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Zambia is considered as a multilingual country with most of the classrooms being multilingual. While the National Literacy Framework (2013) policy currently states that the official regional languages of instruction be used in all schools from grade one to grade four, with English taking over...

The purpose of this study was to establish the nature of oral and written corrective feedback that teachers provided to learners of English Language at grade nine level in selected public secondary schools in Kabwe District, Central Province of Zambia. The study objectives were: (i) to establish...

This study investigated the use of Mother Tongue Based Multilingual Education strategies by teachers at Primary level in Chongwe Rural District. The study is informed by the Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) and Ruiz’s three language orientation theories. Adopting a descriptive research design,...

The study sought to analyze the nature of class interactions in Grade Five English language teaching in selected primary schools in Lusaka District of Zambia. The study was guided by the following research objectives: to determine the nature of class interactions in Grade Five classrooms, to...

The purpose of this study was to explore the teachers’ and learners’ experiences in the use of Chinyanja as a medium of instruction in selected schools in Chipata district. Chinyanja is used as the primary language of teaching in pre-kindergarten through grades one to four in Zambia's Eastern...

The purpose of this study was to explore the promotion of culture through the teaching of local languages: A case of Icibemba in some selected primary schools in Mansa district, Zambia. The objectives of the study were; to identify some of Zambian cultural aspects embedded in the teaching of...

The study assessed class teachers’ familiarity with the official language of instruction in selected urban government primary schools of Solwezi District of Zambia. The objectives of the study were to determine class teachers’ familiarity with the official language of instruction; establish the...

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....

The purpose of the study was to analyse the translanguaging practices used by lecturers in first year classrooms at a public university in Zambia. The study was guided by three objectives as follows : to analyse the translanguaging practices lecturers use in their lectures at a selected public...