Literacy and linguistic diversity in a global perspective
Subtitle: an intercultural exchange with African countries
By: contributing authors: Neville Alexander ... [et al.] ; [edited by Neville Alexander and Brigitta Busch]
Contributors: European Centre for Modern Languages
Series: Languages for social cohesion = -- Les langues pour la cohésion sociale; Languages for social cohesion
Publisher: Council of Europe Publishing
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Strasbourg
Language: eng
Number of pages: 100
ISBN-13: 9789287161413
Subjects: Literacy; African languages; Study and teaching; Multilingualism; Language and education; Language and languages; Variation
Description: This publication reflects the outcomes of a project which brought together experts and practitioners in the field of linguistic diversity and literacy from European and African countries with a view to taking a comparative perspective and defining possible areas of mutually enriching co-operation and exchange. The question of promoting low-status and non-dominant languages in education is the concern of contributions in this volume, which also encompasses topics such as language awareness, stimulating and encouraging a reading culture in low-status languages and developing criteria for teaching and learning materials that respect linguistic diversity and promote multilingualism. Examples of good practice in valuing African languages include an awareness raising campaign in Cameroon, NGO activities promoting literary production in Senegalese languages, the Stories Across Africa Project (StAAf) as well as initiatives of North-South cooperation in the fields of teacher training and materials development.--Publisher's description.
Notes: "European Centre for Modern Languages."

"LDL, literacy and linguistic diversity in a global perspective"--Cover.

Includes bibliographical references.

Also available online.
Table of contents: title: Linguistic diversity in Africa in a global perspective / Neville Alexander; title: Language and literacy issues in Africa / Ayo Bamgbose; title: OSAD's experience in the publishing of books in national languages / Arame Fal; title: Raising citizen awareness in the learning of African languages : approach and experience of the AfricAvenir Foundation in Cameroon / Prince Kum'a Ndumbe III; title: Putting little books into little hands in the year of African languages : a stories across Africa project initiative / Carole Bloch; title: Training for early literacy learning : web-based resources for teacher training in multilingual contexts / Viv Edwards; title: Materials development for linguistic diversity and intercultural learning / Brigitta Busch; title: Postscript / Brigitta Busch; title: Multilingual societies, plurilingual education : some supplementary thoughts / Daniel Coste.