Publications

Publication details [#46038]

Trudell, Barbara and Leila Schroeder. 2007. Reading Methodologies for African Languages: Avoiding Linguistic and Pedagogical Imperialism. Language, Culture and Curriculum 20 (3) : 165–180.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

colonialism | minority language | reading, L2-acquisition of | writing

Language as a subject

Languages, African

Place, Publisher

Multilingual Matters

Annotation

This study argues that reading methodologies in Africa should be adapted to the linguistic features of the learners’ languages, complexities which are often discounted in the formal school context, influenced by European languages and traditional Western reading methodologies.