Description
Book SynopsisKenyan English: Domains of Use, Forms, and Users' Attitudes focuses on the unique issues that concern language researchers in Kenya and elsewhere. Edited by Martha M. Michieka and Evans Gesura Mecha, the collection examines the English language forms and usages to describe the reality of Kenyan English use. The contributors address questions such as: What are the characteristics that distinguish Kenyan English from other national varieties? How is English taught, and what impact does that kind of teaching have on learner proficiency? What is the place of English in mass media, in politics, in the churches, and in multilingual homes? The contributors, all experienced language practitioners based in Kenya or currently conducting language-related research in Kenya, bring fresh perspectives to the topic at hand and give readers a glance into contexts that have not yet been addressed in this way. They highlight the sociolinguistic reality of the English language in present-day Kenya and raise questions that will prompt further research.
Table of ContentsIntroduction: Kenyan English or Kenyan Englishes?
Martha. M. Michieka and Evans Gesura Mecha
Chapter 1: An Empirical Study of Regional Variations in the Kenyan English Vowel System
Peter Nyansera Otieno
Chapter 2: The Kenyan English Accent: Segmental Features
Joshua Itumo and Martin C. Njoroge
Chapter 3: Error or flavor: An Account of the Lexical, Phrasal, and Syntactic Character of Fossilize Errors in Kenyan English Grammar
Ann Hildah Gatakaa Kinyua
Chapter: 4: Teaching English in Kenya: Reforms and Challenges in Early Years Education
Benard Omenge Nyatuka,
Chapter 5: English across the Curriculum in Kenya: The Reality in Primary School Classrooms and Implications on Epistemic Access
Peter Mose
Chapter 6: English Language Proficiency Among Secondary School Learners in Kenya: A Case of One Kenyan Rural Sub County
Daniel Nyongesa Khaemba and Eucabeth Ong’au- Mong’are
Chapter 7: Patterns of English Use in Kiswahili-Based Kenyan Mass Media
Sarah Marjie
Chapter 8: The English Language and Media Reporting on Devolution in Rural Kenya
Nicholas Anyuor and Omukule Emojong
Chapter 9: Pulpit English in Kenya: Examples of Mediatized Sermons in Kenya
Reuben Kigame and Leonora Anyango
Chapter 10: The Shadow of English: Multilingual Parents and Language Choice in Urban Kenya
Leonora Anyango
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About the Contributors
