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"Because Guess What? I Don't Even Want to Speak English": English as an Obstacle for the Development of Multilingualism at a South African Institution

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David Lasagabaster – Language Policy, 2025

South Africa immediately springs to mind as the epitome of multilingual language policies. In fact, its Constitution granted official status to 11 languages in 1996, and the Language Policy in Higher Education passed by the Ministry of Education in 2002 required universities to develop and use the indigenous official languages as academic…

Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Multilingualism, Language Planning, Student Attitudes