Scientific Publication

Accessible textbooks for learning in a European language in Africa

author(s) Clegg, J.
from UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO)
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themes
regions
  • Western Africa
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Africa
  • World
  • Eastern Africa
citation

Joint RPC Conference, Education Access, Quality and Outcomes in Low and Middle Income Countries. Institute of Education, 15 November 2010. 13 pp

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Abstract

This presentation discusses the implications of publishing textbooks with a European language of instruction. It argues that textbooks in European languages are often unreadable to African learners

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