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Tanzania drops English as the language of instruction in secondary schools
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lack reading comprehension and be a total idiot
You lack reading comprehension because Tanzania is NOT phasing out English. All they are doing is switching their schools into teaching English as a foreign language and instructing their students in the national language Swahali
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all said, this is a good thing by tanzania. the next step would be to make second language education as solid as the dutch and nordic countries, because whether you like it or not, english skills are an asset in this present world, however much we all agree that they shouldn't come at the expense of local, tribal, or ethnic languages.
i've had a few tanzanian students, and they're like many nigerian, ghanaian, and anglopgone cameroonian students. their listening is top tier, they make obvious but very few grammatical mistakes, their reading is slightly lower than the high-performing native english speaking university student, and their writing is much lower than where it should be, but obviously much higher than students who've learned english the way most americans have learned french or spanish - as an elective, at most. so their challenge with this initiative is to keep english skills afloat (and improve them, actually) while continuing to emphasize and elevate the importance and significance of kiswahili and local languages.
as a sidenote i think it's interesting that @Intruder v3.0 says he translates all his thoughts into english. your proficiency says otherwise, unless you are either part of an incredibly slim cognitive margin or you're using a translator (the latter of which im sure isnt true). you're largely thinking in english, according to everything we know about second language acquisition. it's a weird feeling and hard to pinpoint, as i know from personal experience. not really related to the topic, just something i picked up on in this thread
i've had a few tanzanian students, and they're like many nigerian, ghanaian, and anglopgone cameroonian students. their listening is top tier, they make obvious but very few grammatical mistakes, their reading is slightly lower than the high-performing native english speaking university student, and their writing is much lower than where it should be, but obviously much higher than students who've learned english the way most americans have learned french or spanish - as an elective, at most. so their challenge with this initiative is to keep english skills afloat (and improve them, actually) while continuing to emphasize and elevate the importance and significance of kiswahili and local languages.
as a sidenote i think it's interesting that @Intruder v3.0 says he translates all his thoughts into english. your proficiency says otherwise, unless you are either part of an incredibly slim cognitive margin or you're using a translator (the latter of which im sure isnt true). you're largely thinking in english, according to everything we know about second language acquisition. it's a weird feeling and hard to pinpoint, as i know from personal experience. not really related to the topic, just something i picked up on in this thread
Be dense and catch feels brehs.
Do you Tanzania is the only country that has a debate on language in education? There are numerous studies (UN) that show how students learn better in their mother language. Plus Swahili is already a national unifying language and an international language. English is still the official language of the country as well.
The literacy rate is very low in Tanzania, what makes you think continuing to teach kids in English will help? All that does is make them illerate in their native language and poor in English. This strategy promotes literacy, education, and nationalism. There are several examples of other nations doing this. For example, what do you think its the language of instruction in Germany?
Respond to my post properly.
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explain why a nation like Germany has more fluent English speakers despite not having English as an official language
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If everyone speaks Kiswahili then why not?
The US speaks English because the Englishmen came here and stayed, they left all the African nations they went to.
It should still be the secondary language though, the world needs one and English is the best alternative since so many people already know it.
Globalization has been based on it, so Brits and their colonies are lucky that they don't need to know two languages, it could've been french.
The US speaks English because the Englishmen came here and stayed, they left all the African nations they went to.
It should still be the secondary language though, the world needs one and English is the best alternative since so many people already know it.
Globalization has been based on it, so Brits and their colonies are lucky that they don't need to know two languages, it could've been french.
Why are Germans more fluent? England never colonized them