[lg policy] Saboi questions teaching in local language policyBy Masuzyo Chakwe on February 20, 2019 FacebookTwitterWhatsAppEmailPinterestShare524 SABOI Imboela says the policy of not teaching English from grade one to four in a country where English is the official language has made it very hard for many to learn it. The National Democratic Congress gender national chairperson says in most rural schools, one needs an interpreter to talk to pupils, some in grade eight and nine because they could not understand English. The government in 2014 introduced a policy that children from pre-school to grade four must be taught in local languages. The seven official languages are Tonga, Bemba, Nyanja, Kaonde, Luvale, Lozi and Lunda. “I wonder who’s been sitting to make the new education policies and what their motive is. Do they move around Zambia to find out the benefits and impact of their policies? First and foremost, this policy of not teaching English from grade 1 to 4 in a country where En
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- Previous message (by thread): [lg policy] Japanese language policy from the point of view of public philosophy Autores: Takao Katsuragi Localización: International journal of the sociology of language, ISSN 0165-2516, Nº. 175-176, 2005, págs. 41-54 Idioma: inglés Resumen This paper considers Japanese language policy from the point of view of public philosophy. To this end the concept of a ‘‘policy-framework’’ is discussed in terms of the trichotomy of rights, policy, and policy framework. It is designed to balance cultural diversity, on the one hand, and social order, on the other, and it therefore often characterized as endorsing multiculturalism. This paper proposes a policy framework of cultural nationalism that puts more emphasis on social order and integration than on freedom of choice and diversity, while at the same time advocating a balanced policy approach. In a broad sense, it can be subsumed under the label of multiculturalism, and can as such provide a practical basis for a language policy for Japan i
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