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标题：The question of school language in multilingual societies: the example of Ghana
其他标题：Роль языка школьного обучения в многоязычных обществах (на примере Ганы)
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作者：Samuel Opoku Appiah ; Alfredo Ardila ; Alfredo Ardila 等
期刊名称：RUDN Journal of Psychology and Pedagogics
印刷版ISSN：2313-1683
电子版ISSN：2313-1705
出版年度：2020
卷号：17
期号：2
DOI：10.22363/2313-1683-2020-17-2-263-272
语种：English
出版社：Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University)
摘要：The language used in school represents a crucial and polemic question in multilingual societies. Sub-Saharan Africa represents a world region with a significant linguistic diversity. Until recently, most of these countries were European colonies. During colonial times, the colonizer language generally dominated in schools. After their independence, many countries have continued using that language as the instructional language. It is observed that quite often, children are schooled in a second language, and teachers must teach in a foreign language. This situation results in potentially negative consequences affecting school learning. The specific example of Ghana is examined. It is pointed out that in Ghana during recent years frequent changes have been introduced in school language. Commonly, English is used as the primary school language. Because this association between language and school learning, speaking English provides not only significant social prestige, but also results in better working opportunities. The question of so-called “international schools” in Ghana is also examined; most of these schools do not teach any of the Ghanaian languages, but a foreign language, such as French, Spanish, or Portuguese. It is argued that these international schools may have adverse consequences on Ghanaian children who attend them. Ghana, however, has been a strong advocate of the so-called “African personality” and the use of English as the medium of instruction is in overt opposition to this ideology. It is concluded that children schooled in a second language, and teachers teaching in language that they do not master well enough may represent a potential barrier for the social, scientific, and economic development of sub-Saharan African countries, such as Ghana.
其他摘要：Проблема языка, используемого в школьном обучении, является важной и дискуссионной в многоязычных обществах. Африка к югу от Сахары представляет собой регион мира со значительным лингвистическим разнообразием. До недавнего времени большинство из стран это
关键词：multilingualism;Ghana;schooling;English;national languages
其他关键词：многоязычие;Гана;школьное обучение;английский язык;национальный язык