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Zhang, Qi – IAFOR Journal of Education, 2020
Against the backdrop of the increasing disparities in urban and rural areas in China nowadays, this qualitative study explores trilingual education in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region (IMAR), with a focus on the Mongolian language programme. Through a field trip to five primary and secondary schools, interviews and class observations reveal…
Descriptors: Rural Urban Differences, Urbanization, Multilingualism, Language Minorities
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Kimani, Rosemary Wamaitha; Nyarigoti, Naom Moraa; Gathigia, Moses Gatambuki – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2018
The phenomenon of language shift is brought about by language contact. Language shift from mother tongue to another language among the youth is an issue that cannot be wished away due to, "inter alia", factors like urbanization, migration, multilingualism or bilingualism and the country's language policy. Studies have also shown that…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Language Skill Attrition, Bilingualism, Urbanization