LOITASA : reflecting on Phase I and entering Phase II / edited by Martha Qorro, Zubeida Desai, and Birgit Brock-Utne.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Language of Instruction in Tanzania and South Africa.

Qorro, Martha.

Desai, Zubeida.

Brock-Utne, Birgit, 1938-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Language and education--Tanzania--Congresses.

Language and education.

Language and education--South Africa--Congresses.

South Africa.

Tanzania.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

iv, 259 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Dar es Salaam : E & D Vision Pub., 2008.

Contents:

The start and progress of a language of instruction research project in Africa : the spirit of Bagamoyo / Harold D. Herman

A review of the literature on the language of instruction research in Tanzania / Martha Qorro

Language in education policies and practices among two isiXhosa speaking schools in the Western Cape, South Africa / Zubeida Desai and Birgit Brock-Utne

IsiXhosa as a medium of instruction in science teaching in primary education in South Africa : challenges and prospects / Vuyokazi Nomlomo

Revisiting the language policy in Tanzania : a comparative study of geography classes taught in Kiswahili and English / Mwajuma Vuzo

Overcoming the language barrier : an in-depth study of the strategies used by Tanzania secondary science teachers and students in coping with the English-Kiswahili dilemma / Halima Mwinsheikhe

Going through the motions of learning : classroom interaction in Tanzania / Casmir M. Rubagumya

Why has the language of instruction policy in Tanzania been so ambivalent over the last forty years? / Moshi Mussa Kimizi

"English is not our mother land" : anecdotal discussions and views on the language question in Tanzania / F.E.M.K. Senkoro

Tanzanian cartoonists "among most free in Africa" : Monday, Jan. 1, 2001 / Henry Lyimo

Developing digital literacy in higher education in Tanzania - in whose language? / Torill Aagot Halvorsen

Language implications of implementing information and communication technology in classrooms in the Western Cape, South Africa / Greta Bjork Gudmundsdottir

Translating mathematical text for mother tongue teaching and learning of mathematics / Monde Mbekwa.

Notes:

"Most of the chapters in this book were first presented as papers at the LOITASA workshop, at the University of Oslo on the 30th of April and 1st of May 2008"--P. [4] of cover.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9789987521456

9987521452

OCLC:

460940357