Editor for this issue: Marie Klopfenstein <marie
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Publisher: Multilingual Matters http://www.multilingual-matters.com/ Journal Title: Language Culture & Curriculum Volume Number: 16 Issue Number: 2 Issue Date: 2003 Subtitle: New Language Bearings in Africa: A Fresh Quest Main text: Special Issue: New Language Bearings in Africa: A Fresh Quest Guest edited by Margaret Jepkirui Muthwii and Angelina Nduku Kioko Contents 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 ProgrammeMail to author|Respond to list|Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue