Publications

Publication details [#44500]

Matiki, A.J. 2006. Literacy, Ethnolinguistic Diversity and Transitional Bilingual Education in Malawi. International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism 9 (2) : 239–254.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

bilingual education | ethnolinguistics | language policy | literacy

Language as a subject

Chichewa | English | languages, Malawi

Place, Publisher

Multilingual Matters

Journal WWW

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

Annotation

This article discusses the new Malawi language policy of integrating local languages into the primary school system and other secondary fields of national life, thus discontinuing a Chichewa/English monopoly of more than 30 years.