Book notice:

[Moses Samuel]

Thanks for the book notice -- New Language Bearings in Africa.  Would it be possible to have publication details?

thanks

Moses Samuel
University of Malaya


On 05.12.2003 22:06:42, "Harold F. Schiffman" <haroldfs at ccat.sas.upenn.edu> wrote:

>NEW LANGUAGE BEARINGS IN AFRICA
>A Fresh Quest
>
>Margaret Jepkirui Muthwii (UBS Africa Inter-Regional Translation
>Services)
>and Angelina Nduku Kioko (United States International University,
>Nairobi)
>
>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.  Contents:  1. A Fresh Quest for New
>Language
>Bearings in Africa M. J. Muthwii (UBS Africa Inter-Regional
>Translation
>Services) and A. N. Kioko (United States International University,
>Nairobi) ; 2.  A Survey of Literacy Practice in Black and Colured
>Communities in South Africa: Towards a Pedagogy of Multiliteracies
>Felix
>Banda (University of the Western Bellville, South Africa);  3. English
>Variety for Public Domain in Kenya: Speakers Attitudes and Views A. N.
>Kioko & M. J. Muthwii; 4. The Globalisation of Communication and the
>African Foreign Language User R. Sonaiya (Obafemi Awolowo University,
>Nigeria) 5. Linguistic Human Rights in Africa: Challenges and
>Prospects
>for Indigenous Languages in Kenya P. M. Musau (Kenyatta University,
>Nairobi) ; 6. " What turns you on!": An Exploration of Urban South
>African
>Xhosa and Zulu Youth Texts R. Finlayson (University of South Africa) &
>S.
>Slabbert University of the Witwatersrand); 7. Challenges of Using
>English
>as a Medium of Instruction in Multilingual Contexts: A View from
>Ugandan
>Classroom R. Kyeyune (Makerere University, Uganda) ; 8.  Enlightenment
>and
>Attitudes of the Nigerian Elite on the Roles of Languages n Nigeria W.
>Adegbite (Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria);  9.  Establishing a
>National Standard and English Language Curriculum Change in Kenya
>Kembo
>Sure (Moi Univertsity, Kenya); 10. The Functional Distribution of
>Setswana
>and English in Botswana M. Mmangaka Bagwasi (University of Botswana);
>11.
>Kiswahili as Vehicle of Unity and Development in the Great Lakes Region
>A.
>M. Kishe (National Kiswahili Council, Tanzania); 12.  Developing and
>Promoting Multilingualism in Public Life and Society in Nigeria G. O.
>Simire (Nigeria French Language Village, Nigeria); 13.Course Design
>and
>Testing in an English Programme M. M. Alimi & S. Ellece (University of
>Botswana)
>
>Author information Dr Margaret Jepkirui Muthwii is a translation
>consultant with the United Bible Societies and was formerly a senior
>lecturer in linguistics at Kenyatta University, Kenya. She has
>published
>widely on the interaction of indigenous African languages with English
>and
>the significant role of these languages in development in Africa.  Dr.
>Angelina Nduku Kioko, is an assistant Professor of English and
>Linguistics
>at the United States International University ^ Africa.. Her most
>recent
>research and publications are in the field of language and education
>in
>multilingual contexts
>
>December 2003 Format 248 x 168mm 160pp
>Hbk ISBN 1-85359-727-9 29.95/ US$44.95/ CAN$64.95
>
>
>

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