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Direct linkCharles Djorbua; Elizabeth Orfson-Offei; Jemima Asabea Anderson – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2024
This study investigates the practicalities of the instructional language policy and the role that English plays in multilingual classrooms at the lower primary level. The research aims to find answers to the following questions. First, in a multilingual lower primary classroom where some teachers and some pupils do not understand the major local…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Elementary School Teachers, Language of Instruction
McFerren, Margaret – 1984
A survey of the status of language usage in Ghana begins with an overview of the distribution and usage of English, as the sole official language, and of the local languages Akan, Ewe, Adangme, Dagbani, Nzema, Ga, Dagaari, and Hausa. A matrix follows that rates these languages on: (1) their usage rating using State Department classifications; (2)…
Descriptors: Adult Education, African Languages, Akan, Armed Forces
