Homophones and Heterophones in Cameroon English

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Is Kamtok a Variety of English or a Language in its Own Right?

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Attitudes of Professional Users of English towards Cameroon English Accent

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Competing Purposes: Mother Tongue Education Benefits Versus Economic Interests in Rural Zimbabwe

The purpose of this qualitative study was to explore the perceptions of educators on the barriers to the implementation of the Zimbabwean language-in-education policy, which recommends use of Indigenous languages up to the end of the primary school level. Postcolonial theory informed this case study. Individual interviews and focus group discussions were conducted with 15 rural primary school teachers, 3 school heads, and 2 school\u27s inspectors who were purposefully selected from Masvingo district. Data were analysed using the constant comparative method for thematic coding. The findings revealed that participants strongly believed that the English language offers socio-economic opportunities, a factor which may negatively influence teachers in the implementation of the mother tongue-based policy. Recommendations that inform policy-makers are made