Status of English in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Louisa Buckingham lectures at the University of Auckland, New Zealand. Her research interests include sociolinguistics, area studies and multilingualism.

• IntroductionSection 1: English Language Teaching: Policy and Practice1. Adisa Imamović and Nihada Delibegović Džanić: The Status of English in Bosnia and Herzegovina: Past and Present2. Kamiah Arnaut-Karović: ‘English for Survival Purposes’ In War-Stricken Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Predicament of Self-Taught Language Teachers3. Višnja Pavičić Takač and Draženka Molnar: A Journey into the Mind: Exploring Metaphors of EFL Pre-Service Teachers in Bosnia and Herzegovina4. Claire Whittaker: Military English MattersSection 2: English Language Publishing5. Asmir Mešić: Think Globally, Write Locally: ELT Materials Development in Bosnia and Herzegovina6. Alma Jahić: Achieving Visibility in International Scientific Community: Experiences of Bosnian-Herzegovinian Scholars Presenting and Publishing Research in English7. Louisa Buckingham and Tanja Pavlović: Keeping Economics Local in the Academic Mainstream: Competitive Journal Management Practices in Bosnia and HerzegovinaSection 3: English in the Media and Politics8. Adnan Ajšić: English, ‘Polyglot’ Politicians and Polyglot Businessmen: Language Ideologies in Contemporary Bosnian Press9. Vildana Dubravac: The Impact of English on Language Use in the Bosnian Press10. Snežana Bilbija and Merima Osmankadić: The High Representative’s Discourse on Minority Rights in Bosnia and Herzegovina  and its Representation in the National Print MediaSection 4: The Translation and Interpreting Profession11. Melisa Okičić: Translating Legislation from and into English: An Overview of Legal Translation Development in Post-Dayton Bosnia and Herzegovina12. Catherine Baker: Fictionalised Accounts of Translation and Interpreting For Peacebuilding Forces in Bosnia and Herzegovina  and Kosovo: The Memoir–Novels of Veselin Gatalo and Tanja Janković13. Louisa Buckingham: Translating Justice at the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia

This important and timely volume offers absorbing insights into the meanings, uses, and impacts of English as well as into issues faced by English language professionals during the war and in its aftermath in Bosnia-Herzegovina. Focusing on the development of English in this specific context, the book provides a fascinating, vivid and poignant portrait of the Bosnian society in transition.