Alemayehu, Easaw (2022) Ethiopia's Mother Tongue Instructional Language Policy: a Methodological Discourse. International Journal of Rearch in Academic World, 1 (8). pp. 20-27. ISSN 2583-1615
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Abstract
During Haile Selase's presidency, a formal language policy was created for the first time. And while the Dergu's language strategy was expected
to result in the growth of multiple Ethiopian languages, it instead focused on the use of just one. Following the demise of the Dergue, our
country has experienced a change toward a mother tongue instructional language policy since 1994, when the previous EPRDF was in power.
The goal of this study is to explain and demonstrate Ethiopian mother tongue instructional language development, implementation, and
outcomes. A contextual discourse analysis was used to bring the study to life. To that end, after providing a brief background on Ethiopia's
present mother tongue instructional language policy, an examination of the policy's creation and execution, as well as its issues, was examined
through document inspection and analysis. Finally, the findings revealed that the author of this study valued the benefits of a mother tongue
instructional policy for students; however, the researcher contends that making a hasty decision to formulate and implement a mother tongue
instructional language policy without taking into account the existing unbalanced stage of development among different regions and the lack of
or insufficient readiness to provide education in the mother tongue instructional language appears to be more threatening. An in-depth feasibility
study focusing on students' pedagogical demands and the country's population distribution pattern is suggested as a way to ensure that a real and
suitable mother tongue instructional language policy is properly monitored.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Subjects: | L Education > LB Theory and practice of education > LB1501 Primary Education |
| Depositing User: | Easaw Alemayehu |
| Date Deposited: | 10 May 2022 12:35 |
| Last Modified: | 10 May 2022 12:35 |
| URI: | https://tudr.org/id/eprint/447 |
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