Publications

Publication details [#51555]

Opoku-Amankwa, Kwasi. 2009. English-only language-in-education policy in multilingual classrooms in Ghana. Language, Culture and Curriculum 22 (2) : 121–135.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

bilingual education | classroom conversation | language of instruction | language policy | multilingualism

Language as a subject

English | Languages, Ghanese

Place, Publisher

Routledge

Annotation

This study examines the negative impact of Ghana's recently adopted English-only language-in-education policy on pupils' classroom communicative practices and learning and explores prospects for bilingual/mother-tongue education in multilingual Ghanese classrooms.