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Zanzibar's Curriculum Reform: Implications for Children's Educational Rights
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Babaci-Wilhite, Zehlia – Prospects: Quarterly Review of Comparative Education, 2015
This article explores recent developments in linguistic choices in education in Zanzibar and examines the arguments for using local languages of instruction (LoI) as a right. The article's analysis is based on a study of a curriculum change in Zanzibar in which English replaced Kiswahili as the LoI in the last two years of primary school in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Language of Instruction
Implementing Language-in-Education Policy in Multilingual Mathematics Classrooms: Pedagogical Implications
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Halai, Anjum; Karuku, Simon – EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science & Technology Education, 2013
In this paper, we examine selected literature on classroom-based research to understand how students and teachers (re)negotiate the language of interaction in a mathematics classroom when the official medium of instruction is different from the students' dominant language. We identify the tensions and dilemmas associated with the implementation of…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Multilingualism, Language Dominance, Language Usage
Why Is English Still the Medium of Education in Tanzanian Secondary Schools?
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Barrett, Judith – Language, Culture and Curriculum, 1994
Reasons why Kiswahili has not been officially established as the language of instruction in Tanzania are explored. Language background, sociocultural and pedagogical arguments, and comparisons with the use of French Immersion programs in Canada are discussed. Political interests are identified as the primary reason for retaining English. (34…
Descriptors: English, Foreign Countries, Language Dominance, Language of Instruction