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Publication details [#41614]

Robinson, Clinton D. W. and E. Gfeller. 1998. Which Language for Teaching? The Cultural Messages Transmitted by the Languages Used in Education. Language & Education 12 (1) : 18–32.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

bilingual education | education | language and culture | language use | multilingualism

Place, Publisher

Multilingual Matters

Journal WWW

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

Annotation

This article examines the question of mother-tongue education, in particular in francophone African countries, emphasizing that opposing cultural messages are carried out by official and indigenous languages.