Language, literature and literacy in a developing nation
By: edited by Ozo-Mekuri Ndimele, PhD, Michael Alozie Nwala, PhD, Omeh Obasi Ngwoke, PhD, Joseph Onyema Ahaotu
Contributors: Ndimele, Ozo-mekuri, editor; Nwala, Michael Alozie, editor; Ngwoke, Omeh Obasi, editor; Ahaotu, Joseph Onyema, editor; English Language Teachers Association of Nigeria
Publisher: M & J Orbit Communications Ltd.
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Port Harcourt
Language: eng
Number of pages: 305
Copyright date: 2013
Subjects: English language; Congresses; Study and teaching; African literature (English)
Other titles: Language, literature & literacy in a developing nation
Notes: "Published by English Language Teachers Association of Nigeria, in collaboration with M & J Grand Orbit Communications Ltd., Port Harcourt, Nigeria."--Title page verso.

"[M]ainly a proceed of the Owerri conference of last year."--Preface.

"6th Annual Conference and Workshop of the English Language Teachers' Association of Nigeria"--Page [1].

"6th annual National Conference of English Language Teachers Association of Nigeria, at Alvan Ikoku Federal College of Education, Owerri, Imo State, [keynote talk] 5th September, 2012."--page 10.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Section 1 :; title: Keynotes.; title: Grammar rules  -- David Jowitt; title: English language as a tool for wider communication and development in Nigeria [keynote, 2011 annual national workshop and conference of English Language Teachers Association of Nigeria, Badagry]  -- Segun Awonusi. -- Section 2.; title: Literary theory and criticism.; title: Emerging trends in African dramaturgy  -- Ngozi Anyachonkeya & Chinwe P. Anyachonkeya; title: Gender politics in So Long a Letter : Mariama Ba's peculiar approach to a common issue  -- Joseph Onyema Ahaotu, Mary Onuagha & Aisha Abdulahi Ibrahim; title: The Myth of Ozidi as a monomyth : the index of David Adams Leeming  -- Omeh Obasi Ngwoke; title: Pastness in the present : the slave trade as a scanty lore in literature revisited  -- Chinelo Nwokolo; title: Exploring implicature in literary conversation : a reading of Asita Ezenwanebe's Shadows on Arrival  -- Uche Ken Chukwu & Fidelia Azuka Okeke; title: Political topicality and aesthetics in Wale Okediran's novels  -- Oyeh Otu; title: The feminist dialectics and contemporary Nigerian female fiction  -- Ijeoma C. Nwajiaku; title: Education as an impetus for elevated roles of women in selected novels of Ayi Kwei Armah  -- Linda Ogugua Onwuka; title: Historicla experience and dramatic imagination in Chris Nwamuo's The Squeeze  -- Oyeh Otu; title: Framing female masculinity in Chinua Achebe's Anthills of the Savannah -- Bernard Otonye Stephen.; title: Section 3.; title: Language and national development.; title: The role of indigenous languages in national development  -- Messiah Isaac; title: The English language and national development in Nigeria  -- M.O. Chukwu, L.C. Ogenyi & E.J. Otagburuagu; title: Language and promotional strategies of Globacom Telecommunication outfit in Nigeria : a semantic interpretation  -- Nina Felicia Nwulu & Queen Ugochi Njemanze. -- Section 4.; title: English language teaching and learning.; title: On developing ICT rich curricular for English language teacher education programmes in Nigeria  -- Felicia N. Ene; title: Developing dictionary skills for effective teaching of vocabulary  -- Augusta C. Asimonye; title: The impact of literature on student performance in English language  -- Ngozi Anyachonkeya & Chinwe P. Anyachonkeya; title: Desirability and creativity in nativising English in the Nigerian prose text  -- Chuka Fred Ononye & Basil Friday Ovu; title: Understanding the verb : a semantico-syntactic account  -- Michael Alozie Nwala & Bridget Nwadua-Princewill; title: An examination of reports on the effects of nutrition on learning of English as a second language  -- Clifford Irikefe Gbeyonron & Francisca Gbeyonron; title: English language-learning ability of science inclined students : correcting a wrong notion for better linguistic performance  -- Basil O. Nwokolo, Goodluck C. Kadiri & Udodirim N. Okebalama; title: The effect of cognitive apprenticeship strategy on senior secondary school students' achievement in English reading comprehension  -- Joy Ngozi Oruwari & Oguamanan Harry; title: Enhancing the teaching and learning of English language using interactive strategies  -- A.C. Izuagba & N.V. Nwigwe; title: An evaluation of students' written English performance : a study of PES students of Kaduna State College of Education, Kafanchan  -- Catoh Christiana Ladidi & Samuel Philip Bossan; title: Towards a pragmatic approach to teaching writing  -- Stephen Madu Anurudu; title: Linguistic prescriptivism and descriptivism : options for new Englishes  -- Sheila I. Njemanze; title: Communicative competence as soft power : the effective tool for sermons  -- Ifeoma Obuasi; title: Placing phonics in the right perspective in the teaching of reading and literacy development  -- Uwakwe, Uchenna David & Opara, Chika; title: The state of the teaching and learning of English in Nigerian secondary schools -- Ekweribe, Kate Ngozi.