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Reilly, Colin; Costley, Tracey; Gibson, Hannah; Kula, Nancy; Bagwasi, Mompoloki M.; Dikosha, Dikosha; Mmolao, Phetso; Mwansa, Joseph M.; Mwandia, Martha; Mapunda, Gastor; James, Edna – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2023
This paper discusses collaborative ethnographic work investigating multilingualism within education in Botswana, Tanzania, and Zambia. The paper takes a reflective perspective on how research is conducted and the role that multilingualism and collaboration can play in the research process itself. As a team of thirteen individuals, working across…
Descriptors: Ethnography, Multilingualism, Cross Cultural Studies, Vignettes
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Ellis, Rod – Teaching English in the Two-Year College, 2012
The author has worked as a language teacher, teacher educator, and second language acquisition (SLA) researcher for over forty years. During this time grammar has figured largely in his thinking, in part because it has traditionally been so central to language pedagogy and in part because he became fascinated with how the human mind grapples with…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Second Language Learning, Grammar, Autobiographies
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Chishiba, G. M.; Mukuka, J. – African Higher Education Review, 2012
Language interference is one of the factors that affect language learning by many learners of second and third languages. In Zambia, the impact of language interference on the learners of French requires closer attention. Our literature review shows that few studies have looked at the impact of interference from Zambian languages on the learners…
Descriptors: Native Language, Second Language Learning, Interference (Language), Foreign Countries
Abdulaziz, Mohamed H.; Fox, Melvin J. – 1978
A survey was conducted from 1967 to 1970 with the following goals: (1) to gather information on the use and teaching of languages in Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia; (2) to stimulate research and development in linguistics and language pedagogy in East Africa; (3) to assist in strengthening the resources of East African institutions…
Descriptors: African Languages, Bibliographies, Foundation Programs, Information Dissemination
de Klerk, Vivian, Ed. – 1996
Essays on English in South Africa and its neighboring countries include: "A History of English in South Africa" (Len Lanham); "English in South African Society: A Preliminary Overview" (Bill Branford); "Black English in South Africa" (David Gough); "Language Contact, Transmission, Shift: South African Indian…
Descriptors: Black Dialects, Contrastive Linguistics, Cultural Context, Diachronic Linguistics