Africa

5 ways to champion vulnerable languages

South Sudanese women attend an English language class in the Soba Internally Displaced People (IDP) camp on the outskirts of Khartoum, June 16, 2014. REUTERS/Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah (SUDAN - Tags: EDUCATION SOCIETY) - GM1EA6H0DSZ01

Learning in a foreign language has detrimental effects on test scores. Image: REUTERS/Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah

H. Ekkehard Wolff
Emeritus Professor of African Linguistics, University of Leipzig
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