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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>The Language Policy was developed to guide Namibian schools on how national languages should be taught in schools, to promote the cultural identity of learners through the use of their mother tongue as a medium of instruction in Grades 1-3 and to ensure that English is taught as the medium of instruction from Grade 4 and upwards.</FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>The Language Policy states that schools should teach learners in Grade One to Grade Three in their mother-tongue. Grade Four is to be regarded as a transitional year where schools start to switch from mother tongue as a medium of instruction to English as a medium of instruction.</FONT></P>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>Francis M. Hult, Ph.D.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Assistant Professor</FONT></DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Department of Bicultural-Bilingual Studies</FONT></DIV>
<DIV>University of Texas at San Antonio</DIV>
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<DIV>Web: <A href="http://faculty.coehd.utsa.edu/fhult/">http://faculty.coehd.utsa.edu/fhult/</A></FONT></DIV>
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