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This dissertation is a Socio-Pragmatic exploration of the research that was conducted in Mpika District of Zambia. It focuses on how social factors such as age, gender, wealth, education level, relationships as well as cultural norms affect the use of idiomatic expressions. The study goes further...

The study was a mixed method involving both qualitative and quantitative methods. The population comprised of all the Grade five teachers and learners in Chongwe district. The sample size consisted of 256 participants. Random sampling was used to select eight (8) schools from the district and a...

The study was a mixed method involving both qualitative and quantitative methods. The population comprised of all the Grade five teachers and learners in Chongwe district. The sample size consisted of 256 participants. Random sampling was used to select eight (8) schools from the district and a...

This study, “An Investigation into the Inter-relatedness among Ila, Kaonde, Lenje, Nyanja, Sala, Soli, and Tonga” involved a lexicostatistical survey on the inter-relatedness of the languages mentioned above. According to Doke (1954), Bantu Botatwe refers to the language group comprising the...

This qualitative study examined the attitude of non-native cinyanja teachers and parents towards the use of cinyanja as a medium of instruction in Chilanga district. The study was carried out because of the 2013 new language policy in the Zambian education system which advocates for the use of a...

Considering that Zambia is a multilingual country and that all the classrooms are multilingual while the current Language in Education Policy only mentions English as the language of instruction from grade five onwards, it was imperative to study the sociolinguistic situation of the grade 6...

Considering that Zambia is a multilingual country and that all the classrooms are multilingual while the current Language in Education Policy only mentions English as the language of instruction from grade five onwards, it was imperative to study the sociolinguistic situation of the grade 6...

The purpose of this study was to establish the effects of transition of language of instruction (L.O.I) on learner centred teaching in grade five in selected rural primary schools in Chipata district, Zambia. The objectives of the study were: to determine how the transition of L.O.I from Nyanja...

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 background of this study was anchored on the introduction of the use of local languages as a medium of instruction in primary schools from grade one to four by the Ministry of Education (2013). The study focused on practices in teaching and learning mathematics in multilingual class. The...