Publications

Publication details [#55399]

Edwards, Viv and Jacob Marriote Ngwaru. 2011. African language publishing for children in South Africa: challenges for translators. International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism 14 (5) : 589–602.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

bilingual education | children's book | multilingualism | textbook | translation

Language as a subject

Languages, South African

Place, Publisher

Routledge

Journal WWW

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

Annotation

This study concentrates on the lack of teaching and learning materials in African languages, necessary to furnish efficient bilingual education in multilingual South Africa, and on the possible role of translation in providing solutions for this problem.