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Publication details [#35835]

Swilla, Imani N. 1992. The relations of local and foreign languages to national needs in Africa. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development 13 (6) : 505–514.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

economics | education | foreign language teaching | language policy | official language

Place, Publisher

Multilingual Matters

ISBN

0143-4632

Journal WWW

www.multilingual-matters.com/multi/onlinej.asp

Annotation

This paper argues that the role of both local African and foreign European languages in African countries are complementary, referring to their use as national, official languages and as media of instruction.