This paper describes verb-to-noun derivation in Kiswahili, a process in which nouns are formed from verbs. It places the derivational process squarely on the question of whether it is ‘tako’ or ‘takwa’, with their plural ...

Communication Skills Courses (henceforth CSCs) are offered in many universities and other higher learning institutions in Tanzania. The CSCs were designed to enable students cope with their university studies. Besides ...

This paper reports the findings on the effectiveness of Communication Skills (CS) course in boosting students’ communication competence at Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA). In particular, the study determined whether ...

Language is viewed differently by people from different fields, and one of the reasons why linguists and philosophers encounter difficulties in clarifying what the study of language should involve has to do with the ...

The current study is an assessment of English language oral communicative competence of Tanzanian tour guides. It measures their level of the aforementioned competence, which is essential for tourism business. Additionally, ...

This paper describes the morphological evolution of -ile suffix across four Bantu languages selected from the Nyasa-Tanganyika corridor. The suffix -ile which is traditionally an aspect (perfective) marker is changing and ...

It has become apparent that students arrive at the university with insufficient English language proficiency; this is despite that English is the medium of instruction at secondary schools and universities in Tanzania. ...

This paper uses genre analysis theory to examine students’ academic writing discourse of practice at the university. Second language writing of academic genre is fundamental to students' academic sur- vival, not only as ...

This paper presents findings of the study that was carried out to examine secondary school teachers’ perceptions on applicability of communication skills course in their workplace. The study used a total of 40 secondary ...

Studies on farmers’ interactions in agricultural projects have reported on the importance of the interaction of farmers with other actors on their participation in agricultural projects and subsequent adoption of ...