Handbook of literacy in Africa
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Handbook of literacy in Africa
（Literacy studies, 20）
Springer, 2023
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This volume highlights the shortcomings concerning literacy development in Africa and collates the current available literature based on empirical research in various countries in a coherent manner. Further emphasized is how the current research can guide practical information to improve the literacy situation in Africa. The research studies will encompass various fields such as linguistics, neurosciences, and education and will provide future research directions and instructional recommendations to improve the literacy situation in Africa.
Table of Contents
- Introduction: R. M. Joshi, Catherine McBride, Bestern Kaani, & Gad Elbeheri.-1. Literacy and Illiteracy in Africa: The Tower of Babel Predicament David L. Share.- 2. Languages of Africa Peter T. Daniels.- 3. Non-Roman Scripts of Africa Peter T. Daniels.- 4. Roman script orthography development in Africa: Historical and contemporary perspectives. Dave Roberts.- 5. Language of instruction in the African classroom: Key issues, challenges and solutions. Barbara Trudell, Benjamin Piper, and Wendi Ralaingita.- 6. Literacy in Egypt. Gad Elbeheri.- 7. Literacy Practices in Basic Education at Libyan Schools: Youssif Zaghwani Omar.- 8. Literacy and Back to School in Algeria: A comprehensive account of women and literacy within the Algerian system of education. Anne Laaredj-Campbell.- 9. Language Choice, Literacy, and Education Quality in Morocco. M. Dahbi.- 10. Literacy in Eritrea
- Yonas M Asfaha.- 11. Literacy in polyglot Ethiopia
- Abebayehu Messele Mekonnen.- 12. Literacy in Cote d'Ivoire. Kaja K. Jasinska, Mary-Claire Ball, & Sosthene Guei.- 13. Literacy in Burkina Faso: Beatrice Konfe Tiendrebeogo and JeDene Reeder.- 14. Ghana's Orthographies Shape Literacy Curriculum Design. Leila L. Schroeder and Mohammed Osman Nindow.- 15. Teaching linguistically diverse students: A case study for developing early grade literacy materials in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Nathalie J. Louge, Fernanda Gandara, Maik Gibson, Hali M. Thomas.- 16. Language and Literacy Practices in Kenya: Brenda Aromu Wawire.- 17. Malawi Chichewa language: Amos Moses Chauma.- 18. Parent and literate helper-child writing interaction in Zambian children: Sylvia Chanda Kalindi & Catherine McBride.- 19. Literacy practices in Zambia: Becoming literate in a multilingual classroom. Bestern Kaani & R. Malatesha Joshi.- 20. How do teachers organize primary school literacy environments in Zambia and Mozambique? Jeongmin Lee, Nefertiti Puplampu, & Stephanie Simmons Zuilkowski.- 21. The Non-Existent Culture of Reading and Misplaced Institutional Policy on African Languages: An Academic Epidemic for Low Literacy Development in Namibian Primary Schools. Begani Ziambo Mashinja.- 22. Historical Development of Setswana and the Teaching of Literacy in Botswana Schools. Annah Molosiwa and Andy Chebanne.- 23. Literacy in Mozambique. Shuai Zhang, Juan Francisco Quinonez, Jialin Lai, Pooja Nakamura, John Downes, & R. M. Joshi.- 24. The teaching of pre-reading skills in multilingual classrooms: What can we learn? Funke Omidire and Leanne Morgan.-
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