LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION IN TANZANIAN SECONDARY SCHOOLS - ENGLISH OR KISWAHILI?

نویسندگان

  • Shujun Wan English Department, Xuhai College, China University of Mining and Technology, P. R. of China

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.46827/ejfl.v5i5.3963

کلمات کلیدی:

Tanzania, LOI, English, Kiswahili

چکیده

The language of instruction in secondary schools in Tanzania has always been a debate due to the complicated multilingual situation in Tanzanian society. This article reviews the educational system of Tanzania and discusses the reasons of using English or Kiswahili as the language of instruction in Tanzanian secondary schools based on literature review and analyzes certain effects caused by the choice of language of instruction.

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بیوگرافی نویسنده

  • Shujun Wan، English Department, Xuhai College, China University of Mining and Technology, P. R. of China
    The author finishes her Master’s degree at the University of Bayreuth, Germany and now works as a lecturer at a college in China. Her main research interests include second language acquisition, foreign language education, pragmatics.

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چاپ شده

2021-10-07

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دوره 5 شماره 5 (2021)

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