Language Skills for Higher Education in Tanzania

dc.contributor.authorRugemalira, Josephat
dc.date.accessioned2018-11-14T09:10:38Z
dc.date.available2018-11-14T09:10:38Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.description.abstractThis paper argues that there are two radical policy options available to the higher education establishment in Tanzania with regard to the issue of the language medium of instruction. The first option requires the establishment of a strict filtering mechanism in order to exclude all applicants who do not possess the English language skills required in an English medium university. The second option seeks to develop a bilingual language policy for higher education. This would allow partial use of Kiswahili in the system e.g. in lectures, seminar discussions and examinations, even while most literature has to be accessed in English. The paper presents an account of the conditions that call for such a radical departure from current practice, showing that the much utilized ‘University of Dar es Salaam Model’ of Communications Skills courses has not had the expected impact.en_US
dc.identifier.citationRugemalira, J. (2017). Language Skills for Higher Education in Tanzania. JULACE: Journal of University of Namibia Language Centre, 2(2), 2-25.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11070/2408
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Namibiaen_US
dc.subjectLanguage skillsen_US
dc.titleLanguage Skills for Higher Education in Tanzaniaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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