The study investigated the English as a Second Language (ESL) teachers’ perceptions on the relationship between code-switching and emerging varieties of English called New Englishes, as well as the teachers’ perceptions ...

This research is an examination of whether there are contradictions in the cultural worldview of the Shona people as the proverbs they use seem to promote co-operation but at the same time they are those that apparently ...

This paper explores new developments in Shona lingo, whereby Shona lingo borrows words from mainstream Shona and assigns new meanings to them. The paper examines this adaptation of adoptives at the semantic level. Data ...

The study investigated the prevalence and forms of code-switching and code-mixing in readers’ comments on selected news articles in the online version of The Herald, one of the leading daily newspapers in Zimbabwe. The ...

The paper studies selected African writers’ dreams and fears, the way four novelists have been diversely excited by the topical issue of African leadership and discerns that artists dig into past history and tradition ...

This study sought to establish secondary school pupils and teachers‟ perceptions towards Zimbabwe Junior Certificate (ZJC) examinations in light of the proposed re-introduction of the ZJC examinations that were discontinued ...

The study investigated the Zimbabwe Schools Examination Council’s (ZIMSEC) examination of reading comprehension and summary in ‘O’ level English, focusing on, inter alia, the skills, texts used, questioning techniques, ...