FYI, the working document of the Conference on Bilingual Education and the Use of Local Languages (August 3-5, 2005, Windhoek, Namibia), entitled "Optimizing Learning and Education in Africa - the Language Factor: A Stock-taking Research on Mother Tongue and Bilingual Education in Sub-Saharan Africa," can be read at http://www.adeanet.org/meetings/docs/conf% 20Nam05/Eng/CompleteMTBLEReport_engl.pdf [you may have to piece this URL back together in your browser window]. It is quite long, consisting of a number of papers exploring the subject. DZO
--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], "Donald Z. Osborn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: ... > > > Bilingual Education in the Spotlight > > The Namibian (Windhoek) > NEWS > August 3, 2005 > Posted to the web August 3, 2005 > > By Carmen Honey > Windhoek > > > EDUCATION specialists from 17 African countries and a > variety of backgrounds will join educationalists from > France, Germany, Ireland, Norway, the United Kingdom > and the United States for a conference on bilingual > education and the use of African languages in > education this week. > > The three-day conference takes place at the Windhoek > Country Club Resort from today. > > "Research has shown for the past 50 years that the use > of African languages in education is a vital issue for > the development of relevant and effective African > education systems," one of the organisers, the > Association for the Development of Education in Africa > (ADEA) said in a press statement ADEA, the German > co-operation agency GTZ, and the Unesco Institute for > Education (UIE) are organising the event with the > Ministry of Education and the French agency, AIF. > ... ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> <font face=arial size=-1><a href="http://us.ard.yahoo.com/SIG=12hu9nkgg/M=362335.6886444.7839734.2575449/D=groups/S=1705019987:TM/Y=YAHOO/EXP=1123821788/A=2894362/R=0/SIG=138c78jl6/*http://www.networkforgood.org/topics/arts_culture/?source=YAHOO&cmpgn=GRP&RTP=http://groups.yahoo.com/";>What would our lives be like without music, dance, and theater?Donate or volunteer in the arts today at Network for Good</a>.</font> --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AfricanLanguages/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
