This volume covers the language situation in Botswana, Malawi, Mozambique and South Africa explaining the linguistic diversity, the historical and political contexts and the current language situation, including language-in-education planning, the role of the media, the role of religion, and the roles of non-indigenous languages. The authors are indigenous and have been participants in the language planning context.
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Richard B. Baldauf Jr and Robert B. Kaplan: Language Policy and Planning in Botswana, Malawi, Mozambique and South Africa: Some Common Issues
Lydia Nyati-Ramahobo: The Language Situation in Botswana
Edrinnie Kayambazinthu: The Language Planning Situation in Malawi
Armando Jorge Lopes: The Language Situation in Mozambique
Nkonko M. Kamwangamalu: The Language Planning Situation in South Africa
Biographical Notes on Contributors
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Robert B. Kaplan is Emeritus Professor of Applied Linguistics at the University of Southern California. He has published numerous books and articles in refereed journals and written several special reports to government both in the US and elsewhere. He is the founding Editor-in-Chief of the Annual Review of Applied Linguistics and is a member of the editorial board of the 1st and 2nd editions of the Oxford International Encyclopedia of Linguistics (2002). Additionally, he edited the Oxford Handbook of Applied Linguistics. He has served as President of the National Association for Foreign Students Affairs, of TESOL, and of the American Association for Applied Linguistics.
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