ABSTRACT The focus of the study was to analyze the implication of linguistic features of kitchen party language to the contemporary society of Tanzania. Kitchen parties carry the basic linguistic features with education basis in them. The common opinion obtained during the study through interviews and observations was that kitchen party does a lot to educate an African woman to be both a good wife and a responsible mother. But again language used in kitchen party is characterized by symbolic...
ABSTRACT The study examined gender stereotype portrayal in Tanzania newspapers. The study aimed at examining the way language used in headlines and advertisements of newspapers is influenced by gender stereotype in the society. The study also examined the way pictures associated with advertisements are influenced by gender stereotype. Several headlines and advertisements from newspapers were examined. Also twenty female and twenty male respondents were interviewed to obtain their views conc...
ABSTRACT This study assessed the competence of teachers of English in teaching effectively at public primary schools. The study‟s problem evolved around the relation that exists between competence of teachers and their effectiveness to transfer to pupils‟ measurable Linguistic components mastery. The problem was built on known pupils‟ low proficiency in English, but uknown about teachers to teach effectively. The variables that were answered to establish teachers‟effectiveness were a...
ABSTRACT The study investigated challenges of the language used in campaigns against elephantiasis and elephantiasis of scrotum in Tanzania, using a case study of Kisarawe and Rufiji districts in the coast region. The researcher worked on three objectives which were; to examine whether the language used by campaigners against elephantiasis and elephantiasis of scrotum is understood by local coastal communities; to find out the stereotyping and stigmatising language as used by local coastal c...
ABSTRACT The study intended to examine the realization of Communicative Language Teaching (henceforth CLT) principles in Form One English language textbook issued for Ordinary secondary schools in Tanzania. The study set out three specific objectives which are: To examine how the issued Form One English language textbook reflects Communicative Approach (henceforth CA) principles, to examine communicative activities present in the Form One English language textbook and to assess teachers‟ v...
ABSTRACT This study entitled “Assessment of Use of Language Techniques that Promote Creative Writing among Secondary School Students: A Case of Tunduru” was guided by four specific objectives which were: to explore the techniques and approaches that English language teachers used to promote creative writing among secondary school students; to identify the self-motivated techniques that students used to develop creative writing and thereby enrich their mastery of the English language; to ...
Le Préambule Les technologies de l’information et de la communication (TIC) sont un agent de changement dans l’économie de l’information en émergence. Elles ont révolutionné la société quoique de façon moins prononcée dans les pays en voie de développement où l’écart entre les TIC et le développement est très important. Les TIC ont imprégné tous les aspects de la vie et ont mis l’homme au-delà de ses capacités. Chaque aspect de l’activité humaine a fait d’én...
ABSTRACT A literary text can be analysed in different ways; this research though wanted to analyse the criticism about a successful debut novel to determine if any meaningful deductions could be made from the discourse of reviewers about a text. The reviews about Kamphoer by Francois Smith were perused to find elements that could provide guidelines to amateur authors to write and publish a debut successfully. Kamphoer was selected because it created a stir in the media. It ran into five editi...
ABSTRACT Ahmadou Kourouma is an Ivoirien writer of Malinke origin. He has written FOUR novels, THREE children novel and a drama. His French is acclaimed to be original and reflects a lot of Malinke idiolects. His syntactic construct has both French and Malinke features. Using functionalist approach, we analysed his works for translation purposes. We found out that beyond ordinary "significant" his constructs demand the consideration of "significant superieur" or super significant that is, mea...
ABSTRACT The study has concentrated in investigation of challenges of speaking English to Zanzibar secondary school students in Wete district in Pemba Island, with the following specific objectives: To identify and describe the kind of challenges facing students on speaking English language, to identify and explain causes facing students towards poor English speaking, finally, to assess the strategies which would be employed for helping students to speak English language fluently. The study h...
ABSTRACT This study sought to investigate the lexical features of Masoud Kipanya‟s cartoons in meaning presentation. Specifically the study aimed at; analyzing the nature of lexical features used in Masoud Kipanya‟s cartoons; explaining the semantic features of those lexical features; and examining how those lexical features in Masoud Kipanya‟s cartoons facilitated in presenting meaning. The study adopted a qualitative research approach. The sample size of this study was one hundred and...
IKISIRI Utafiti huu ulijadili kuhusu Taswira ya mwanamke katika Muziki wa Nyimbo za Dansi teule za Mbaraka Mwinshehe. Tatizo lililojenga utafiti huu ni kutokana na hali ya kila siku iliyopo kwa wasanii wa muziki wa nyimbo za dansi, wakiwemo wanaume, kumkweza mwanaume kinafasi na kimajukumu na kumtweza mwanamke. Utafiti ulitumia mbinu ya maktabani kwa kuchunguza kazi mbalimbali zilizoandikwa kuhusu usawiri wa mwanamke na mgawanyo wa majukumu kijinsia. Pia, nyimbo teule za Mbaraka Mwinshehe zim...
IKISIRI Tasnifu hii inahusu suala la malezi ya mtoto wa kike katika riwaya ya Kiswahili ambayo ni miongoni mwa kazi za Fasihi Andishi zilizomakinikia jambo hili. Tumepata kariha ya kufanya utafiti huu baada ya kuona kwamba kipengele cha malezi ya mtoto wa kike, licha ya kusawiriwa katika riwaya ya Kiswahili, hakijachunguzwa vya kutosha, huku mtoto wa kike akikabiliwa na changamoto mbalimbali za kimalezi na kimazingira hasa katika zama hizi za utandawazi. Pia, wazazi na walezi wanaonekana kuka...
TABLE OF CONTENTS Title page ………………………………………………….…….…..…i Approval Page……………………………………………………..…..…ii Dedication……………………………………………………….…...…..iii Acknowledgement………………………………………………………..iv Table of contents…………………………………………………..…..….v CHAPTER ONE 1.1 Introduction ………………...
ABSTRACT The study is concerned with the use of figure of speech in the language of politics. The study is divided into five chapters. Chapter one introduces with what language is and the problem of the issue of political language. In this chapter aim and objectives of the project are clearly stated Literature review forms the background of the second chapter. We take a look at the language and society, language and politics and its features, the notion of lexico- semantic properties o...