ABSTRACT Within a sociolinguistic scope, the present research work was set to examine language changes or more precisely, dialect changes at the level of vocabulary in Pemba speech community. The purpose of this dissertation was to create awareness among language users of the need to be current with our knowledge of lexis. Also, it serves to exemplify many vocabulary items that have undergone change in various ways. Primary data were collected directly from direct elicitation from old aged pe...
ABSTRACT This study explored how Distance Education has changed English language teaching in Zanzibar primary schools. The study were guided by three specific objectives which were: examine the improvement of English language proficiency among teachers who have undergone DE programme in teaching in Zanzibar primary schools, to evaluate the effectiveness of English classroom activities that are related to the knowledge of grammar for the teachers who have joined DE programme in Zanzibar and t...
ABSTRACT This work aimed at assessing Kibena endangerment basing on intergenerational language transmission parameter. The researcher worked on three objectives which were; domains of its use, the role of intermarriages and speakers‟ attitudes as a motivating factor behind transmitting it to younger generations. He carried out this study in Uwemba, Mtwango and Kidugala villages in Njombe and Wanging‟ombe districts in Southern Highlands of Tanzania. In the study, the researcher used both ...
ABSTRACT This study has been done as an attempt to describe the two processes in morphologyinflection and derivation, how they apply to Kisukuma language, while paying attention to the Jinakiiya dialect which is spoken in some parts of Shinyanga and Simiyu regions. The study is undertaken considering the fact that languages of the world differ morphologically in a number of ways. The objective of the study is to describe the nature of derivation and inflection in nouns, verbs and adjectives ...
ABSTRACT The study informs about the Pogolo personal names. It particularly informs the semantics, morphology of Pogolo personal names, as well as the sociolinguistic interpretation of the names. Using the descriptive research design coupled with the qualitative approach, data were generated through interviews, focus group discussion (FGD) and documentation. 28 informants were purposively and snowball sampled from Mwaya, Ruaha, and Chilombola wards of the southern part of Ulanga to inform th...
ABSTRACT This study assesses the Community Policing Discourse in Conflict Resolution among Protesters in Unlawful Demonstrations in Tanzania. It is a sort of case study carried out in Dodoma Municipality. It was guide by three specific objectives which are: to investigate how community policing language in conflict resolution helps to prevent crimes, to determine the extent to which language used by police reflects actual community policing in unlawful demonstrations; and to evaluate the eff...
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ABSTRACT The English language has always been a concern of the educational system worldwide, Today, English is not just a compulsory subject or a medium of instruction, it is a must for most jobs in many countries. The study focused on The Challenges of Using English Language in Tanzanian Colleges: A Case of College of Business Education, Dodoma Campus. The study employed cross-sectional survey research designs in which one hundred (100) students and twenty (20) instructors (n=120) from the C...
ABSTRACT This study focused on Challenges of Cooperative Techniques in Improving the English Language Competence in Secondary Schools particularly in Namtumbo District. The study was based on the Interaction Model which stipulates that “the development of language competence is promoted by face to face interaction or communication.” The study was qualitative and quantitative in nature. Descriptions presented qualitative data and tabulations demonstrated quantitative data. The subjects for...
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ABSTRACT The study analyzed the use of slang among youth speakers of the Makunduchi Dialect in the South District of Unguja. It, specifically, examined the morphosyntactic features of the slang used by the youth of the Makunduchi Swahili Dialect. It analysed the reasons for youth‟s use of slang and, finally, described the attitudes of the Makunduchi society towards the use of slang. The study employed qualitative approach to obtain the data from 94 informants who were sampled through simple...
ABSTRACT The disaster of language endangerment is understood by many to be among the most significant concerns confronting humankind today, presenting ethical and logical issues of tremendous extents. A risked language is that in danger of phasing out, or one anticipated stopping to be the methods for human correspondence for a particular society or social gathering. At the point when speakers of a language move to other languages and surrender their own, incredible learning of their way of l...
ABSTRACT In the recent years, there has been system of the introduction of education policy changes especially in primary schools among the third world countries including Africa. One among the most areas by which these changes focus is the question of language of instruction whereby local African languages are many times replaced with colonial languages particularly English from upper primary level. In 2006, Zanzibar passed a new education policy. Among many things, the policy changed the la...
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IKISIRI Utafiti huu ulilenga kuchunguza mabadililko ya nyimbo za taarab na uwasilishaji wake kulingana na wakati, ambao ulifanyika katika Mkoa wa Mjini Magharib. Jambo kubwa lililozungumziwa katika utafiti huu ni kuchunguza namna ya matukio ya kihistoria katika jamii ya Zanzibar yalivyoweza kuathiri mabadiliko ya nyimbo za taarab na uwasilishaji wake katika vipindi husika. Kama inavyoeleweka kuwa, Zanzibar imepitiwa na vipindi mbalimbali kihistoria kama vile kipindi cha utawala wa Sultan, har...