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Madrasa Ideologies of English in Bangladesh: Questioning ELT‐Aid and Post‐9/11 De‐Islamization

TESOL Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract External donors increasingly promote English as a notionally value‐neutral language of socioeconomic advancements in the Muslim South, overlooking local ideological diversities. Furthermore, national and Western forces deploy English as a tool to de‐Islamize madrasas (Islamic educational institutes) in the post‐9/11 world for global peace ...
Qumrul Hasan Chowdhury
wiley   +1 more source

Mother tongue instructions as a human right

NAWA Journal of Language and Communication
The paper aimed at studying the challenges as well as the potential benefits associated with using African languages as the main medium of instructions in Namibian schools.   Research indicates that there is more to gain in promoting African languages in all aspects of education and governance than the opposite. Countries that place greater emphasis on
openaire   +1 more source

Revisiting the issue of language in educational policy and mother tongue medium of instruction in Nigeria

, 2009
In modern societies languages are used to further the cause of political, economic, educational, social, and psychological objectives. Thus language planning is viewed as that, which is done through the co-operative efforts of political, economic, and ...
Ihemere, K.
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The Power of Music: Connecting Leadership Developmental Theory to Modern Icons Beyoncé and Taylor Swift

New Directions for Student Leadership, Volume 2025, Issue 185, Page 17-23, Spring 2025.
ABSTRACT This article links the connection between music and leadership, exploring ways to connect musical icons to teaching leadership theory and concepts. The authors utilize the relationship leadership model (RLM) and the leadership identity development (LID) model through case studies of Beyoncé Knowles‐Carter and Taylor Swift. We provide questions
Sanithia Tucker, Kaley Vincent
wiley   +1 more source

Use of Mother Tongue As A Language Of Instruction In Early Years Of School To Preserve The Kenyan Culture [PDF]

, 2014
In many communities in Kenya, mother tongue was the language of instruction used to impart indigenous education in children. It was also used to transmit and preserve culture from generation to generation. Language policy states that mother tongue should
Begi, Nyakwara
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Islam at the monastery: on infinity as subtractive truth L'islam au monastère : de l'infini comme vérité soustractive

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
Based on ethnographic research at Rūm Orthodox Christian monasteries in Lebanon, the article studies scenes of Islam at the monastery as they intersect with anxious public debates on, and anthropological theorizations of, sectarianism and ‘Muslim–Christian’ relations in the Mashriq.
Aaron F. Eldridge
wiley   +1 more source

Vital events, vital relations: the structure of relations in an identity database Événements vitaux, liens vitaux : la structure des liens dans une base de données d'identité civile

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
The National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) manages Pakistan's biometric‐based national identity database, one of the largest identification systems of its kind in the world. This article examines bureaucratic practices used during identity registration to record ‘vital events’ in the lives of citizens: birth, marriage, divorce, and death.
Zehra Hashmi
wiley   +1 more source

Impact of SGBs' Language Policy Decisions on Language of Instruction in Primary Schools in Hammanskraal

Journal of Languages and Language Teaching
This study examines the consequences of School Governing Bodies’ (SGBs) decisions regarding the Language of Learning and Teaching (LoLT) in primary schools in Hammanskraal, a linguistically diverse context where most learners are not home-language ...
Mmamoyahabo Constance Makgabo, Penelope M. Modise   +1 more
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English Hemspråk : Language in Interaction in English Mother Tongue Instruction in Sweden

, 2018
The thesis investigates teacher-student interaction in English mother tongue instruction (MTI), offered within mainstream education to English heritage language students in Sweden.
Kirsten Stoewer
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Cutting freedom down to size Liberté calibrée

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
Freedom, as a concept and a value, presents limited prospects for anthropological comparison. The study of enslavement, much neglected in attempts to develop an anthropology of freedom, shows that freedom has been imagined by the enslaved as the opposite of their condition only under particular circumstances.
Harri Englund
wiley   +1 more source