Language of instruction and student performance: New insights from research in Tanzania and South Africa

International Review of Education

Volumn 53, Issue 5-6, 2007, Pages 509-530

  Brock Utne, Birgit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; LANGUAGE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; STUDENT;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA;

EID: 35448983853     PISSN: 00208566     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11159-007-9065-9     Document Type: Article

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