Handbook of Language Policy and Education in Countries of the Southern African Development Community (SADC)
Published on 21. July 2022
Book
Hardback
384 pages
978-90-04-50805-7 (ISBN)
Description
This volume focuses on the different challenges of language policy in the Southern African Development Community (SADC). Each of the seventeen chapters follows the same structure, ensuring readability and accessibility, and describes the unique aspects of each country. The work as a whole reveals the complex and reciprocal relations between multiple indigenous African languages, Creole languages and former colonial languages and it constitutes an opportunity to notice recurring patterns as well as distinctive characteristics.
Therefore, everyone involved in language policy, education, economics and development, geography, development or area studies and African studies will benefit from such a holistic and innovative overview.
Therefore, everyone involved in language policy, education, economics and development, geography, development or area studies and African studies will benefit from such a holistic and innovative overview.
More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Leiden
Netherlands
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 155 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
712 gr
ISBN-13
978-90-04-50805-7 (9789004508057)
Copyright in bibliographic data and cover images is held by Nielsen Book Services Limited or by the publishers or by their respective licensors: all rights reserved.
Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Michael M. Kretzer completed his Ph.D. in Human Geography in 2018 at the Justus Liebig University in Giessen, Germany. Since 2020 he has worked at Ruhr University in Bochum, Germany and in 2022 was appointed as a research fellow and Andrew W. Mellon Post-Doctoral Fellow at the University of Western Cape. He researches education systems and language policies in Sub-Saharan Africa, Linguistic Landscapes and health crisis communication. He has published book chapters, including in the Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Politics, and articles in international journals such as the International Journal on Multilingualism, Current Issues in Language Planning and the South African Geographical Journal.
Russell H. Kaschula is Professor in the Department of African Language Studies at the University of the Western Cape where he is the Postgraduate Coordinator. He also holds the newly established Chair in Forensic Linguistics and Multilingualism at that university. He has a particular interest in language and crime, literary geography, and sociolinguistics and has published widely in the field of Applied Language Studies. His most recent book is Languages, Identities and Intercultural Communication in South Africa and Beyond (Routledge, 2021). He also co-edited the A Handbook on Legal Languages and the Quest for Linguistic Equality in South Africa and beyond (SUN Press, 2021).
Russell H. Kaschula is Professor in the Department of African Language Studies at the University of the Western Cape where he is the Postgraduate Coordinator. He also holds the newly established Chair in Forensic Linguistics and Multilingualism at that university. He has a particular interest in language and crime, literary geography, and sociolinguistics and has published widely in the field of Applied Language Studies. His most recent book is Languages, Identities and Intercultural Communication in South Africa and Beyond (Routledge, 2021). He also co-edited the A Handbook on Legal Languages and the Quest for Linguistic Equality in South Africa and beyond (SUN Press, 2021).
