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Complexities of languages and multilingualism in post-colonial predicaments / Fernando Rosa Ribeiro -- Reclaiming the common sense / Solveig Gulling -- Policy on the language of instruction issue in Africa : a spotlight on South Africa and Tanzania / Birgit Brock-Utne -- Laissez-faire approaches to language in education policy do not work in South Africa / Zubeida Desai -- Taught language or talked language : second language teaching strategies in an isiXhosa beginners' class at the University of Cape Town / Tessa Dowling -- Turn-allocation and learner participation in grade four science lessons in isiXhosa and English / Vuyokazi Nomlomo -- The use of ICT in South African classrooms and the double literacy trap / Greta Gudmundsdottir -- A critical evaluation of selected textbooks used in teaching standard six mathematics, Kiswahili and English in selected Kiswahili and English-medium primary schools in Tanzania / Martha Qorro -- What is the difference in achievement of learners in selected Kiswahili and English-medium primary schools in Tanzania? / Jane Bakahwemama -- What is the difference in the quality of education provided by government and private primary schools in Tanzania? : a comparative study / Julitha Cecilia John -- A comparative appraisal of teaching and learning resources in private and government primary schools in Tanzania : implications for teaching and learning / Mwajuma Vuzo -- Why is the choice of the language of instruction in which students learn best seldom made in Tanzania? / Zehlia Babaci-Wilhite -- The ICT influence on the choice of language in higher education in Tanzania : pictures from fieldwork at the University of Dar es Salaam, 2008-2009 / Torill Aagot Halvorsen -- The prospects for and possible implications of teaching African philosophy in Kiswahili in East Africa : a Tanzanian perspective / Birgit Brock-Utne and Azaveli Lwaitama.