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 ...
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...
ABSTRACT This study was designed to examine issues related to morpho-syntactic errors among secondary school students in Tanzanian English Language Classrooms. Specifically, the study aimed at: identifying common morpho-syntactic errors committed by students in English language classrooms, finding out possible factors for students‟ errors and assessing the corrective feedback techniques that teachers use to correct their students‟ errors (both written and spoken errors). The study employ...
ABSTRACT This study report has shown the findings of the study of the Gogo fairy tales in Gogo community of Dodoma Region. In particular, the study makes a description and analysis of the linguistic practices and language used in Gogo fairy tales. In doing so, the study collected the fairy tales of Gogo community, and creates a data base of Gogo fairy tales drawing extensively from the theory of communicative genres that helped in the analysis of the linguistic and structural communicative f...
ABSTRACT The study assessed language endangerment in Tanzania, specifically the case of Nyamwezi in Tabora region. The study aimed at assessing the way Ethnic community languages are perceived by the native speakers in relation to wide expansion of powerful and prestigious languages like English and Kiswahili. The study also assessed the domains (areas) associated with the use of the respective language. Further, the study aimed at careful investigation of the following objectives, mapping t...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of vocabulary teaching and learning towards the improvement of learners’ English language skills in Urban West Zanzibar. The study was guided by three objectives. The first objective was to identify the various VLS that the English language teachers use in teaching vocabulary in the English language classroom. The second objective was to assess the extent to which vocabulary teaching and learning helps in improving the En...
IKISIRI Utafiti huu umejikita katika mada ya Uchanganuzi na Uhakiki wa Athari za Unukuzi-hati kutoka Kiarabu kwenda Kiswahili – Mifano kutoka Utenzi wa Al-Inkishafi (Na Sayyid Abdallah bin Nasir – Tafsiri ya William Hichens 1939). Kwa asili ya Utenzi wa Al-Inkishafi uliandikwa kwa Hati ya Kiarabu katika lugha ya Kiswahili. Utenzi huo umekuwa ni ufunguo wa utafiti huu kutokana na kuwa na sifa ya historia ndefu iliyobeba istilahi zilizosheheni mitazamo ya kitafiti kati ya Hati ya Kiarabu na...
IKISIRI Tasinifu hii ilijikita katika kujadili mdhihiriko wa utanzia katika ushairi wa Kiswahili. Diwani zilizochunguzwa ni Kichomi na Dhifa. Dhana ya utanzia katika tasinifu hii imetumika kama mbinu bunilizi inayotumia vipengele mbalimbali vizuavyo huzuni, masikitiko, machungu, majonzi pamoja na maumivu ya mwili, roho na akili kwa hadhira. Utafiti umeongozwa na malengo mahususi matatu ambayo ni: kubainisha matukio ya utanzia yaliyodhihirika katika diwani teule, kufafanua dhima za matumizi ya...