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The communicative approach to language teaching recommended in Zambian schools entails that communicative techniques should be used in testing the learners. This is so because the techniques used in testing learners’ and the teaching approach should be in tandem. Using the recommended approaches...

This study investigated the influence of SMS language on academic composition writing among Grade 12 learners in four schools from Kalulushi District of the Copperbelt province of Zambia. The study sought to establish why learners use SMS language in their compositions despite them being taught...

ABSTRACT The current study examined the pragmatics of persuasion in Bemba with special reference to Bride price negotiations within the framework of the Pragmatic theories. The study applied Austin’s(1962), and Searle’s (1969) speech act theory, Brown and Levinson’s (1987) politeness theory and...

In Tonga of Zambia, there has not been a detailed account of the syntax and semantics of adverbial clauses exploring the structure and the various meanings different subtypes communicate. There is very little representation at syntax and semantics levels of the analysis of adverbial clauses in...

The purpose of the study was to investigate the use of learner centred techniques in the teaching of English language in the secondary schools of Lundazi district of eastern province. The objectives of the study were to: establish the nature of classroom activities which facilitate the teaching...

Teacher training in oral language skills is very significant as it may lead to the improvement of reading and writing among grade one and two learners. The present study sought to establish whether students in colleges of education were adequately trained to teach oral language skills for early...

This study is a comparative analysis of narrative technique and plot structure in two Zambian novels. There are no available studies on the plot structure and narrative techniques of the two novels, John Luangala’s The Chosen Bud and Malama Katulwende’s Bitterness more especially a comparative...

This study seeks to compare the political themes in Animal Farm and Matigari, and to state the significance of this comparison. Animal Farm and Matigari are two works that faced a lot of criticism both within the societies in which they were produced and outside. For instance, it is recorded by...

This dissertation provides a grammatical sketch of Kunda language which is spoken in the Eastern province of Zambia, particularly in Mambwe district. The dissertation focuses on the three levels of linguistic analysis and these are phonology, morphology and syntax. The analysis described in this...

This study examined general errors committed by Grade 11 pupils learning English as a second language in selected schools in Kabwe and Monze Districts of Zambia. The study seeks to establish why learners, despite all the teaching that has been done on common language errors, have continued...