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LPP821S - LANGUAGE POLICY AND PLANNING - 1ST OPP - NOVEMBER 2025 |
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nAm I BI A u n IVE RS ITY
OF SCIEnCE Ano TECHnOLOGY
FACULTY NAME: COMMERCE, HUMAN SCIENCES & EDUCATION
DEPARTMENT NAME: COMMUNICATION AND LANGUAGES
QUALIFICATION: BACHELOR OF ENGLISH AND LINGUISTICS HONOURS
QUALIFICATION CODE: 08BENH
LEVEL: 8
COURSE: LANGUAGE POLICY AND
PLANNING
SESSION: NOVEMBER 2025
COURSE CODE: LPP821S
PAPER: THEORY
DURATION: 3 HOURS
MARKS: 100
EXAMINERS
MODERATOR
FIRST OPPORTUNITY EXAMINATION QUESTION PAPER
Dr. A. Nghikembua
Dr. A. Simataa
INSTRUCTIONS
1. Answer TWO questions ONLY.
2. Write clearly and neatly.
3. Number the answers clearly.
THIS TEST PAPER CONSISTS OF 2 PAGES
(Including this front page)
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QUESTION 1
[SO marks]
"Mother tongue education - or its denial - is one of the most important issues in language policy and
language education."
Discuss the relevance of this statement with reference to the language policy for schools in Namibia.
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QUESTION 2
[SO marks]
a) What is language endangerment? Discuss three main factors that cause language endangerment.
b) Critically discuss at least three main challenges of language planning in Africa?
OR
QUESTION 3
[SO marks]
One of the main focal points of Language planning is corpus planning. Explain in detail, what corpus
planning is. Provide relevant examples.
Content [35], Structure [ 15]
End of exam paper
Total marks (100]
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