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Multilingual Education in Africa

Authors :
Kathleen Heugh
Source :
The Encyclopedia of Applied Linguistics
Publication Year :
2012
Publisher :
Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2012.

Abstract

Approximately 2,100 (30% of the world's) languages are spoken in Africa (Lewis, 2009), with multilingualism a defining characteristic of the continent. Keywords: bilingualism; Eastern Africa; language policy; Southern Africa; Western Africa; multilingualism

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Subjects :
Geography
Anthropology
Multilingual Education
Development economics
Multilingualism
Neuroscience of multilingualism
Language policy

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Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
The Encyclopedia of Applied Linguistics
Accession number :
edsair.doi...........7d46b7ccd4361aff50f2b6da1f835d20
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1002/9781405198431.wbeal0782
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