Getting the Right Language Information for Education: Insights from a Language Mapping Project in the Democratic Republic of Congo

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Insights from a Language Mapping Project in the Democratic Republic of Congo

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Pages:: 257–275

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004449671_012

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Abstract

Katika kipengele hiki ninaangalia maswala muhimu ambayo mtafiti anakumbana nayo anapotambulisha mahali lugha mbambali zinatumiwa. Utafiti nilioufanya katika Jamuhuri ya Kidemokrasia ya Congo unatumiwa kama mfano na yale nilioyajifunza yanaelezwa hapa. Ninaeleza wakati gani yafaa kufanya utafiti kama huu na njia zinazofaa katika muktadha tofauti. Ninatoa mapendekezo suluhisho na wakati gani yale mapenekezo yanafaa kutumiwa katika dhana yanayoelekea ujuzi wa matumizi ya lugha. Ninamaliza na tafakari na pia mapendekezo kadhaa kuhusu matokeo ya utafiti huu kwa utekelezaji wa mipango ya elimu mahali yanapatikana lugha nyingi. (Abstract in Swahili [swh], a language of Tanzania and East Africa, translated by Bagamba Araali.)

In this chapter I look at some of the most important issues when conducting language mapping, exemplifying many of the lessons learned in one such project in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). I outline when it is important to do language mapping, and which methodologies are most useful in different contexts. I then discuss various issues and assumptions which can lead to inaccurate data, and propose solutions based, where relevant, on sociolinguistic concepts. I finish with some reflections/recommendations on what implications these findings have for the implementation of effective educational programs in multilingual contexts.

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Language Issues in Comparative Education II

Policy and Practice in Multilingual Education Based on Non-Dominant Languages

Series: Comparative and International Education: Diversity of Voices, Volume: 52

Cover Language Issues in Comparative Education II

E-Book ISBN:: 9789004449671

Publisher:: Brill

Print Publication Date:: 19 Jan 2021

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- Education

Front Matter

Advance Praise for Language Issues in Comparative Education II

Foreword

Acknowledgements

List of Figures and Tables

Notes on Contributors

Introduction The State of Research on Multilingual Education in the Context of Educational Development

Part 1 Language-in-Education Policy Change from Above, from Below, and from the Side

Chapter 1 Bringing Non-Dominant Languages into Education Systems

Chapter 2 MLE Implementation in Ethiopia and Mozambique

Chapter 3 Jumping, Sliding, and Creating Shared Spaces “from the Side”

Chapter 4 Language-in-Education Policy Reform in the Philippines

Part 2 Non-Dominant Languages in Implementational Spaces

Chapter 5 Implementing Kenya’s Language of Instruction Policy among Maa-Speaking Communities of Laikipia North

Chapter 6 Stakeholder Perspectives on Medium of Instruction Policy in Ethiopia

Chapter 7 Cultural Heritage and Displacement

Chapter 8 Contextualizing Pre-Service Teacher Education Materials and Instruction in Multilingual Ethiopia

Chapter 9 Refugee Education and Medium of Instruction

Chapter 10 Trilingual Rajbanshi-Nepali-English Education in Southeastern Nepal

Part 3 Supporting Education in Non-Dominant Languages

Chapter 11 Getting the Right Language Information for Education

Chapter 12 Language-in-Education Policies

Chapter 13 Policy, Advocacy and Programs for Multilingual Education

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