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TY - JOUR
T1 - ‘Eventually we’ll all become Anglophones’
T2 - a narrative inquiry into language-in-education policy in Rwanda
AU - Kral, Thomas
PY - 2023/5/31
Y1 - 2023/5/31
N2 - This article recounts the lived experience of a Rwandan English teacher’s journey from his village to international opportunities for scholarship and work, enabled by his agency in navigating the country’s changing linguistic landscape. Using the narrative inquiry research method, the study uncovers an insider’s perspective on Rwanda’s switch from French to English-medium education and offers a unique participant-centred contribution to research on language-in-education policy. The respondent’s story is interpreted through the intersecting conceptual themes of linguistic imperialism and cosmopolitanism, which emerge from the narrative. The decolonisation of English-medium education is envisioned through supportive, multilingual pedagogies and a rooted cosmopolitanism.
AB - This article recounts the lived experience of a Rwandan English teacher’s journey from his village to international opportunities for scholarship and work, enabled by his agency in navigating the country’s changing linguistic landscape. Using the narrative inquiry research method, the study uncovers an insider’s perspective on Rwanda’s switch from French to English-medium education and offers a unique participant-centred contribution to research on language-in-education policy. The respondent’s story is interpreted through the intersecting conceptual themes of linguistic imperialism and cosmopolitanism, which emerge from the narrative. The decolonisation of English-medium education is envisioned through supportive, multilingual pedagogies and a rooted cosmopolitanism.
KW - Educational development
KW - cosmopolitanism
KW - decolonisation
KW - English-medium instruction
KW - language policy
KW - Rwanda
U2 - 10.1080/14767724.2022.2033613
DO - 10.1080/14767724.2022.2033613
M3 - Journal article
VL - 21
SP - 377
EP - 391
JO - Globalisation, Societies and Education
JF - Globalisation, Societies and Education
SN - 1476-7724
IS - 3
ER -