African Perspectives on the Teaching and Learning of English in Higher Education

This book brings together the work of African scholars and educators directly involved in initiatives to improve the teaching and learning of English in higher education across Africa.

Offering alternative perspectives across different African countries with examples of decolonised practice in research, the book provides a critical discussion and examples of successful practice in the teaching of English in Africa. Each chapter of the book reports on a specific context and a specific teaching and/or learning initiative in higher education, with emphasis on comparability of information and on clear evaluation and critical analysis of the intervention. The editors offer a thoughtful comparison of different methods, strategies and results to provide an authoritative reference to effective strategies for English teaching and learning.

The book paints a cohesive picture of the field of English language teaching in Africa and will be of great interest to researchers, scholars and postgraduate students in the areas of applied linguistics, English teaching and comparative education.

Alexandra Esimaje is Professor of English and Applied Linguistics, Benson Idahosa University, Nigeria.

Bertus van Rooy is Professor of English Linguistics, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

‘Demola Jolayemi is Professor of English and Digitised Linguistics, University of Africa, Nigeria.

Daniel Nkemleke is Professor and Chair of Department of English, Ecole Normale Supérieure (ENS), University of Yaounde 1, Cameroon.

Ernest Klu is Educational Linguist and Professor of Academic Literacy, University of Venda, South Africa.