Performance in English Language has been a source of concern for a long time in Zambian secondary schools. The Examinations Council of Zambia reports from 2014 to 2021 have indicated that many learners perform poorly in English. For this reason, the study endeavoured to investigate the reason...
Download PDF ↓English Language is the official language of Zambia which has to be taught in schools for learners to gain communicative competences. It is widely used in government, education and the business world. Because of such importance, it has a higher status quo compared to indigenous languages....
Download PDF ↓Namibian schools face challenges with English as a language of teaching and learning, especially for transitional grade learners, leading to consideration of translanguaging strategies by the government. However, the implementation of translanguaging faces resistance in multilingual classrooms....
Download PDF ↓Zambia is a multicultural and multi-ethnic nation with 73 ethnic groups which equate to 73 languages spoken across the country while 7 languages are used as medea of instruction for the first four years in the primary schools. The policy has been criticised as being monoglossic. Studies in Zambia...
In Zambia, English is the official language and a language of instruction from Grade 5 going upwards. It had been a determining subject for any pupil to proceed to Grade 10. However, a policy was developed to remove English as a qualifying subject for Grade 9 examinations. The purpose of this...
Download PDF ↓Literature in English is a beneficial subject to learners who take it. However, learner performance in national examinations has remained poor country-wide in general, and Western Province in particular as evidenced by successive Examination Council of Zambia (ECZ) reports of 2013 to 2016. The...
Download PDF ↓The issue of literacy in Zambia has been the subject of concern due to the continued low literacy levels among Zambian pupils. Literacy should be the main focus if any improvement in the education system is to be done. The focus of literacy education is to improve the reading and writing skills...
Download PDF ↓The issue of literacy in Zambia has been the subject of concern due to the continued low literacy levels among Zambian pupils. Literacy should be the main focus if any improvement in the education system is to be done. The focus of literacy education is to improve the reading and writing skills...
The issue of literacy in Zambia has been the subject of concern due to the continued low literacy levels among Zambian pupils. Literacy should be the main focus if any improvement in the education system is to be done. The focus of literacy education is to improve the reading and writing skills...