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SUMMARY:Shaping language policy and practice in South Africa : the next tw
 enty years - Professor Robert Balfour\, North-West University 
DTSTART:20141201T170000Z
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CONTACT:Lucian Stephenson
DESCRIPTION:As provisions made in the founding Constitution (1996)\, conce
 rning access to home language education continue to be contested in South 
 Africa\, this paper sketches some of the new challenges on the horizon in 
 light of research concerning multilingualism in education.\n\nThese challe
 nges have also to be contextualised within the last twenty years of partic
 ipatory democracy. While some perspectives suggest that language planning 
 is central still to the political transformation project\, perspectives of
 fered by research have implications for teacher training for multilingual 
 classroom settings. \n\n*Robert J Balfour* is an applied linguist speciali
 sing in language acquisition with a focus on writing and reading skills de
 velopment for EAL students secondary schools. He has also published widely
  on language policy development with a view to the encouragement of multil
 ingualism and bilingualism in schools. Current serving as Dean of Educatio
 n at NWU in South Africa\, his recent research on education has been in re
 lation to language planning and change\, particularly in the context of ru
 ral education in South Africa.\n\nRobert is Visiting Scholar to the Facult
 y of Education (Cambridge) and is writing a book with CUP whilst on sabbat
 ical leave\, on a 20 year overview of education reform in South Africa (19
 95-2014). He completed his PhD in Cambridge (1999) and has worked at the U
 niversities of Natal\, KwaZulu-Natal\, St Augustines and most recently at 
 North West University.\n\nHe has edited five special issues of journals on
  language education and rural education\, and three edited books in simila
 r fields\; he also serves on the Editorial Board of the Language Learning 
 Journal.
LOCATION: Faculty of Education\, 184 Hills Road\, Cambridge\, CB2 8PQ\, Ro
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