Tag: English Language Teaching
Effectiveness of Teachers’ Classroom Pedagogy in Teaching English in Tanzanian Primary Schools

Effectiveness of Teachers’ Classroom Pedagogy in Teaching English in Tanzanian Primary Schools

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Lucy Erasto RingoSt John’s University of Tanzania, DodomaEmail: lucyringo32@gmail.com Abstract: This study examined the effectiveness of teachers’ classroom pedagogy in teaching English in both private English-medium and public Kiswahili-medium primary schools in Dodoma, Tanzania. Grounded in Communicative Language Teaching (CLT) as a theoretical framework, the study employed a mixed-methods approach with a convergent parallel design.…

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Evaluation of Challenges Faced by Teachers and Students in the Teaching and Learning of English in Public Secondary Schools in Tanzania

Evaluation of Challenges Faced by Teachers and Students in the Teaching and Learning of English in Public Secondary Schools in Tanzania

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Abraham Reid Youze Benson N. Kinuthia & Jane Genga AyiembaUniversity of Eastern Africa, Baraton, KenyaEmail: youzeab@ueab.ac.ke Abstract: This study evaluated the challenges faced by teachers and students in the teaching and learning of English in public secondary schools in Tanzania. Despite curriculum reforms promoting the Communicative Approach (CA) to enhance language competence, English performance remains…

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The Interplay between Students’ First/home Languages and School Culture on Students’ Learning of English in Tanzania

The Interplay between Students’ First/home Languages and School Culture on Students’ Learning of English in Tanzania

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Dr Upendo P. BiswaloSt John’s University of Tanzaniaupendopsix@yahoo.co.uk; ubiswalo@sjut.ac.tz Abstract: Tanzania is a multilingual society with more than 120 spoken indigenous languages plus Kiswahili, which is the country’s national language. In Tanzania, while Kiswahili is the medium of instruction (the MOI) at the primary education level; English is the MOI at secondary education level. Although…

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Teachers’ Constructions of Students: A Need for Transforming English Language Teaching Practices in Tanzania

Teachers’ Constructions of Students: A Need for Transforming English Language Teaching Practices in Tanzania

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Dr. Upendo P. BiswaloSt John’s University of TanzaniaEmail: upendopsix@yahoo.uk/ubiswalo@sjut.ac.tz Received July 8, 2020; Revised July 21, 2020; Accepted July 22, 2020 Abstract: This paper presents and discusses how teachers of English in the three secondary schools in Dodoma cityTanzania, constructed their students. It uses Foucauldian discourse analysis as a lens to understanding how students were…

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