588
Views
4
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Articles

Language policies and the role of development agencies in postcolonial Mozambique

Pages 356-370 | Received 23 Jan 2016, Accepted 08 May 2017, Published online: 06 Jun 2017

References

  • Alidou, H. (2004). Medium of instruction in post-colonial Africa. In J. Tollefson & A. Tsui (Eds.), Medium of instruction policies: Which agenda? Whose agenda? (pp. 195–214). London: Lawrence Erlbaum.
  • Alidou, H., & Jung, I. (2001). Education language policies in Francophone Africa: What have we learned from the field experiences? In S. Baker (Ed.), Language policy: Lessons from global models (pp. 59–73). Monterey, CA: Institute of International Studies.
  • Anand, S., & Sen, A. (2000). The income component of the human development index. Journal of Human Development, 1(1), 83–106. doi: 10.1080/14649880050008782
  • Bamgbose, A. (2011). African languages today: The challenge of and prospects for empowerment under globalization. In E. G. Bokamba, R. K. Shosted, & B. T. Ayalew. (Eds.), Selected proceedings of the 40th annual conference on African linguistics (pp. 1–14). Somerville, MA: Cascadilla Proceedings Project.
  • Bamgbose, A. (2014). The language factor in development goals. In H. McIIwraith (Ed.), Language rich Africa: Policy dialogue. The Cape Town language and development conference: Looking beyond 2015 (pp. 98–105). London: British Council.
  • Benson, C. (1997). Relatório final sobre o ensino bilingue: Resultados da avaliação externa da Experiência de Escolarização Bilingue (PEBIMO). Maputo: INDE.
  • Benson, C. (2000). The primary bilingual education experiment in Mozambique, 1993 to 1997. International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 3(3), 149–166. doi: 10.1080/13670050008667704
  • Bokamba, E. G. (2011). Ukolonia in African language policies and practices. In E. G. Bokamba, R. K. Shosted, & B. T. Ayalew. (Eds.), Selected proceedings of the 40th annual conference on African linguistics (pp. 146–167). Somerville, MA: Cascadilla Proceedings Project.
  • Bourdieu, P. (1991). Language and symbolic power (G. Raymond & M. Adamson, Trans.). Massachussetts: Harvard University Press.
  • Capra International [CAPRA]. (2013). Evaluation of the ministry of education bilingual education pilot initiative in Mozambique (Unpublished manuscript).
  • Chimbutane, F. (2011). Rethinking bilingual education in postcolonial contexts. Bristol: Multilingual Matters.
  • Chimbutane, F. (2012). Multilingualism in education in post-colonial contexts: With special reference to sub-Saharan African. In M. Martin-Jones, A. Creese, & A. Blackledge (Eds.), Routledge handbook of multilingualism (pp. 167–183). London: Routledge.
  • Chimbutane, F., & Benson, C. (2012). Expanded spaces for Mozambican languages in primary education: Where bottom-up meets top-down. International Multilingual Research Journal, 6(1), 8–21. doi:10.108/19313152.2012.639278
  • Hornberger, N. H. (2002). Multilingual language policies and the continua of biliteracy: An ecological approach. Language Policy, 1, 27–51. doi: 10.1023/A:1014548611951
  • Hornberger, N. H., & Johnson, D. C. (2007). Slicing the onion ethnographically: Layers and spaces in multilingual language policy and practice. TESOL Quarterly, 41(3), 509–532. doi: 10.1002/j.1545-7249.2007.tb00083.x
  • Johnson, D. C., & Johnson, E. J. (2015). Power and agency in language policy appropriation. Language Policy, 14(3), 221–243. doi: 10.1007/s10993-014-9333-z
  • Martin-Jones, M. (2007). Bilingualism, education and the regulation of access to language resources. In M. Heller (Ed.), Bilingualism: A social approach (pp. 161–182). London: Palgrave.
  • Matsinhe, S. (2014). African languages: Towards an African cultural renaissance. In H. McIIwraith (Ed.), Language rich Africa: Policy dialogue. The Cape Town language and development conference: Looking beyond 2015 (pp. 108–121). London: British Council.
  • Mazrui, A. (2000). The World Bank, the language question and the future of African education. In S. Federici, G. Caffentzis, & O. Alidou (Eds.), A thousand flowers: Social struggles against structural adjustment in African universities (pp. 43–59). Trenton, NJ: Africa World Press.
  • Ministério da Educação [MINED]. (2012a). Plano estratégico da educação 2012–2016 [National education strategic plan 2012–2016]. Maputo: MINED.
  • Ministério da Educação [MINED]. (2012b). Education statistics: Annual school survey – 2012. Maputo: MINED.
  • Ministério da Educação [MINED]. (2013). Education statistics: Annual school survey – 2013. Maputo: MINED.
  • Ministério da Educação [MINED]. (2014a). Operational plan 2015–2018. Maputo: MINED.
  • Ministério da Educação [MINED]. (2014b). Education statistics: Annual school survey – 2014. Maputo: MINED.
  • Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Finland. (2013). Country strategy for development cooperation with Mozambique 2014–2017. Retrieved from http://formin.finland.fi/Public/dowload.aspx?ID=137900&GUID.
  • Myers-Scotton, C. (1993). Elite closure as a powerful language strategy: The African case. International Journal of the Sociology of Language, 103, 149–163. doi: 10.1515/ijsl.1993.103.149
  • Ngunga, A., Nhongo, N., Moisés, L., Langa, J., Cherinze, H., & Mucavele, J. (2011). Educação bilingue na província de Gaza: Avaliação de um modelo de ensino [Bilingual education in Gaza province: Evaluation of a model of education]. Maputo: Centro de Estudos Africanos/UEM.
  • Pearson, P. (2014). Policy without plan: English as a medium of instruction in Rwanda. Current Issues in Language Planning, 15(1), 39–56. doi: 10.1080/14664208.2013.857286
  • República de Moçambique [RM]. (1990). Constituição da República [Constitution of the Republic]. Boletim da República, I Série, No. 44. Maputo: Imprensa Nacional.
  • República de Moçambique [RM]. (2015). Programa quinquenal do governo 2015–2019 [Government’s five-year program 2015–2019]. Aprovado na 4ª Sessão Ordinária do Conselho de Ministros, 17 de Fevereiro de 2015. Retrieved from www.portaldogoverno.gov.mz/por/Governo/…/Planos/Programa-Quinquenal-do-Governo-2015-2019-Aprovado/…/pdf.
  • Ricento, T. K., & Hornberger, N. H. (1996). Unpeeling the onion. Language policy and the ELT professional. TESOL Quarterly, 30(3), 401–427. doi: 10.2307/3587691
  • Santos, A. A., Roffarello, L. M., & Filipe, M. (2016). Mozambique. African Economic Outlook, OECD, UNDP 2016. Retrieved from www.africaneconomicoutlook.org/en/country-notes/Mozambiqua.
  • Sen, A. (1983). Development: Which way now? The Economic Journal, 93, 745–762. doi: 10.2307/2232744
  • Sen, A. (1989 [2004]). Development as capability expansion. In S. Fukuda-Parr (Ed.), Readings in human development: Concepts, measures and policies for development paradigm (pp. 3–16). Oxford: Oxford University Press.
  • Spaull, N. (2011). Primary school performance in Botswana, Mozambique, Namibia and South Africa (SACMEQ Working Paper No. 8). Retrieved from www.microdata.worldbank.org/index.php/catalog/1246/download/22698.
  • Stanton, E. A. (2007). The human development index: A history (Working Paper Series No. 17). Political Economy Research Institute, University of Massachusetts Amherst. Retrieved from www.scholarworks.unmass.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi.article=1101&context=peri_workingpapers.
  • Stroud, C. (2003). Postmodernist perspective on local languages: African mother-tongue education in times of globalisation. International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 6(1), 17–35. doi:1367-0050/03/010017
  • Stroud, C., & Tuzine, A. (Orgs.) (1998). Uso de línguas africanas no ensino: Problemas e perspectives [The use of African languages in education: Problems and perspectives]. Cadernos de Pesquisa, no 26. Maputo: INDE.
  • Topsøe-Jensen, B., Pisco, A., Salimo, P., & Lameiras, J. (2015). Mapping study of civil society in Mozambique. ALTAIR Asesores and Agriconsulting, S. L. Commissioned by the European Commission. Retrieved from http://eeas.europa.eu/sites/eeas/sites/eeas/files/20151020_mappingstudy_onlineversion.pdf.
  • United Nations [UN]. (2015). Transforming our world: The 2030 agenda for sustainable development. Resolution No. 70/1 of 21 October 2015. New York, NY: Author.
  • United Nations Development Program [UNDP]. (1990). Human development report 1990. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
  • United Nations Development Program [UNDP]. (2015a). Human development report 2015. Retrieved from http://hdr.undp.org/sites/default/files/2015_human_development/net_report.pdf.
  • United Nations Development Program [UNDP]. (2015b). Human development report 2015. Brief note for countries in the human development report 2015. Mozambique. Retrieved from http://hdr.undp.org/sites/all/themes/hdr_theme/MOZ.pdf.
  • United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization [UNESCO]. (1990). Education for all by year 2000. Paris: Author.
  • United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization [UNESCO]. (2012). Why language matters for the millennium development goals. Bangkok: Author. Retrieved from http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0021/002152/215296E.pdf.
  • Young, I. M. (1993). Together in difference: Transforming the logic of group political conflict. In J. Squires (Ed.), Principled positions: Postmodernism and the rediscovery of value (pp. 121–150). London: Lawrence & Wishart.

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.