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The Perceived Importance of Communication Skills Courses among University Students: the case of two universities in Tanzania

Komba, S. C. (02-02-15)

This article is about the perceived importance of communication skills courses among Tanzanian university students. A total of 134 undergraduate students, randomly selected from two Tanzanian universities, were involved ...
The Link between English language proficiency and academic performance: a pedagogical perspective in Tanzanian Secondary Schools

Wilson, B.; Komba, S.C. (Sciedu Press, 2012)

English, the Language of Instruction (LOI), has fallen victim of blame of some scholars as the cause of poor performance in secondary schools in Tanzania. The blame is directed at English strongly up until recent years ...
Comparison between students’ academic performance and their abilities in written English language skills: A Tanzanian perspective

Komba, S. C.; Kafanabo, E. J.; Njabili, A. F. (2012)

This article is based on the study which sought to compare between the students’ academic performance and their abilities in written English Language Skills. The study was conducted at the Sokoine University of Agriculture ...
Perspectives on the status of traditional medicine in Tanzania

Kira, Ernest S.; Komba, Sotco C. (2012)

This article entails student teachers’ perceptions of the status of traditional medicine in Tanzania. A broad focus group discussion was held with 50 student teachers taking Bachelor of Science with education at the Dar ...
Teachers’ questioning techniques in advanced level Chemistry lessons: a Tanzanian perspective

Kira, E.; Komba, S. C.; Kafanabo, E.; Tilya, F. (2013)

This study investigated the extent to which teachers’ questioning techniques and the way teachers handled students’ responses facilitated students’ learning and promoted their thinking skills. The study focused on three ...
The effectiveness of teaching practice in improving student teachers’ teaching skills in Tanzania

Komba, S.C.; Kira, E.S. (2013)

This article is based on the study which sought to investigate the effectiveness of Teaching Practice in improving student teachers’ teaching skills in Tanzania. The study was designed to find how Teaching Practice ...
Out-scaling of hybrid institution for socio-economic development and environmental conservation: The case of Mbinga district, Tanzania

Mahonge, C. P. I. (IJPSS, 2013)

I present a case study of institutional hybridization in Mbinga district within and across politically defined boundaries after the occurrence of stress, which purist institutions (state institutions or customary institutions ...
Informal institutions and female students’ school engagement: A case of Mvomero district ward schools

Mageka, R.; Mahonge, C. (International Journal of Education and Research, 2013)

Institutions play a crucial role in students’ educational process. This study was conducted in Mvomero district to assess the effect of informal institutions on educational engagement of female students in ward secondary ...
Linking livelihood improvement and environmental conservation: Case of east Uluguru mountains in Tanzania

Mattee, A. Z.; Mahonge, C. P. I.; Nsenga, J. V.; Kayeye, H. (International Journal of Environmental Science, Management and Engineering Research, 2013)

Livelihoods improvement and environmental management need to be linked. In order to attain sustainable livelihoods and environmental management, it is important to empower natural resource users with skills on the ...
Testing of decision making tools for village land use planning and natural resources management in Kilimanjaro region

Sangeda, A. Z.; Kahimba, F. C.; Kashaga, R. A.; Semu, E.; Mahonge, C. P.; Mkanda, F. X. (Scientific Research, 2014)

This paper focuses on participatory testing of decision making tools (DMTs) at village level to assist in development of land use plans (LUPs) for sustainable land management (SLM) in Kilimanjaro Region, Tanzania. Data ...
Understanding the language of tourism: Tanzanian perspective

Chiwanga, F. E. (International Journal of Applied Linguistics, 2014)

Different from other languages such as newspeak, journalese and many others, tourism has its own linguistic line. The language of tourism necessitates tourism practitioners and tourists to endlessly learn it. It covers ...
Trade-offs between communal and private institutions in natural resource management along the spaces of time and space: Reflection from four case studies in Tanzania

Mahonge, C. P. I. (IJPSS, 2014)

Classic scholars Hardin and Ostrom emerged with counter-traditions to each other in favor of private and communal natural resource management institutions respectively. In these premises, Hardin argues that it is not ...
The influence of language of instruction on students’ academic outcomes: the experience of secondary schools in Morogoro, Tanzania

Mwakapina, Job Wilson; Mhandeni, Abdulkarim Shaban (SUA, 2014)

Many have ascribed the poor performance that secondary school students in Tanzania have suffered in various school subjects in the national examinations to the students’ weakness in English, the Language of Instruction ...
Assessment of English language oral communicative competence : a case of tour guides in Arusha, Tanzania

Chiwanga, Fredrick Ezekiel (2014-10)

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, ...
Do students’ backgrounds in the language of instruction influence secondary school academic performance?

Komba, S. C.; Bosco, S. (2015)

In Tanzania, two types of primary schools exist, based on the language of instruction used. These are English medium schools and Swahili medium schools. Students who complete their studies from both types of schools join ...
An investigation of teachers’ perceptions of the implementation of the "Big Results Now" initiative in Tanzanian education sector

Komba, S. C.; Sigala, J.N. (2015)

This study was conducted in order to investigate teachers’ perceptions of the implementation of the Big Results Now (BRN) initiative in Tanzanian education sector. The specific objectives of the study were to examine ...
Reflections on the implementation of competence based cuurriculum in Tanzanian secondary schools

Komba, S.C.; Mwandanji, M. (2015)

This study investigated issues surrounding the implementation of competence based curriculum in Tanzanian secondary schools. The specific objectives of the study were to examine the teachers’ understanding of the objectives ...
Integrating moral and ethical values in the general studies syllabus at advanced level secondary school in Tanzania: challenges and opportunities

Kira, Ernest S.; Komba, Sotco C. (Research Journal of Education, 2015)

This study sought to achieve two specific objectives: First, to examine the challenges of teaching and learning moral and ethical values at advanced level secondary school in Tanzania and, secondly, to recommend ways of ...
Investigation of Pupils’ english language abilities in Tanzania: The case of english medium primary schools

Komba, S. C.; John, D. (2015-02-14)

This article is based on the study which sought to assess pupils’ abilities in written English language skills among English medium primary school pupils in Tanzania. The objectives of the study were to examine pupils’ ...
An examination of the congruency between the University teacher training contents and secondary school contents in Tanzania: the case of Sokoine University of Agriculture

Komba, S. C.; Chiwamba, S. V. (2016)

It is ideally expected that after student teachers have gone through comprehensive curricula contents, they should possess the necessary competences and skills to enable them deliver effectively as teachers. However, ...

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