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Language Ideologies and Schooled Education in Rural Tanzania: The Case of Karagwe
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Wedin, Asa – International Journal of Bilingual Education & Bilingualism, 2005
In this paper I argue that language policies for education have effects on pupils' educational possibilities. With the case of the Karagwe district in Tanzania the research suggests that the policy of "Swahili only" in primary school education favours the small minority of the children that live in a context where Swahili is used. This…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Ideology, African Languages, Language of Instruction