Language Ideology and the Colonial Legacy in Cameroon Schools: A Historical Perspective

Autor/in	Nana, Genevoix
Titel	Language Ideology and the Colonial Legacy in Cameroon Schools: A Historical Perspective
Quelle	In: Journal of Education and Training Studies, 4 (2016) 4, S.168-196 (29 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2324-805X
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Language Attitudes; Language of Instruction; Foreign Policy; Educational History; African Languages; Multilingualism; English (Second Language); Second Language Learning; Pidgins; Standard Spoken Usage; Religion; French; German; Official Languages; Cameroon + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Sprachverhalten; Teaching language; Unterrichtssprache; Außenpolitik; History of education; Bildungsgeschichte; Africa; Language; Languages; Afrika; Sprachen; Afrikanische Sprache; Mehrsprachigkeit; Multilingualismus; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Gesprochene Sprache; Umgangssprache; Französisch; Deutscher; Office language; Amtssprache; Kamerun
Abstract	Cameroon prior to colonization had many languages, with none having precedence over the other. With the development of trade and the installation of missionaries along its coast, a number of local and European languages gained prominence. English became the most widely used western language. It established itself as the language of trade and of the court of equity while some local languages and Pidgin English were standardized and used in evangelization. With the triple presence in succession, and concurrently, of the German protectorate, the British and the French administrations, the ideology of "one nation, one language" that developed in eighteenth century Europe was pursued, with varying degrees of effectiveness, in Cameroon by these administrations. This ideology was applied with resolve in education, mostly by the French rule, and made an impact on pre- and post-independence Cameroonian authorities who adopted English and French as official languages of the country. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01