Parental perceptions: A case study of school choice amidst language waves

South African Journal of Education

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Evans, Rinelle ^a   Cleghorn, Ailie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (Canada)

Author keywords

Foundation Phase classrooms; Language of instruction; Language shift; Multilingualism; School choice; South Africa

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901644064     PISSN: 02560100     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15700/201412071203     Document Type: Article

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