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Language mixing is a practice of using two or more languages within a sentence or between sentences in a conversation. Despite language mixing practices being common in our communities, we do not know how primary school teachers use these practices during their class lesson since regional...

This study examined instructional strategies employed by teachers of English language and the views of pupils and educators on the availability and utilization of instructional materials in secondary schools within Lusaka District, Zambia. Guided by the pedagogical theory and a qualitative...

The general purpose of the study was to assess how primary school teachers manage the implementation of the transition from Zambian language (ZL) literacy to English at grade three. Specifically, it sought to examine whether learners are able to transfer their literacy skills from ZL to English;...

Zambia is considered as a multilingual country with most of the classrooms being multilingual. While the National Literacy Framework (2013) policy currently states that the official regional languages of instruction be used in all schools from grade one to grade four, with English taking over...

The purpose of this study was to establish the nature of oral and written corrective feedback that teachers provided to learners of English Language at grade nine level in selected public secondary schools in Kabwe District, Central Province of Zambia. The study objectives were: (i) to establish...

This study investigated the use of Mother Tongue Based Multilingual Education strategies by teachers at Primary level in Chongwe Rural District. The study is informed by the Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) and Ruiz’s three language orientation theories. Adopting a descriptive research design,...

The study sought to analyze the nature of class interactions in Grade Five English language teaching in selected primary schools in Lusaka District of Zambia. The study was guided by the following research objectives: to determine the nature of class interactions in Grade Five classrooms, to...

The purpose of this study was to explore the teachers’ and learners’ experiences in the use of Chinyanja as a medium of instruction in selected schools in Chipata district. Chinyanja is used as the primary language of teaching in pre-kindergarten through grades one to four in Zambia's Eastern...

The purpose of this study was to explore the promotion of culture through the teaching of local languages: A case of Icibemba in some selected primary schools in Mansa district, Zambia. The objectives of the study were; to identify some of Zambian cultural aspects embedded in the teaching of...

The study assessed class teachers’ familiarity with the official language of instruction in selected urban government primary schools of Solwezi District of Zambia. The objectives of the study were to determine class teachers’ familiarity with the official language of instruction; establish the...