1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910827745303321

Autore

Chimbutane Feliciano

Titolo

Rethinking Bilingual Education in Postcolonial Contexts / / Feliciano Chimbutane

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Blue Ridge Summit, PA : , : Multilingual Matters, , [2011]

©2011

ISBN

1-283-14774-2

9786613147745

1-84769-365-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (194 p.)

Collana

Bilingual Education & Bilingualism

Classificazione

DP 4200

Disciplina

370.117 509679

Soggetti

Education, Bilingual - Mozambique

Education, Bilingual - Africa, Sub-Saharan

Multilingualism - Mozambique

Multilingualism - Africa, Sub-Saharan

Educational anthropology - Mozambique

Educational anthropology - Africa, Sub-Saharan

Postcolonialism - Mozambique

Postcolonialism - Africa, Sub-Saharan

Education

Social Sciences

Education, Special Topics

Second language acquisition - Study and teaching

Language and languages

Languages & Literatures

Philology & Linguistics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- List of Abbreviations and Acronyms -- Transcription Symbols and Conventions -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Language and Education -- Chapter 3. Mozambique: Historical, Sociolinguistic and Educational Context --



Chapter 4. The Research Sites: Communities, Schools and Classrooms -- Chapter 5. Interaction and Pedagogy in Bilingual Classrooms -- Chapter 6. Socio-cultural Impact of Bilingual Education -- Chapter 7. Bilingual Education and Socio-economic Mobility -- Chapter 8. Conclusion -- References

Sommario/riassunto

This book calls for critical adaptations when theories of bilingual education, based on practices in the North, are applied to the countries of the global South. For example, it challenges the assumption that transitional models necessarily lead to language shift and cultural assimilation. Taking an ethnographically-based narrative on the purpose and value of bilingual education in Mozambique as a starting point, it shows how, in certain contexts, even a transitional model may strengthen the vitality of local languages and associated cultures, instead of weakening them. The analysis is based on the view that communicative practices in the classroom influence and are influenced by institutional, local and societal processes. Within this framework, the book shows how education in low-status languages can play a role in social and cultural transformation, especially where post-colonial contexts are concerned.