Revisiting English as medium of instruction in rural African classrooms

Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 674-691

  Early, Margaret ^a   Norton, Bonny ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

English as medium of instruction; language across the curriculum; language policy; multilingualism; placed resources; rural Africa

Indexed keywords

EID: 84926218346     PISSN: 01434632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01434632.2014.908890     Document Type: Article

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