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Peer reviewedNdayipfukamiye, 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
