Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Editorial: A Fresh Quest for New Language Bearings in Africa 1
4. A Survey of Literacy Practices in Black and Coloured Communities in South Africa: Towards a Pedagogy of Multiliteracies 10
5. English Variety for the Public Domain in Kenya: Speakers’ Attitudes and Views 34
6. The Globalisation of Communication and the African Foreign Language User 50
7. Linguistic Human Rights in Africa: Challenges and Prospects for Indigenous Languages in Kenya 59
8. ‘What turns you on!’: An Exploration of Urban South African Xhosa and Zulu Youth Texts 69
9. Challenges of Using English as a Medium of Instruction in Multilingual Contexts: A View from Ugandan Classrooms 77
10. Enlightenment and Attitudes of the Nigerian Elite on the Roles of Languages in Nigeria 89
11. Establishing a National Standard and English Language Curriculum Change in Kenya 101
12. The Functional Distribution of Setswana and English in Botswana 116
13. Kiswahili as Vehicle of Unity and Development in the Great Lakes Region 122
14. Developing and Promoting Multilingualism in Public Life and Society in Nigeria 135
15. Course Design and Testing in an English Programme 148