Multilingualism in Southern Africa: Issues and Perspectives [Hardcover]

This collection showcases perspectives from established and emerging scholars on the contemporary landscape of multilingualism in Southern Africa. The volume will be of interest to students and scholars in multilingualism, sociolinguistics, language policies, language education, and African studies.

Contents

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List of Contributors

Foreword

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Introduction: Wellman Kondowe, Chimwemwe M.M. Kamanga and Precious Madula

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Part One: Theme 1 - Multilingualism in Education

Chapter 1: Towards embracing multilingualism in Malawis primary education system, Andrew Chimpololo

Chapter 2: Problematising normalised assumptions in English for Academic Purposes instruction: Monolingual expectations versus multilingual realities of transitioning undergraduate students from community day secondary schools at a Malawian university., Kondwani Kelvin Mkandawire

Chapter 3: Translanguaging as means to optimising multilingual education: a Zambian perspective, Hambaba Jimaima and Gabriel Simungala

Chapter 4: ?Language Incompatibility: Assessing Speakers' Tolerance for Swahili Translated University-related Neologisms in Tanzania, Nichodamus Robinson

Chapter 5: Language Policy in Education: Rethinking the Teaching of Vernacular Languages in Schools in Malawi, Lydia Kishindo-Mafuta

Part Two: Theme 2 - Multilingualism policies and debates on African languag

Chapter 6: The State of Multilingualism in Tanzanls(