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Campbell, Akua Asantewaa; Anderson, Jemima Asabea – Multilingua: Journal of Cross-Cultural and Interlanguage Communication, 2023
This paper examines the determinant factors motivating language choice in churches in coastal Accra, an area characterized by a high degree of urbanization and multilingualism. As this region is also ethnically Gã, we survey the attitudes of Gã congregants to the use of other languages in their churches, bearing in mind the pressure faced by Gã…
Descriptors: Language Usage, Churches, Indigenous Populations, Indigenous Knowledge
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Soili Norro – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2024
The main focus of the article is on teachers' classroom language practices in eight primary schools in Oshana and Khomas school regions. Language ideologies and translanguaging practices were used as a theoretical framework to evaluate the language ecologies that were created by the language practices in the schools included in the research study.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
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David, Opanga; Venuste, Nsengimana – EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 2021
Teaching and learning of invertebrate systematic require effective pedagogical language strategies since the terms used are most in English and Latin. The Tanzania education policy specifies that the medium language of instruction in primary must be Kiswahili, while English has to be used in post-primary education. Consequently, secondary school…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Educational Policy, Secondary School Students, Language of Instruction
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Terkimbi, Atonde – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2016
The Tiv language is one of the major languages spoken in central Nigeria. The language is of the Benue-Congo subclass of the Bantu parent family. It has over four million speakers spoken in five states of Nigeria. The language like many other Nigerian languages is in dire need of language planning efforts and strategies. Some previous efforts were…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, African Languages, Language Usage, Language Planning
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Kouega, Jean-Paul – International Journal of Multilingualism, 2016
This paper deals with language practices in one Pentecostal church in Cameroon, i.e. the Full Gospel Mission Cameroon (FGMC). The data are produced by some 80 pastors, church officials, choir leaders and congregants, and the settings are some 20 churches located in two anglophone regions and two francophone regions of Cameroon. The instruments…
Descriptors: Language Usage, Churches, Religious Cultural Groups, Foreign Countries
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Owu-Ewie, Charles; Eshun, Emma Sarah – Journal of Education and Practice, 2015
The language of education is crucial to learners' academic success. As a result, nations whose native languages are not the languages of education have promulgated language policies to solve communication problems in their school systems. Most multilingual nations have adopted bilingual education systems that recognize the child's native language…
Descriptors: Junior High School Students, Language of Instruction, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning