English-only language-in-education policy in multilingual classrooms in ghana

Language, Culture and Curriculum

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 121-135

  Opoku Amankwa, Kwasi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Affective factors; Bilingualism; Ghana; Language in education policy; Mother tongue literacy

Indexed keywords

EID: 75249106339     PISSN: 07908318     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07908310903075159     Document Type: Article

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