Tag: English Language Teaching

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

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

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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