Implementing Language-in-Education Policy in Multilingual Mathematics Classrooms: Pedagogical Implications
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Aga Khan University, TANZANIA
 
 
Publication date: 2013-12-14
 
 
EURASIA J. Math., Sci Tech. Ed 2013;9(1):23-32
 
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In this paper, we examine selected literature on classroom-based research to understand how students and teachers (re)negotiate the language of interaction in a mathematics classroom when the official medium of instruction is different from the students’ dominant language. We identify the tensions and dilemmas associated with the implementation of language-in-education policy in selected postcolonial Anglophone countries where English is used as a medium of instruction at various stages of formal schooling. We also examine the pedagogical implications of these tensions and dilemmas, paying particular attention to emerging issues of code-switching, translation and ‘safe’ use of language.
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