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Ozoemena, Johnkenedy A.; Ngwoke, Festus U.; Nwokolo, Basil O. – English Language Teaching, 2021
This paper investigates the prospects in the use of mother tongue as a medium of instruction in Nigeria's primary level of education. With the multilingual nature of Nigeria, many scholars have continued to clamour for the use of indigenous languages as a medium of instruction in Nigeria's primary schools. This paper also seeks to justify the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Language of Instruction, Native Language, Elementary Education
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Goundar, Prashneel Ravisan – English Language Teaching, 2019
Language is something many individuals take for granted. It is usually when we discover that our language (or language variety) is different from and perhaps less valued than, the language of others or that our options are somehow limited, either because 'we do not speak/understand a language or language variety, or use it inappropriately or…
Descriptors: Language of Instruction, Educational Policy, Educational Planning, Foreign Countries
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Yeung, Marine; Lu, Vic – English Language Teaching, 2018
The medium of instruction (MOI) has been a bone of contention in Hong Kong, a former British colony, since its colonial days. Despite the Hong Kong government's effort to promote the "biliterate and trilingual" language policy, advocating Cantonese, English and Putonghua as the three official spoken languages and emphasizing the…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Language of Instruction, Foreign Countries