Language policy in education: second official language in (technical) education in Canada and Cameroon

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dc.contributor.authorTakam, Alain F.
dc.contributor.authorMbouya, Innocent F.
dc.date.accessioned2021-12-15T21:05:11Z
dc.date.available2021-12-15T21:05:11Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.descriptionOpen access article. Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0) appliesen_US
dc.description.abstractIt should be said from the outset that, apart from Esambe’s (1999) MA thesis, no comparative research, to the best of our knowledge, has so far been devoted to the study of language policy in education in both Canada and Cameroon. Yet, these two countries offer a fascinating basis for comparison because English and French (which were instituted at roughly the same time in these two countries) are the two official languages in each country, but the minority status is reversed. This study, which rests on the observation that students from technical training programmes generally underperform or lack interest in their second official language (SOL), aims at comparing the current policies of SOL in education in order to see how both countries’ experiences can be mutually informing. To achieve its purpose, this research focuses on the analysis of the policies of official languages (OLs) in education in both countries, specifically regarding technical training programmes. More clearly, language policy in education and SOL education policy as obtained in both countries will be comparatively examined. The comparison, it is hoped, will reveal the fundamental causes of the overall poor performance or lack of interest observed in Cameroon and Canada respectively.en_US
dc.description.peer-reviewYesen_US
dc.identifier.citationTakam, A. F., & Mbouya, I. F. (2018). Language policy in education: Second official language in (technical) education in Canada and Cameroon. Journal of Education and Learning, 7(4), 20-31. https://doi.org/10.5539/jel.v7n4p20en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10133/6110
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherCanadian Center of Science and Educationen_US
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Modern Languagesen_US
dc.publisher.facultyArts and Scienceen_US
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Lethbridgeen_US
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Doualaen_US
dc.publisher.urlhttps://doi.org/10.5539/jel.v7n4p20en_US
dc.subjectSecond official languageen_US
dc.subjectFrench as second languageen_US
dc.subjectEnglish as second languageen_US
dc.subjectTechnical educationen_US
dc.subjectLanguage policy in education
dc.subjectCameroon
dc.subjectCanada
dc.subject.lcshLanguage policy--Cameroon
dc.subject.lcshLanguage policy--Canada
dc.subject.lcshTechnical education--Cameroon
dc.subject.lcshTechnical education--Canada
dc.titleLanguage policy in education: second official language in (technical) education in Canada and Cameroonen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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