Title: Panel on African Literacies Uses of English language and literacy in African contexts
1Panel on African LiteraciesUses of English
language and literacy in African contexts
Yonas M. Asfaha Kasper Juffermans Tilburg
University
2Panel on African Literacies
Google literacy africa n 1 UNESCO portal
Education Literacy in Africa Literacy
remains a major barrier to the development of
African countries. In 2000, the average
literacy rate in Sub-Saharan Africa was 52 per
cent for women and 68.9 per cent for men .
These figures often hide complex social,
cultural and economical realities.
3Panel on African Literacies
- Programme
- 15.30 Sandra Barasa, A trace of literacy
communication in Kenya - 15.45 Danielle Beckman Jeanne Kurvers,
Language and literacy in the community and school
in Namibia - 16.00 Kasper Juffermans, Collaborative everyday
literacy in rural Gambia - 16.15 Yonas Asfaha, Language, literacy, and
script attitudes in rural Eritrea - 16.30 Discussant Abder El Aissati
- 16.40 Q A
- Common theme
- Africa, developing countries
- cultural and linguistic diversity, inequality
- English as ex-colonial/official language
- literacy in a second language
- practices in peoples everyday lives
- tension between school and community
4Panel on African Literacies
- Programme
- 15.30 Sandra Barasa, A trace of literacy
communication in Kenya - 15.45 Danielle Beckman Jeanne Kurvers,
Language and literacy in the community and school
in Namibia - 16.00 Kasper Juffermans, Collaborative everyday
literacy in rural Gambia - 16.15 Yonas Asfaha, Language, literacy, and
script attitudes in rural Eritrea - 16.30 Discussant Abder El Aissati
- 16.40 Q A
- LESLLA
- low-educated, low-literate, second language
learners - complex local ecology of language and literacy
multilingual repertoires - description of language and literacy use,
attitudes - pedagogical implications?