Publications

Publication details [#58096]

Spencer, Brenda and Joseph Mwelwa. 2013. A bilingual (Bemba/English) teaching resource: Realising agency from below through teaching materials designed to challenge the hegemony of English. Language Matters: Studies in the Languages of Africa 44 (3) : 51–68.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

bilingualism | language dominance | language of instruction | language policy | textbook

Language as a subject

Bemba | English

Place, Publisher

Routledge

Annotation

This paper shows the potential of Zambian bilingual teaching materials to reintroduce (and revalue) local languages and cultures in a (monolingual) language-in-education policy system and teaching contexts where English retains hegemonic power.