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THE TEACHING OF COMMUNICATIVE CHICHEŴA GRAMMAR IN THE SOUTH EAST EDUCATION DIVISION SECONDARY SCHOOLS

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datacite.subject.fosHumanities::Languages and Literature
dc.contributor.authorNkhoma, Wisdom Akuzike Alban
dc.date.accessioned2024-11-19T13:23:44Z
dc.date.available2024-11-19T13:23:44Z
dc.date.issued2010-04-01
dc.descriptionSubmitted to the Faculty of Education In partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Education (Language Education)
dc.description.abstractThe aim of the study was to investigate how teachers of Chicheŵa taught grammar amidst lack of clarity displayed in the current Communicative Language Teaching (CLT) curriculum. The main goal of CLT is to help learners to develop communicative competence. In CLT instructional materials, grammar is matched to language functions or situations. However, the design of grammar in the current Chicheŵa curriculum is generally form-focused as promoted by the Grammar Translation Method (GTM) on which the old Chicheŵa curriculum was based. The study used the multiple case study approach of the qualitative dominant-less quantitative dominant model. The sample comprised eight qualified practicing teachers of Chicheŵa, purposively selected from the South East Education Division (SEED) secondary schools. Data were collected using document review, questionnaire, lesson observations, checklist and interviews. All the participants preferred teaching form-focused grammar out of context. The results revealed that the teachers were generally driven by the following factors in their choice of teaching procedure: lack and low understanding of CLT principles; form-focused grammar in the instructional materials and national examinations; poor orientation and sporadic curriculum monitoring; and teachers’ own experiences and beliefs.
dc.identifier.urihttps://dspace.unima.ac.mw/handle/123456789/263
dc.language.isoen
dc.schoolscentersoptionsb0f5f6f8-db8f-4964-9f11-a4d5b2c6d1d6
dc.subjectChichewa
dc.subjectEducation
dc.subjectDivision
dc.subjectCommunicative Language Teaching
dc.subjectGrammar Translation Method
dc.subjectCurriculumn
dc.subjectGrammar
dc.subjectNational examinations
dc.subjectSecondary school
dc.subjectSporadic curriculum monitoring
dc.subjectTeachers’ beliefs
dc.supervisor4ab37834-239b-4c96-bccd-3b5e4e58a008
dc.titleTHE TEACHING OF COMMUNICATIVE CHICHEŴA GRAMMAR IN THE SOUTH EAST EDUCATION DIVISION SECONDARY SCHOOLS
dc.typetext::thesis::master thesis
dspace.entity.typePublication
oairecerif.author.affiliationUniversity of Malawi

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