Content
Foreword
?Bernard Spolsky
List of Figures and Maps
Notes on Contributors
Introduction
?Russell H. Kaschula and Michael M. Kretzer
1 A Comparative Analysis of Language Policy and Planning in the SADC-Region
?Michael M. Kretzer and Russell H. Kaschula
2 Language Education Policy and Portuguese Dominant Ideology in Angola: Historical Processes, Discourses and Impacts
?Nicolau Nkiawete Manuel
3 Language in Education Policy in Botswana: Some Critical Issues
?Andy Monthusi Chebanne
4 ShiKomori, the Bantu Language of the Comoros: Status and Perspectives
?Mohamed Ahmed Chamanga
5 Native Languages of the Democratic Republic of Congo
?Helena Lopez Palma
6 Language Policy in Eswatini: Challenges in a Globalised World
?Owen G. Mordaunt and Paul A. Williams
7 Language as a Kennel and Husk of the African Philosophy: The Case of Lesotho
?Mosisili Sebotsa and Khahliso Mahula
8 Language and Education in Madagascar: Ideological Conflicts and Implementation Challenges
?Penelope Howe
9 The Prevailing Sociolinguistic and Socio-political Realities in Malawi and Their Implications on Language Policy
?Joshua Isaac Kumwenda and Michael M. Kretzer
10 Pluralism without Inclusion: The Case of Mauritius, a Linguistically Diverse Diasporic Small Island Developing State (SIDS)
?Nita Rughoonundun-Chellapermal
11 Shifting from 'Uncivilised' People's Languages to Ordinary People's Languages: An Overview of Past and Current Practices in Mozambique's Language-in-Education Policy
?Eliseu Mabasso
12 Multilingual Education Policy for Namibia: A Case for Endangered Indigenous Languages
?Sarala Krishnamurthy
13 Using, 'Kreol Seselwa', the Seychellois Creole Language to Strengthen Connections between the Government, Public Entities, Educational Institutions and Beyond
?Marie Flora Ben David and Michael M. Kretzer
14 Legal Regulations, Obstacles and Current Developments in the Language Policy of the Republic of South Africa
?Michael M. Kretzer and Russell H. Kaschula
15 The Ambivalent Language-in-Education Policy of Tanzania with Specific Reference to Kiswahili
?Birgit Brock-Utne and Mwajuma Vuzo
16 No English but English: The Case of Language Policy and Planning in Zambia
?Sande Ngalande and Bandana Sinha Kumar
17 Ergonyms as Material Complementing Language Policy for Education outside the Classroom in Zimbabwe
?Liketso Dube
Index
?Bernard Spolsky
List of Figures and Maps
Notes on Contributors
Introduction
?Russell H. Kaschula and Michael M. Kretzer
1 A Comparative Analysis of Language Policy and Planning in the SADC-Region
?Michael M. Kretzer and Russell H. Kaschula
2 Language Education Policy and Portuguese Dominant Ideology in Angola: Historical Processes, Discourses and Impacts
?Nicolau Nkiawete Manuel
3 Language in Education Policy in Botswana: Some Critical Issues
?Andy Monthusi Chebanne
4 ShiKomori, the Bantu Language of the Comoros: Status and Perspectives
?Mohamed Ahmed Chamanga
5 Native Languages of the Democratic Republic of Congo
?Helena Lopez Palma
6 Language Policy in Eswatini: Challenges in a Globalised World
?Owen G. Mordaunt and Paul A. Williams
7 Language as a Kennel and Husk of the African Philosophy: The Case of Lesotho
?Mosisili Sebotsa and Khahliso Mahula
8 Language and Education in Madagascar: Ideological Conflicts and Implementation Challenges
?Penelope Howe
9 The Prevailing Sociolinguistic and Socio-political Realities in Malawi and Their Implications on Language Policy
?Joshua Isaac Kumwenda and Michael M. Kretzer
10 Pluralism without Inclusion: The Case of Mauritius, a Linguistically Diverse Diasporic Small Island Developing State (SIDS)
?Nita Rughoonundun-Chellapermal
11 Shifting from 'Uncivilised' People's Languages to Ordinary People's Languages: An Overview of Past and Current Practices in Mozambique's Language-in-Education Policy
?Eliseu Mabasso
12 Multilingual Education Policy for Namibia: A Case for Endangered Indigenous Languages
?Sarala Krishnamurthy
13 Using, 'Kreol Seselwa', the Seychellois Creole Language to Strengthen Connections between the Government, Public Entities, Educational Institutions and Beyond
?Marie Flora Ben David and Michael M. Kretzer
14 Legal Regulations, Obstacles and Current Developments in the Language Policy of the Republic of South Africa
?Michael M. Kretzer and Russell H. Kaschula
15 The Ambivalent Language-in-Education Policy of Tanzania with Specific Reference to Kiswahili
?Birgit Brock-Utne and Mwajuma Vuzo
16 No English but English: The Case of Language Policy and Planning in Zambia
?Sande Ngalande and Bandana Sinha Kumar
17 Ergonyms as Material Complementing Language Policy for Education outside the Classroom in Zimbabwe
?Liketso Dube
Index