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Direct linkBabaci-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
Peer reviewedBarrett, 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
