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The purpose of this study was to establish whether or not the English language teacher education curriculum at the University of Zambia had the relevant knowledge and skills for teaching English language in Zambian secondary schools and can produce a quality teacher of English language despite...

The current study examined some address forms in Tonga from a sociopragmatic perspective within the framework of sociolinguistics and pragmatics. In particular, the study applied speech act theory, politeness theories and the theory of conversational implicature. This research was done in order...

This study sought to find out perceptions that primary school teachers have on their training and preparation in classroom questioning skills in primary teachers’ colleges of education. The study was guided by the following questions: 1) what are the perceptions primary school teachers have on...

This study is a comparative analysis of deixis in Citonga and English. Deixis is a Greek word which means "pointing" using language. The exercise was carried out with a view to establishing the similarities and differences between the deictic systems of these two languages. In particular, five...

This study is about the phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics and some aspects of sociolinguistics of English-derived loanwords in Bemba. It is a corpus study of 900 items. Because the syllable structure of English differs from that of Bemba, the aim of this research was to collect and study...

The aim of this study is to present an analysis of the morphology, syntax, semantics and phonology of the applied, causative and passive verb extensions in Tonga.The syntactic and semantic analysis is undertaken in the context of Government-Binding Theory whereas the phonological analysis employs...

This study mainly focused on the effects of using Nyanja language as a medium of teaching initial literacy in a predominantly Soli speaking area of Lwimba in Chongwe district. The study was mainly a case study at Chongwe and Lwimba basic schools in Chongwe district. The population comprised all...

This study set out to investigate the attitude of both parents and teachers towards the use of English as medium of instruction at lower basic level in Livingstone and Namwala districts of Southern Province. Secondly, the study sought to establish whether parents and teachers were in any way...

The study was mainly focused on Learning to Read in English in Different Environments. The study addressed itself to the two major questions. These were: a) in what environment does the Grade 3 learner in public and private schools learn how to read in English? b) how is reading in English taught...

Zambia is an Anglophone country, resulting from its colonial past, and hence English is its official language. This means that high school leavers need to have mastered all the receptive and productive skills in the use of English required for effective communication in the real world outside...