STELLENBOSCH PAPERS IN LINGUISTICS PLUS  

Claus Altmayer,H Ekkehard Wolff

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Felix Banda

This paper draws on the notion of multilingualism as social practice (Heller 2007) to critiquepostcolonial language planning and policies in Africa. Drawing on illustrations fromEthnologue's(2009) languages of Africa, studies on language planning and poli... see more

Ibrahima Diop

The reform discussion in Senegalese language planning indicates a review of the situation, whichcannot be done without due attention to previous debates regarding the significance of Africanlanguages in the postcolonial culture and educational politics.Ke... see more

Esaïe Djomo

A major characteristic of Cameroon's language policy during the colonial era as well as during the firstfour decades of the postcolonial era, is discrimination against all indigenous Cameroonian languages.This began when German was introduced after the ar... see more

Konrad Ehlich

This paper characterizes the linguistic situation in Europe in the context of the global languagesituation. It describes the significance of the "Project Nation" for the European national languages.European unification after World War II is examined in te... see more

H Ekkehard Wolff

The sociolinguistics of the Northern African states is relatively obscure in terms of internationalresearch, since these regions do not feature significantly in the areas of Arabic studies/Orientalism,Romance studies or classical African studies. A simila... see more

Christine Anthonissen

This paper considers a number of pertinent sociolinguistic aspects of a distinct process of languageshift recently noted in some historically Afrikaans first language (L1) communities established in theCape Metropolitan area. Particularly, it considers qu... see more

James Orao

While it is officially recognized that Kenya is a multilingual state, necessary mechanisms for theeffective management of this diversity have not been effected. With English and Kiswahili occupyingthe "official language" positions, the other more than for... see more

Aoussine Seddiki

The audio-visual media represents one of the main vehicles of internationalisation of our time. Suchinternationalisation is encouraged by the use of English, as well as by a specific focus on variousethnic groups in the development of media and programs t... see more

Lacina Yéo

Early intercultural contact occurred in West Africa through transatlantic slavery and colonisation. Thisled to the development of hybridized cultures in many parts of the world. Depending on the historicalcontext in different communities, this cultural hy... see more

Claus Altmayer

Multilingualism and multilingual education in Africa are different from multilingualism andmultilingual education in Europe. Nevertheless, to some extent the circumstances are comparable. Inboth regions there are currently important academic and political... see more

Jean-Claude Bationo

According to the 2006 national census 71,06% of Burkina Faso’s estimated 14 million inhabitants arefunctionally illiterate. This staggering number is referred to in explaining the slow social, economicaland political development of the country; it is also... see more

Hamida Yamina

Abstract:Languages like German, Spanish and Italian that are taught at tertiary education institutions, currentlyhave become more significant in Algeria than is generally assumed. The continuing expansion of theselanguages at tertiary level will gradually... see more

Pamela Maseko,Russell Kaschula

This paper highlights the methodology that has been used at Rhodes University and other SouthAfrican universities in implementing vocation-specific African language learning programmes.Essentially, the paper links the curriculum design to the theoretical ... see more

Nathan Oyori Ogechi

This article investigates the use of English and other African languages in Kenyan primary schools.English is a foreign language to the majority of Kenyans, although there are some who claim that it isa Kenyan language. English is however the official lan... see more

Anne Baker

Teaching foreign languages in a multilingual context, such as one finds in South African schools,poses unique questions. The theory that pedagogically underpins and articulates the value of the studyof foreign languages is internationally established and ... see more

Shona Lombard,Simone Conradie

This paper reports on an investigation into the possibility of first language (L1) transfer in the initialstages of the second language (L2) acquisition of isiXhosa by adolescent L1 speakers of Afrikaans andEnglish, respectively. Four hypotheses about the... see more

Abdelaziz Bouchara

In many African countries, German Studies has recently come under increasing pressure. In view ofthe globalization of economic and cultural processes, as well as the wider acceptance of French andEnglish, German Studies finds itself in growing competition... see more

Eva Hamann

This paper reports on an investigation of the value of German Studies in eventual employment ofstudents in this field. The objectives of German Studies in Africa have to include an indication of howinclusion in the curriculum is legitimized. Three approac... see more

Carlotta Von Maltzan

Taking multilingualism in South Africa into account, this paper investigates language policy, languageusage and the role of foreign languages, especially German, within the context of processes oftransformation at universities since 1994, i.e. after the e... see more

Stephan Mühr

This paper reflects on a telecollaborative project with second-year students of German between theUniversity of Pretoria (South Africa) and Colgate University (United States of America) in 2008. Theproject resulted from a critical discussion on the potent... see more