Zubeida Desai
Biographic Data
| ID | 4221379 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Zubeida Desai |
| GIVEN NAMES | Zubeida |
| FAMILY NAME | Desai |
| SIGNATURE | DESAI Z |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of the Western Cape |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0753-1969 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 24 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Learning through the medium of English in multilingual South Africa
Increasingly, there is a growing move towards using global languages such as English as media of instruction. Does one swim against this growing tide or does one look at strategies to accommodate English in multilingual contexts such as prevail in South Africa? In this article I examine the debates in South Africa about the role of English in education. I argue that the success or otherwise of using English as a medium depends a great deal on the…
Compare Forum
The idea of having a Compare Forum focusing on the above title was first discussed with one of the Editors of Compare during a PhD defence in Oslo in 2011. The PhD dissertation itself was linked to a larger project in which researchers from the North (Norway) and the South (South Africa) had been collaborating in educational research for over 10 years. Despite the fact that North-South collaboration is not a new issue on the agenda (King 1985) it…
Multilingualism in South Africa with Particular Reference to the Role of African Languages in Education
Multilingualism in South Africa with Particular Reference to the Role of African Languages in Education
Learning through the medium of English in multilingual South Africa
Increasingly, there is a growing move towards using global languages such as English as media of instruction. Does one swim against this growing tide or does one look at strategies to accommodate English in multilingual contexts such as prevail in South Africa? In this article I examine the debates in South Africa about the role of English in education. I argue that the success or otherwise of using English as a medium depends a great deal on the…
Compare Forum
The idea of having a Compare Forum focusing on the above title was first discussed with one of the Editors of Compare during a PhD defence in Oslo in 2011. The PhD dissertation itself was linked to a larger project in which researchers from the North (Norway) and the South (South Africa) had been collaborating in educational research for over 10 years. Despite the fact that North-South collaboration is not a new issue on the agenda (King 1985) it…
Multilingualism in South Africa with Particular Reference to the Role of African Languages in Education
Compare Forum
The idea of having a Compare Forum focusing on the above title was first discussed with one of the Editors of Compare during a PhD defence in Oslo in 2011. The PhD dissertation itself was linked to a larger project in which researchers from the North (Norway) and the South (South Africa) had been collaborating in educational research for over 10 years. Despite the fact that North-South collaboration is not a new issue on the agenda (King 1985) it…
Learning through the medium of English in multilingual South Africa
Increasingly, there is a growing move towards using global languages such as English as media of instruction. Does one swim against this growing tide or does one look at strategies to accommodate English in multilingual contexts such as prevail in South Africa? In this article I examine the debates in South Africa about the role of English in education. I argue that the success or otherwise of using English as a medium depends a great deal on the…
Political science (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Context (archaeology (2 works) · EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning (2 works) · Geography (2 works) · Multilingual Education and Policy (2 works) · Pedagogy (2 works) · Politics (2 works) · Second Language Learning and Teaching (2 works) · Children's Rights and Participation (1 works)