A3 Refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book
Vignette: Researching language education policy in Namibia
Authors: Norro Soili
Editors: Reilly Colin, Chimbutane Feliciano, Clegg John, Rubagumya Casmir, Erling Elizabeth J.
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
Publishing place: Abingdon, Oxon
Publication year: 2024
Book title : Multilingual Learning : Assessment, Ideologies and Policies in Sub-Saharan Africa
Journal name in source: Multilingual Learning: Assessment, Ideologies and Policies in Sub-Saharan Africa
Series title: Routledge Series in Language and Content Integrated Teaching & Plurilingual Education
First page : 243
Last page: 248
ISBN: 978-1-032-32977-2
eISBN: 978-1-003-31155-3
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003311553-16
Web address : https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003311553-16
This vignette sketches the development of the language education policy in post-independence Namibia and discusses why it is English-centred despite the fact that other, more multilingual options were originally suggested.