Description
This second volume of the CLAREP Journal of English and Linguistics (C-JEL 2) contains eleven well-researched papers from the fields of English and literary studies. The volume is distinguished by the diversity of the thematic areas of the contributions, ranging from academic literacy, second language acquisition, new Englishes, and semiotics, to oral literature, as well as the agencies of poetry and prose as social, economic and political transformative tools.
The Centre for Language Research and English Proficiency (CLAREP) is an educational non-governmental, non-profit organisation whose focus is on the advancement of language research in Africa and the promotion of the proficient use of language in all its spheres.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Modelling Writing: The IMRaD and Knowledge
Production in Nigerian Academies
Alexandra Esimaje ……………………………………………………………………. 1
A Survey of French Language Teacher Practices in
Developing Speaking Skill among Secondary School Students
Osaruese O. Osawaru and Uche B. Gbenedio ………………………………………. 21
Pre-Service English Language Teachers’ Use of
Reading Comprehension Strategies
Regina B. Danner and Uche B. Gbenedio …………………………………………………….. 37
Verb Complementation Patterns in Nigerian English:
A Corpus-based Study
Folajimi Oyebola and Bukola Alfred ……………………………………………………………. 57
A Semio-linguistic Analysis of the Emblems of
Nigerian military and Para-military Organisations
Daniel Ejodamen, Diri Teilanyo and Bode Steve Ekundayo …………………………… 77
Nnimmo Bassey: The Activist and His Poetry
of Environmental Activism
David Ekanem Udoinwang and Kufre Aniefiok Akpan …………………………………. 105
Simulation and Depthlessness in Postmodern Fiction:
The Examples of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and Teju Cole
Emmanuel B. Adeleke and Dowell I. Oba …………………………………………………. 123
Socio-Economic Conspiracy and Ecological Devastation:
A Contextual Reading of Tanure Ojaide’s The Activist
Monica Udoette ……………………………………………………………………. 141
CONTENTS
Dynamics of Submission in Lola Shoneyin’s The
Secret Lives of Baba Segi’s Wives
Ethel Ngozi Okeke and Abigail Obiageli Eruaga ……………………………………………. 155
The Primacy of Mother: Reflections on “Hare,
Elephant and Their Mothers” through Kristevan Lens
Dominica Dipio ……………………………………………………………………………….. 175
Reference Assignment and Character Identification
in Mariama Ba’s So Long a Letter
Temple Chibueze Odoemenam …………………………………………………………… 193
