New Language Bearings in Africa

A Fresh Quest

Edited by Margaret Jepkirui Muthwii, Angelina Nduku Kioko

Publication date:

17 May 2004

Publisher

Multilingual Matters

Dimensions:

248x168mm
7x10"

ISBN-13: 9781853597275

BOOK DESCRIPTION
TABLE OF CONTENTS

The collection of papers in this special volume discuss issues and challenges that are pertinent in understanding present-day moves and tendencies in the use of languages in the African contexts. The volume’s major asset lies in the diversity of topics, the range of languages and the African geographical areas covered. Not only do the contributors come from different nations in Africa but also many of them are established scholars who interact with and interpret the unique situations in their nations on a daily basis.

Margaret Jepkirui Muthwii and Angelina Nduku Kioko: Editorial: A Fresh Quest for New Language Bearings in Africa
Felix Banda: A Survey of Literacy Practices in Black and Coloured Communities in South Africa: Towards a Pedagogy of Multiliteracies
Angelina Nduku Kioko and Margaret Jepkirui Muthwii: English Variety for the Public Domain in Kenya: Speakers’ Attitudes and Views
Remi Sonaiya: The Globalisation of Communication and the African Foreign Language User
Paul M. Musau: Linguistic Human Rights in Africa: Challenges and Prospects for Indigenous Languages in Kenya
Rosalie Finlayson and Sarah Slabbert: ‘What turns you on!’: An Exploration of Urban South African Xhosa and Zulu Youth Texts
Robinah Kyeyune: Challenges of Using English as a Medium of Instruction in the Multilingual Contexts: A View from Ugandan Classrooms
Wale Adegbite: Enlightenment and Attitudes of the Nigerian Elite on the Roles of Languages in Nigeria
Kembo-Sure: Establishing a National Standard and English Language Curriculum Change in Kenya
Mompoloki M. Bagwasi: The Functional Distribution of Setswana and English in Botswana
Anna M. Kishe: Kiswahili as Vehicle of Unity and Development in the Great Lakes Region
G.O. Simire: Developing and Promoting Multilingualism in Public Life and Society in Nigeria
Modoupe M. Alimi and Sibonile Ellece: Course Design and Testing in an English Programme