Apprendre dans sa langue maternelle : une experience d’education pour le développement

Abstract

All language is first and foremost a social practice. As a result, it goes beyond the purely linguistic framework. From this stems the vital importance given to mother tongues in the problem of development, because of the intimate links between language and culture, between language and society (Savaria, 1979: 153). In Mali, language policy has long supported mother tongues or national languages ​​as languages ​​of schooling, alongside French, with the aim of training citizens capable of participating in the development of the country. This makes these languages ​​a real instrument of social advancement. However, the methods applied to the use of national languages ​​tend to be linked to the tradition inspired by the example of the teaching of French, oriented solely towards individual promotion. Training in the national language must be socially useful and motivating, by opening up possibilities for increased opportunities both in terms of employment and in terms of access to higher education cycles. The objective of this communication is to propose technical and methodological means, which can help to learn in one's language to produce better. To do this, we will present, on the one hand, the linguistic infrastructure put in place for education in the national languages. On the other hand, we will highlight the characteristics of its implementation. Finally, we will give methodological perspectives for a real education for socio-economic development.