The medium of instruction in Tanzania: Reflections on language, education and society

Changing English: Studies in Culture and Education

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 73-83

  Neke, Stephen M ^a  

^a SOKOINE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Tanzania)

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EID: 79955668679     PISSN: 1358684X     EISSN: 14693585     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1358684052000340470     Document Type: Article

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