When ‘Prof’ speaks, who listens? The African elite and the use of African languages for education and development in African communities
When ‘Prof’ speaks, who listens? The African elite and the use of African languages for education and development in African communities
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当“教授”说话时，谁会听？非洲精英以及非洲语言在非洲社区的教育和发展中的使用
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2010
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B. Trudell
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非洲语言在正规和非正规学习中的作用日益引起地方、国家和国际社会的兴趣。使用学习者最能理解的语言有很多认知和教学上的原因。然而，许多与政治、经济、语言态度和殖民历史有关的非教学因素也对教学语言的决定产生极大的影响。在教育语言选择问题的各种利益攸关方中，一个重要的利益集团是非洲精英。精英成员能够获得资源，提出促进其价值观的论点，并最终以普通地方社区成员无法做到的方式影响政策的制定和执行。本文探讨了国际、国家和地方环境对非洲精英在语言和教育方面的影响。它认为，有组织的，有意识的行动，有关非洲精英成员可以对语言和教育的选择产生重大影响。
The role of African languages in formal and nonformal learning is the subject of increasing local, national and international interests. Cognitive and pedagogical reasons abound for using the language best understood by the learner. However, many nonpedagogical factors related to politics, economics, language attitudes and colonial history are also extremely influential as decisions are made regarding language of instruction. Among the various stakeholders in this issue of language choice for education, an important interest group is the African elite. Members of the elite are able to access resources, marshal arguments that promote their values and ultimately influence the formulation and implementation of policy in ways that the average local community member cannot do. This paper examines the influence of international, national and local contexts upon the perspectives of the African elite where language and education are concerned. It argues that organized, intentional action by concerned members of the African elite can have significant impact on language-and-education choices.