Report on Baal ‘Language in Africa’ SIG meetings Reading in African languages

Developing literacies and reading methodologies

Bibliographic Data

ID11437642
AuthorsRosemary Wildsmith-Cromarty (0000-0002-1770-6873, North South University, corresponding author)
Year2015
Volume48
Issue2
Pages297-301
Publication date2015-04-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueLanguage Teaching (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0261-4448 • E-ISSN: 1475-3049
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0261444814000457
OpenAlexW1980964429
LanguageEN

This report describes ongoing research on reading in African languages. It draws mainly on contributions from two British Association for Applied Linguistics (BAAL) ‘Language in Africa’ (LiA) Special Interest Group (SIG) meetings: the LiA SIG strand at BAAL 2013 and the seminar on Reading Methodologies in African Languages held at The School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London in January 2014. This report will only cover contributions that focused on reading research and practice

Languages of Africa · Linguistics · Reading (process · Lexicography and Language Studies · Linguistics, Language Diversity, and Identity · Multilingual Education and Policy · Philosophy

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