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Orthographic depth affects reading development among beginning readers. Morphology Awareness (MA) is one of the often-overlooked building blocks for reading fluency, reading comprehension, and spelling. Research has demonstrating the importance of strong morphological teaching as early as first...

This study investigated Written Corrective Feedback (WCF) on whether or not it helped language acquisition in Second language (L2) teaching among grade elevens. The study sought to: establish the familiarity of both teachers and learners with WCF; establish the nature of WCF teachers to...

The study investigated the feminist voice in African female fiction. It was a feminist appraisal of Nwapa’s One is Enough, Dangaregmba’s Nervous Conditions and Beyala’s The SunHath Looked Upon Me. It cross-examines how the authors project the feminist voice(s) in their writing. The research...

Oral literature refers to folk-tales, songs, proverbs, sayings, tongue twisters and others which are passed down orally from generation to generation. Oral Literature is not only entertaining, it is also educative and promotes social and moral values. Since children enjoy listening to oral...

This paper examines the extent of the mismatch between familiar language and language of instruction among pupils and its effect on reading comprehension in selected primary schools in Lusaka district of Zambia. In order to conduct an investigation, the study adopted quantitative method following...

The study investigated reasons for poor composition writing skills amongst grade nine pupils of Lundazi district – Zambia. Grade Nine (9) level of composition writing was purposefully selected to be analyzed because this is the level at which an individual is expected to exhibit acceptable levels...

Religion is an institution that helps people to find deep meaning of life, identity and feel sense of belonging. Its quests, yearnings, needs are perfectly respectable and they are found rooted in human nature. Religious beliefs have helped human beings to make sense of life’s mysteries,...

This study examined some aspects of the phonology and morphology of Senga, a language spoken in Chama district of Muchinga Province of Zambia. The main assumption underlying this study was that natural languages were systematically structured and that this structure was evident at all levels of...

This study is informed by the observations and revelations that Bemba compound nouns do alter the meaning of words. At the centre of generating meanings of compound nouns in Bemba is a critical analysis into the grammar of Bemba compound nouns with regard to their morphology, syntax and...

The study was set to explore the establishment of Islam in Chipata district. Chipata in particular, being the provincial headquarters attracted more Indian families than any other town in the region and played a key role in founding and shaping various Muslim communities. It is noted in the study...