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In recent years, a definite and clear recognition of the significance of teaching the spoken English language has been on the scene. This study focuses on the choice and effectiveness of methodologies that English Language teachers use to teach Oral Communication Skills (OCSs) to Grade 10 pupils....

The purpose of the study was to establish emergent literacy support that children are exposed to in selected rural households in Dengwe area of Kasempa District. A sample comprising 52 participants (10 parents, 2 headmen and 40 children were drawn from five (5) villages in Dengwe area, Kasempa...

Zambia, being a multilingual country has had a challenge in choosing the appropriate medium of instruction for initial literacy skills in Primary Schools.Regional Official Languages, (ROL’s) are used as MoI because of the assumption that they are mutually intelligible with the dialects they...

This study sought to establish how primary schools ensured that there is Parental involvement in children‟s initial literacy learning in primary schools. The following objectives were addressed in the study: 1.to establish how primary schools ensure that parents have opportunities for involvement...

The purpose of this study was to ascertain the extent to which parents were involved in the acquisition of literacy skills among grade one learners in Monze District. The study established the type of home literacy activities which support literacy development. The study further investigated what...

Children are increasingly expected to progress in reading at a standard speed and through one methodology. The Accelerated Christian Education (ACE) curriculum developed in the 1970s in Garland, Texas by Dr. Donald Howard plays a role and contributes to reading through the use of Individualized...

The study revisited the post-independence reason for the need to use local languages in schools. One of the prominent reasons cited was a cultural one in that the teaching of local languages would help promote Zambian culture and maintain its heritage. The purpose of the study was to assess the...

This study was an evaluation of the Literacy Programme (LP) at Lusaka Central Prison (LCP) in Lusaka district of Lusaka Province in Zambia. The study evaluated whether or not the LP at LCP had fared well in empowering the inmates‟ occupational skills. The objectives were to establish: the aims...

The study focuses on the perceptions of teachers on the use of local languages as Medium of Instruction (MoI) from grades 1 to 4 in selected private schools in Lusaka. This study was prompted by the 2013 new language policy in education in Zambia, which holds that the use of local languages for...

This study sought to establish the Emergent Literacy Skills and Practices among children of 2 to 6 years in Mwense district of Zambia. The purpose of the study was to establish the presence or absence of literacy skills and practices among children who had not begun formal schooling in selected...