Descriptor
Source
Linguistics and Education | 1 |
Publication Type
Books | 1 |
Collected Works - General | 1 |
Journal Articles | 1 |
Reports - Research | 1 |
Education Level
Audience
Location
Burundi | 2 |
Australia | 1 |
Botswana | 1 |
Brazil | 1 |
Canada | 1 |
France | 1 |
Hong Kong | 1 |
Kenya | 1 |
Malta | 1 |
Peru | 1 |
Switzerland | 1 |
More ▼ |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating

Ndayipfukamiye, Lin – Linguistics and Education, 1996
Examines language practices in rural and urban schools in Burundi, looking at specific episodes in two classrooms that show how Kirundi/French code contrasts contribute to the marginalization of Kirundi to the status of village language and reinforce the dominance of French as a vehicle for knowledge of the larger world outside school. (eight…
Descriptors: African Languages, Bilingualism, Code Switching (Language), Educational Policy
Heller, Monica, Ed.; Martin-Jones, Marilyn, Ed. – 2001
Chapters in this volume include the following: "Co-Constructing School Safetime: Safetalk Practices in Peruvian and South African Classrooms" (Nancy H. Hornberger, J. Keith Chick); "Codeswitching and Collusion: Classroom Interaction in Botswana Primary Schools" (Jo Arthur); "Language and Educational Inequality in Primary…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Code Switching (Language), Cultural Maintenance, Educational Policy