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Counteracting the threat of language death: the case of minority languages in Botswana
(Routledge. http://www.informaworld.com, 2006-03)
When Botswana gained independence from the British in 1966, a political decision was taken to designate English as an official language and Setswana, one of the indigenous languages, as a national language. This move ...
Language planning in Botswana and Malawi: a comparative study
(Walter de Gruyter, http://www.degruyter.de, 2006-11)
The article discusses language planning in two Southern African countries,
Botswana and Malawi. Both countries are multilingual and multicultural.
They also share a common British colonial history. At independence, ...
The use of research and theory in English language teaching in Botswana secondary schools
(Carfax Publishing, Taylor & Francis Group. http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/title~content=t713415834, 2005-03)
The purpose of this study was to establish the usage of research and theory in the teaching of English language in secondary schools in Botswana. Altogether 100 questionnaires were administered in 19 secondary schools. The ...
Geography students as constructors of classroom knowledge and practice: a case study from Botswana
(Routledge. http://www.informaworld.com, 2004-01)
This study reports on the strategies (overt and subtle) employed by students in one senior secondary school in Botswana to keep their teachers in an information-giving position. Contrary to the prevailing view that the ...
Geography in the Botswana Secondary curriculum: A study in curriculum renewal and contraction
(Routledge. http://www.informaworld.com, 2002-06)
Curriculum reviews during the past two decades in Botswana have had mixed fortunes for geography in secondary schools. While the subject has modernised over the years it has at the same time shrunk in terms of its spread ...
The challenges for teachers in the teaching of topics associated with Botswana's "Vision 2016"
(Caddo Gap Press, http://www.caddogap.com, 2009)
The world is a diverse ecosystem where humans and the environment must interact and live in harmony. In order to keep any society going, either at the national or global level, the importance of having visions for the ...