Operationalizing Kiswahili as a Second Official Language: Examples from Canadian and South Africans Language Policy Frameworks

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dc.contributor.authorOsore, Miriam
dc.date.accessioned2020-11-19T13:11:50Z
dc.date.available2020-11-19T13:11:50Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.descriptionA research article published in Chemchemi International Journal of Humanities and Social Sciencesen_US
dc.description.abstractIn the last decade, Kenyans became extremely aware of the issue of language and language usage in the country. This awareness led to the recognition of Kiswahili as one of the official languages of Kenya. The Kenyan 2010 Constitution recognizes that the national language of the Republic of Kenya is Kiswahili while the official languages are Kiswahili and English (Chapter 2, Section 7 (2). Previously, English was used as the official language and language of instruction in education sector while Kiswahili was the national language. This paper is anchored around the success of the Canadian and South African models of promoting two or more official languages. The paper seeks to borrow from the language policies of the two nations and make recommendations on how the new language policy can be operationalized in tandem with the spirit of the new constitution promulgated in 2010. The paper seeks to isolate the strengths of bilingual language policy as exemplified by both Canadian and South African language policy models that can effectively contribute to the promotion of Kiswahili as an official language in Kenya.en_US
dc.identifier.citationOsore, M., & Midika, B. (2018). OPERATIONALIZING KISWAHILI AS A SECOND OFFICIAL LANGUAGE. Chemchemi International Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, 10(2). https://doi.org/10.33886/cijhs.v10i2.16en_US
dc.identifier.issn2663-0826
dc.identifier.urihttps://journal.ku.ac.ke/index.php/chemchemi/article/view/16
dc.identifier.urihttp://ir-library.ku.ac.ke/handle/123456789/20941
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherChemchemi International Journal of Humanities and Social Sciencesen_US
dc.subjectKiswahilien_US
dc.subjectofficial languages of Kenyaen_US
dc.titleOperationalizing Kiswahili as a Second Official Language: Examples from Canadian and South Africans Language Policy Frameworksen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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