Language and education policy in the multilingual city of Bukavu

Bibliographic Data

ID11183567
AuthorsDidier L Goyvaerts (Victoria University of Bangladesh, corresponding author), M W K Semikenke (University of York), D Naeyaert (University of York)
Year1983
Volume4
Issue1
Pages47-62
Publication date1983-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0143-4632 • E-ISSN: 1747-7557
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/01434632.1983.9994100
OpenAlexW2014123938
LanguageEN
Citations received6
References cited6

The aim of this paper is to provide the reader with a profile of the linguistic and cultural diversity in Bukavu. Given the scant amount of information that is available on the language situation in the Republic of Zaire, an evaluation is first made of the language policy that has been followed in that country over the past 20 years and its impact on the overall educational system is assessed. The second part of the paper contains a preliminary account of the functions of the respective mother tongues (indigenous languages) as opposed to Swahili (a national language) and French in Bukavu. It is argued that the introduction of French as the medium of education creates an artificial dichotomy within the overall population and that this social cleavage could be countered by revised policy with regard to instruction in French. This conclusion would seem to be borne out by the results of the Communicativity Index as applied to a sample of the population of Bukavu

Cleavage (geology · Indigenous · Linguistic diversity · Linguistics · Population · Sample (material · Sociology · Swahili · Demography · Gender Studies in Language · Multilingual Education and Policy · Second Language Learning and Teaching

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