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New Language Bearings in Africa : A Fresh Quest / ed. by Margaret Jepkirui Muthwii, Angelina Nduku Kioko.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Bristol ; Blue Ridge Summit : Multilingual Matters, [2004]Copyright date: ©2004Description: 1 online resource (168 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781853597275
  • 9781853597282
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 409/.6 22
LOC classification:
  • P381.A35
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Editorial: A Fresh Quest for New Language Bearings in Africa -- A Survey of Literacy Practices in Black and Coloured Communities in South Africa: Towards a Pedagogy of Multiliteracies -- English Variety for the Public Domain in Kenya: Speakers’ Attitudes and Views -- The Globalisation of Communication and the African Foreign Language User -- Linguistic Human Rights in Africa: Challenges and Prospects for Indigenous Languages in Kenya -- ‘What turns you on!’: An Exploration of Urban South African Xhosa and Zulu Youth Texts -- Challenges of Using English as a Medium of Instruction in Multilingual Contexts: A View from Ugandan Classrooms -- Enlightenment and Attitudes of the Nigerian Elite on the Roles of Languages in Nigeria -- Establishing a National Standard and English Language Curriculum Change in Kenya -- The Functional Distribution of Setswana and English in Botswana -- Kiswahili as Vehicle of Unity and Development in the Great Lakes Region -- Developing and Promoting Multilingualism in Public Life and Society in Nigeria -- Course Design and Testing in an English Programme
Summary: 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.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - DeGruyter (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (dgr)9781853597282

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Editorial: A Fresh Quest for New Language Bearings in Africa -- A Survey of Literacy Practices in Black and Coloured Communities in South Africa: Towards a Pedagogy of Multiliteracies -- English Variety for the Public Domain in Kenya: Speakers’ Attitudes and Views -- The Globalisation of Communication and the African Foreign Language User -- Linguistic Human Rights in Africa: Challenges and Prospects for Indigenous Languages in Kenya -- ‘What turns you on!’: An Exploration of Urban South African Xhosa and Zulu Youth Texts -- Challenges of Using English as a Medium of Instruction in Multilingual Contexts: A View from Ugandan Classrooms -- Enlightenment and Attitudes of the Nigerian Elite on the Roles of Languages in Nigeria -- Establishing a National Standard and English Language Curriculum Change in Kenya -- The Functional Distribution of Setswana and English in Botswana -- Kiswahili as Vehicle of Unity and Development in the Great Lakes Region -- Developing and Promoting Multilingualism in Public Life and Society in Nigeria -- Course Design and Testing in an English Programme

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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.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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