The role of language in socio-economic development cannot be overemphasised.We contend that it is possible for Malawi
to align education with national unity and socio-economic development and
still mandate language use.It is a means
to achieving set aspirations or inducing cooperation, to use Aristotle's term,
"adherence of the minds" (Aristotle 1954).However,
the mere presence of a language does not entail facilitation of the primary
purpose of language which is communication.In the case of
Malawi, these aspirations could be national unity or identity of a nation, socioeconomic interaction and education.In fact, language use facilitates socio-economic
development, unity and attainment of education.These set goals in this case, would be education, national unity and/or identity,
and socio-economic development.When one is communicating, one
has objectives to be accomplished or aspirations to be realised.