Rethinking Bilingual Education in Postcolonial Contexts / Feliciano Chimbutane.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chimbutane, Feliciano, Author.

Series:

Bilingual Education & Bilingualism

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education, Bilingual--Mozambique.

Education, Bilingual.

Education, Bilingual--Africa, Sub-Saharan.

Multilingualism--Mozambique.

Multilingualism.

Multilingualism--Africa, Sub-Saharan.

Educational anthropology--Mozambique.

Educational anthropology.

Educational anthropology--Africa, Sub-Saharan.

Postcolonialism--Mozambique.

Postcolonialism.

Postcolonialism--Africa, Sub-Saharan.

Second language acquisition--Study and teaching.

Second language acquisition.

Language and languages.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (194 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Blue Ridge Summit, PA : Multilingual Matters, [2011]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book calls for critical adaptations when theories of bilingual education, based on practices in the North, are applied to the countries of the global South. For example, it challenges the assumption that transitional models necessarily lead to language shift and cultural assimilation. Taking an ethnographically-based narrative on the purpose and value of bilingual education in Mozambique as a starting point, it shows how, in certain contexts, even a transitional model may strengthen the vitality of local languages and associated cultures, instead of weakening them. The analysis is based on the view that communicative practices in the classroom influence and are influenced by institutional, local and societal processes. Within this framework, the book shows how education in low-status languages can play a role in social and cultural transformation, especially where post-colonial contexts are concerned.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgements

List of Abbreviations and Acronyms

Transcription Symbols and Conventions

Chapter 1. Introduction

Chapter 2. Language and Education

Chapter 3. Mozambique: Historical, Sociolinguistic and Educational Context

Chapter 4. The Research Sites: Communities, Schools and Classrooms

Chapter 5. Interaction and Pedagogy in Bilingual Classrooms

Chapter 6. Socio-cultural Impact of Bilingual Education

Chapter 7. Bilingual Education and Socio-economic Mobility

Chapter 8. Conclusion

References

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 07. Jul 2020)

ISBN:

1-283-14774-2

9786613147745

1-84769-365-2

OCLC:

741407762