Challenges of speaking English by Zanzibar government secondary school students: a case study of Wete district

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dc.creatorMussa, Haji Khamis
dc.date2019-07-15T13:18:01Z
dc.date2019-07-15T13:18:01Z
dc.date2015
dc.date.accessioned2022-10-20T13:54:34Z
dc.date.available2022-10-20T13:54:34Z
dc.descriptionDissertation (MA Linguistics)
dc.descriptionThe 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 has involved 115 respondents whereby 100 were students from which 60 filled in the questionnaires and 40 were involved in focus group discussion. 14 were English teachers from seven secondary schools whereby 2 teachers from each school and finally 1 English subject inspector was interviewed. The instruments used for data collection were questionnaires, interviews, focus group discussion and documentary reviews whereby Statistic Package for Social Science (SPSS) version 16 was used for data analysis. The study findings from the first objective are; lack of enough vocabulary, poor knowledge of English grammar, interference of mother tongue, overgeneralization and poor word order and sentence construction. To the side of causes, there is lacking English exposure, lack of enough English qualified teachers, poor English background, shortage of teaching and learning resources, lack of confidence and students anxiety. Hence, the study recommended that students should be maximized English exposure, restructuring of curriculum through language education policy that English should be the medium of instruction from primary schools, teachers should be more emphasized using English as a medium of instruction in the English classes, Introducing of regularly both inter-class debate competition and intra-school competition, English teachers should use teaching and learning materials.
dc.identifierMussa, H. K. (2015). Challenges of speaking English by Zanzibar government secondary school students: a case study of Wete district. Dodoma: The University of Dodoma.
dc.identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12661/624
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12661/624
dc.publisherThe University of Dodoma
dc.subjectEnglish language
dc.subjectZanzibar
dc.subjectZanzibar government
dc.subjectSecondary school
dc.subjectEnglish
dc.subjectWete district
dc.subjectPemba Island
dc.subjectEnglish speaking
dc.subjectStudents
dc.subjectSecondary school students
dc.subjectLearning
dc.subjectTeaching
dc.titleChallenges of speaking English by Zanzibar government secondary school students: a case study of Wete district
dc.typeDissertation

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