Browsing Research articles (Dept of Languages & Social Sciences Education) by Author "Kamwendo, G.H."

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  • The bumpy road to mother tongue instruction in Malawi 

    Kamwendo, G.H. (Routledge. http://www.informaworld.com, 2008-09)
    In 1996, the Ministry of Education in Malawi directed that in future Standards 1 to 4 would be taught through mother tongues. It took eight years before the pilot phase of the language policy could begin. The paper critically ...

  • Globalization, linguistic diversity, and information dissemination in Malawi 

    Kamwendo, G.H. (Brill Academic Publishers. http://www.brill.nl/m%5Fcatalogue.asp?sub=3, 2008)
    In a linguistically heterogeneous country, one of the critical challenges is to make information accessible to all people. Various communication media can be used: television, radio, telephone, the Internet and others. ...

  • Language planning in Botswana and Malawi: a comparative study 

    Kamwendo, G.H.; Mooko, T. (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, ...

  • Language proficiency testing and the expatriate medical practitioner in Malawi 

    Kamwendo, G.H. (Routledge. http://www.informaworld.com, 2008-08)
    According to the Medical Council of Malawi, one of the conditions for a licence to be granted to an individual who wants to practise medicine in Malawi is the practitioner's ability to speak and write English fluently. ...