• Emotional and relationship dynamics between HIV serodiscordance and concordance couples: a narrative literature review and theoretical framework 

  Mwakalapuka, Amani; Mwampagatwa, Ipyana; Bali, Theodora; Kibusi, Stephen; Mwashambwa, Masumbuko (ARC, 2017-05-25)

  Tanzania is among the countries with high prevalence of HIV prevalence in the World. Despite the fact that the epidemic has been, and still is a threat to persons of all ages, recent studies have suggested that most new ...
• 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 ...
• Upgrading Students communication competence:Refrections from Universities in Tanzania 

  Mwakapina, Job W (SUA, 2022)

  In many countries, including Tanzania, Communication Skills (CSs) courses have been taught for many years to help students improve their ability to communicate in English while doing academic activities at college/university. ...
• The language of the public spaces in Tanzanian universities during the covid-19 Pandemic 

  Lusekelo, Amani; Alphonce, Chrispina; Nyinondi, Onesmo Simon (Sciendo, 2021)

  The state of bilingualism in the education system in Tanzania is reported to involve the utility of Kiswahili even in environments in which English is expected (Puja 2003; Lema 2021). The presence of English is narrowed ...
• Efficacy of communication skills teaching methods and learning strategies: enhancing tertiary students’ communicative competence in Tanzania 

  Mwakapina, Job W (Journal of Linguistics and language in Education, 2020)

  This study evaluates the efficacy of the methods and strategies used in Communication Skills (CS) course teaching and learning in Tanzania. Specifically, it identifies the methods and strategies used, and examines the ...
• Whatsapp platform a remedy for covid-19 classroom learning restrictions: Students’, teachers’, and parents’ perspectives in Tanzania 

  Nyinondi, Onesmo S; Mwakapina, Job W (G-Card, 2023)

  This paper investigates the use of WhatsApp as an alternative platform for classroom learning during the Covid-19 pandemic in Tanzania. In particular, it examines the effectiveness of using WhatsApp as a platform for ...
• Legitimization discourse to COVID-19 vaccination in Tanzania: a discursive analysis of public speech and comments on social media 

  Robinson, Nichodamus; Masatu, Julius Malima (Journal of University of Namibia Language Centre, 2021)

  The year 2019 Tanzania experienced the eruption of COVID-19 pandemic disease from which different health measures were needed against the pandemic. However, Tanzania had a divided ideological positioning regarding the ...
• Tako or takwa la Katiba? A description of verb-to-noun derivation in Bantu languages: the case of Kiswahili 

  Robinson, Nichodamus; Mwaipape, Joshua Andilile (Journal of Linguistics and Language in Education, 2022)

  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 ...
• The morphological evolution of the -ile suffix across Bantu languages in the Nyasa-Tanganyika corridor 

  Mallya, Aurelia; Robinson, Nichodamus (Journal of University of Namibia Language Centre, 2021)

  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 ...
• Paradigm shift in teaching communication skills course in a Tanzanian university: an assessment and lessons for other universities 

  Mohammed, Hashim Issa; Mohammed, Hashim Issa (Science Publishing Group, 2018)

  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 ...
• Grammar for successful written discourse: are the esl/efl students in Tanzania universities truly learning? 

  Mwakapina, Job Wilson (2016)

  Grammar of a language is one of the key factors to successful writing at college or workplace. This study thought to investigate whether English grammar taught to undergraduate students in Tanzania helps them write well. ...
• Communication skills course in bridging the gap of weak Students’ communicative competence and accentuating Performance: a case of Sokoine University of Agriculture 

  Mwakapina, Job Wilson (SciencePG, 2020-01-06)

  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 ...
• Lexical verbs expressing modality in bantu languages: the Case of Runyambo and Luguru 

  Nyinondi, Onesmo Simon; Lusekelo, Amani (2020)

  This paper provides novel documentation and description of the verbal modal system in Great Lakes Bantu languages. Runyambo (E21/JE21) is compared with Luguru (G35). The paper builds on Bostoen et al. (2012) and Kawalya ...
• What is the nature of language? How does it behave? What is language learning then? A review paper in Applied Linguistics 

  Mwakapina, Job W. (2021-12)

  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 ...
• Grammar for successful written discourse: are the ESL/EFL students in Tanzania universities truly learning? 

  Mwakapina, Job Wilson (2016-03)

  Grammar of a language is one of the key factors to successful writing at college or workplace. This study thought to investigate whether English grammar taught to undergraduate students in Tanzania helps them write well. ...
• 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, ...
• Language change in bongo movies in tanzania: a reflection of identity deconstruction and globalization resulting from socio-cultural and economic transformations 

  Mwandelile, Edwin Philemon; Mwakapina, Job Wilson (Academic Research Publishing Group, 2018)

  After the independence of Tanganyika in1961 and its unification with Zanzibar to form Tanzania in 1964, Bongo movie artists in Tanzania have increasingly been using more English in Kiswahili movies than before. This paper ...
• The morphological evolution of the -ile suffix across bantu languages in the Nyasa-Tanganyika corridor 

  Mallya, Aurelia; Robinson, Nichodamus (2021)

  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 ...
• The role of input simplification and interactional modification strategies in the Tanzanian english-language classroom 

  Utenga, Adriano; Mohamed, Hashim Issa; Nyinondi, Onesmo Simon; Mhandeni, Abdulkarim Shaban (ResearchGate, 2016)

  This paper presents a classroom-based research on input simplification and interactional modification strategies used by English language teachers to make their oral input comprehensible to their learners. The main ...
• Universities and enhancement of english as a second language in Tanzanian secondary schools 

  Mohamed, Hashim Issa (2020)

  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. ...

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