Multilingualism and Education in Africa ― The State of the State of the Art

Daniel Ochieng Orwenjo holds a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Linguistics from the University of Frankfurt, Germany. He is currently a Lecturer in the Department of English and Linguistics at Kenyatta University, Kenya. He has published widely on various topics in linguistics in internationally acclaimed journals.Martin C. Njoroge is the Director of the Confucius Institute and a Senior Lecturer of Linguistics at Kenyatta University, Kenya. He is a former SRF Postdoctoral Fellow and a Visiting Professor at the University of Pennsylvania, USA. He has published widely on language variation, English language teaching and multilingual education.Ruth W. Ndung'u is a Senior Lecturer in Phonology and Applied Linguistics at the Department of English and Linguistics, Kenyatta University, Kenya. She is a researcher on second language use and education, and a member of the Multilingual Education Network, Kenya. Ruth has published articles in refereed journals and textbooks for secondary and tertiary levels.Phyllis W. Mwangi is a Senior Lecturer and Chairperson at the Department of English and Linguistics, Kenyatta University. She has published articles in refereed journals, and co-authored textbooks at primary, secondary and tertiary levels. She has a keen interest in the teaching of English through an integrated approach.