Multilingual education and literacy: research from sub-Saharan Africa
SOURCE: Language and Language Teaching
OUTPUT TYPE: Journal Article
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2013
TITLE AUTHOR(S): K.Heugh
KEYWORDS: EDUCATION, LITERACY, MULTILINGUALISM, SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
DEPARTMENT: Equitable Education and Economies (IED)
Print: HSRC Library: shelf number 8173
HANDLE: 20.500.11910/2476
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/2476
OUTPUT TYPE: Journal Article
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2013
TITLE AUTHOR(S): K.Heugh
KEYWORDS: EDUCATION, LITERACY, MULTILINGUALISM, SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
DEPARTMENT: Equitable Education and Economies (IED)
Print: HSRC Library: shelf number 8173
HANDLE: 20.500.11910/2476
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/2476
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Abstract
This chapter discusses the most recent large-scale research conducted on literacy and multilingual education systems in Africa.-
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