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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...

This study investigated some linguistic variations of the two languages namely, Ila spoken in Namwala, Itezhi-Tezhi, Mumbwa districts in the central parts of Zambia and Tonga spoken in Gwembe, Sinazongwe and Maamba districts in the southern and central parts of Zambia. The aim of the study was to...

Concern over the quality of teaching in schools has existed for ‘as long as the schools themselves’ (Cruickshank, 1992). Today, parents, policymakers, and other stakeholders are expending significant energy critiquing non-native English-speaking teachers’ quality and arguing for the improvement...

The aim of the study was to establish the perceptions of various stakeholders on the effectiveness of the implementation of the new language policy of using zonal languages as the Language of Instructions in Grades 1-4 by grade teachers in Emmasdale zone in Lusaka district. One of the universal...