The Determinants of Students’ Performance in English as an Academic Subject in Tanzania Community Based Secondary Schools

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dc.creatorMtallo, Godson Robert
dc.date2018-11-20T08:53:16Z
dc.date2018-11-20T08:53:16Z
dc.date2017-08
dc.date.accessioned2022-10-20T08:35:16Z
dc.date.available2022-10-20T08:35:16Z
dc.descriptionIn Tanzania, for a number of years, secondary school students, parents and other Education stakeholders have been questioning the essence of having a foreign language as both; a medium of instruction and an academic subject in secondary schools. This paper focuses on finding out the performance of students in English as an academic subject based on the first semester English examination results among form four students from the selected schools, as well as examining factors behind their performance. Data obtained from Questionnaire were analyzed through SPSS. Ten (10) community based secondary schools in Dodoma Municipality where picked through systematic random sampling to represent other schools of the same caliber in Tanzania. In line with this, 150 students in a proportion of 15 students from each school were picked as respondents for this study through systematic random sampling as these were those identified first to have the same results above. The study found out that the performance of students in English as an academic subject in the community based secondary schools is below average and this is contributed by a number of factors such as the method and practice of teaching and learning as well as students’ background knowledge and attitude.
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dc.identifierMtallo,G.R. (2017) The Determinants Of Students’ Performance In English As An Academic Subject In Tanzania Community Based Secondary Schools In: Mojekwu, J. N., Nani G., Atepor, L., Oppong, R.A.., Adetunji, M. O., Ogunsumi, L., Tetteh, U.S., Awere E., Ocran, S.P., and Bamfo-Agyei, E. (Eds) Procs 6th Applied Research Conference in Africa. (ARCA) Conference, 17-19th August 2017, College of Business Education Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania. 738-745 Page 739
dc.identifierhttp://dspace.cbe.ac.tz:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/87
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/79590
dc.languageen
dc.publisherApplied Research Conference in Africa. (ARCA)
dc.subjectEnglish, Secondary School, Teaching, Learning
dc.subjectEnglish
dc.subjectSecondary School
dc.subjectTeaching
dc.subjectLearning
dc.subjectTanzania
dc.titleThe Determinants of Students’ Performance in English as an Academic Subject in Tanzania Community Based Secondary Schools
dc.typeArticle

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