Into the cauldron: An interplay of indigenous and globalised knowledge with strong and weak notions of literacy and language education in Ethiopia and South Africa

Language Matters

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 166-189

  Heugh, Kathleen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

'Washback effect' of English; Assessment; Bilingual multilingual education; Cognitive neuroscience; Curriculum; Ethiopia; Globalised knowledge networks; Literacy; South Africa

Indexed keywords

EID: 77649112659     PISSN: 10228195     EISSN: 17535395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10228190903188559     Document Type: Review

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