Languages and Education in Africa

[Harold F. Schiffman]

Languages and Education in Africa

This conference offers international and multidisciplinary perspectives on
issues concerning languages and education in Africa.


Languages and Education in Africa (LEA)

We, the LEA group of researchers from the Faculty of Education and the
Faculty of the Humanities from the University of Oslo, welcome you to an
international conference linking researchers from the South and North who
are addressing the wide range of themes found within languages and
education in Africa. The conference was initiated in the spring of 2004
when five Norwegian NUFU project leaders from the University of Oslo - two
from the Faculty of Education and three from the Faculty of Humanities -
came together and discussed common interests related to languages and
education. NUFU (the Norwegian Council of Universities Committee for
Development Research and Education) sponsors projects aimed at cooperation
between universities in Norway and in developing countries. The NUFU
projects at the Faculty of Education cooperate with partners based in
Tanzania, South Africa, Ethiopia, and Uganda; while the NUFU projects at
the Faculty of Humanities cooperate with partners based in Zimbabwe,
Ethiopia, and Mali.

The purpose of such a conference is to underline the significance of
language for learning in various educational settings from global and
local perspectives. It will also provide an opportunity to present and
learn from linguistic and educationally directed research in various
countries and regions. Ongoing networks and projects will contribute
substantially to the conference and utilize it both as an aim for their
work and as a meeting place to exchange current research. In addition to
active participation at the conference, the organizing committee's work is
directed towards research projects, research publications, and other
relevant outcomes.

Conference themes include:

Language policy
Multilingualism
Literacy in African languages
Language as medium of instruction and as a subject
Teacher training
Educational materials
Lexicography and lexicology
Grammatical descriptions
Standardization
Sign language in an African context
Language mastery, learning and mediat[ion]

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