id21 insights education 5. Mother tongue first.

The lead article in this issue examines children's right to learn in their own languages

From:
Department for International Development
Published
1 January 2006
Country:
Bolivia, India, Vietnam
Document Type:
Briefing
Theme:
Education
Authors:
id21

Abstract

The lead article in this issue is’Mother tongue first: Children’s right to learn in their own languages’. A number of other short articles are also concerned with the subject of education in local languages, including: Linguistic genocide?; Gender, language, inclusion; Indigenous languages; Bolivia revolutionises bilingual education; Policy practice in Viet Nam; Bridging languages; Language education in Africa; Cost implications; and Linguistic diversity in India.

Citation

IDS, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK, 8 pp. Also published in French and Spanish.

Published 1 January 2006
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