismal…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Social Differences, Exit Examinations, High School Students
Maurais, Jacques, Ed.; Morris, Michael A., Ed. – 2003
This book offers 21 papers in three parts. After (1) "Introduction" (Jacques Maurais and Michael A. Morris), Part 1, "Global Communication Challenges," includes (2) "Towards a New Global Linguistic Order?" (Jacques Maurais); (3) "The Geostrategies of Interlingualism" (Mark Fettes); (4) "Language Policy…
Descriptors: Arabic, Foreign Countries, French, German
Bamgbose, Ayo, Ed. – 1976
In the rapidly changing political, economic, and social life of West Africa, there is a renewed interest in cultural identity. This book describes the developments and the difficulties experienced by different West African countries in the use of mother tongues in multi-lingual society. The book was commissioned to give scholars, educators, and…
Descriptors: African Culture, African Languages, Bilingual Education, Educational Planning
Belyazid, Fatima Zahra, Ed.; And Others – 1994
Thirty-five papers, all but one in French, presented at the conference on research in linguistics are presented here. Topics include: verb tenses in English; computerized text analysis program; study of specialized terminology; court translation in Canada; subject-verb agreement in English; bilingual editing; swearing with religious words;…
Descriptors: Adolescents, African Languages, Bilingual Education, Child Language