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Out Of Broken English, A Film Crafts A Call For Classroom Repairs

NPR | By Gregory Warner
Published July 5, 2015 at 5:12 PM EDT

Three high school students in Zanzibar have won a prize for a film that tackles a fierce debate in African classrooms: Should the teacher speak in English or the mother tongue? (This piece originally aired June 25, 2015 on Morning Edition.)

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Gregory Warner
Gregory Warner is the host of NPR's Rough Translation.
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