Multilingual education in South Africa: the role of publishers.
The South African constitution and related legislative tools provide a supportive framework for multilingual education. Successful implementation, however, requires appropriate learning materials and questions remain as to the vision and commitment of publishers to producing them. Based on an analys...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Multilingual & Multicultural Development Vol. 32; no. 5; pp. 435 - 451 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
2011
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