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 WORKSHOP 2010
University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania 

Theme: Language of Instruction: What are the investment choices?

 DAY 1 – MONDAY 10^TH 2010

09.00	INTRODUCTORY REMARKS	Prof. J.C.J. Galabawa Coordinator LOITASA
10.00 am	T E A B R E A K	ALL
SESSION CHAIR: PROF. J.C.J. GALABAWA
11.00 am	Understanding what the teacher is saying – Kiswahili and English medium primary schools in Tanzania	Brigit Brock-Utne Norway
11.30 am	Literacy: an elusive goal?	Professor Zubeida Desai South Africa
12.00 pm	Investing in ELT at an early age in Tanzania Primary Schools: Challenges, Prospects and Policy Implications	Dr. Martha Qorro, School of Education
	LUNCH BREAK	ALL
SESSION CHAIR: DR. MARTHA QORRO
02.00 pm	The Language of Instruction Debate: Teacher Perceptions on the Use of IsiXhosa as a Language of Instruction in School Mathematics and Science:	Dr Monde Mbekwa and Dr Vuyokazi Nomlomo South Africa
02.30 pm	Participation in the ICT Era, - Implementations without” Humiliation”, ”Misconception” and ”False Consciousness”.	Torill Aagot Halvorsen Norway
	TEA BREAK	ALL

 DAY 2 – TUESDAY 11^TH 2010 

SESSION CHAIR: PROF. BIRGIT BROCK-UTNE
09.00 am	Lack of Explicit and Comprehensive Exposure to Various Genres in Kiswahili Language in Tanzanian primary Schools	Dr. George N. Shumbusho
09.30 am	Similarities and differences in teaching Kiswahili, English and Mathematics  as subjects in selected Kiswahili medium and selected English medium primary schools in Tanzania: Evidence from Classroom Observation	Prof. Justinian Galabawa. Dr. Azaveli Lwaitama University of Dar es Salaam
10.00 am	T E A B R E A K	ALL
SESSION CHAIR: PROF. ZUBEIDA DESAI
11.00 am	Towards Afrophone, IK-Based Afrika	Prof. F.E.M.K. Senkoro, University of Dar es Salaam
11.30 am	Reflections on researching the use of isiXhosa as a Language of Instruction for improving scientific literacy at a Western Cape Primary School in South Africa	Mr Keith Langenhoven South Africa
12.00 pm	A Comparative Analysis of Teaching and Learning Strategies used in Government and Private Primary Schools in Tanzania: The Case of Selected LOITASA Schools	Dr. M. Vuzo
01.00 pm	LUNCH  BREAK	ALL
SESSION CHAIR: DR. A. LWAITAMA
02.00 pm	An overview of the arguments relating to the use of the Mother tongue as language of instruction (LOI) in Science education – the African context	Ms Rosetta Ziegler South Africa
02.30 pm	Towards an appropriate theory.  Critical theories, ICT4D and the language issue	Greta Gudmundsdottir Norway
04.00  pm	TEA BREAK	ALL

 DAY 3 – 12^TH MAY 2010

SESSION CHAIR: Prof. F.E.M.K SENKORO
09.00 am	The Impact of Language Policy on Students’ Self-Confidence in Tanzanian Post-Primary Education: A Critical Analysis	Kimizi, Moshi Norway
09.30 am	English Language incompetence of Sec ondary Schoool Students in tanzania, The Case of wh - question	Jafari Abdallah University of Dar es Salaam
	TEA BREAK	ALL
SESSION CHAIR: DR. VUYOKAZI NOMLOMO
11.30 am	Pedagogical Implications of Acquisition of Tense-Aspect Morphology among Tanzanian EFL Learners	Rose Uppor  Mwasekaga University of Dar es Salaam
12.00 pm	Cultural Decolonization in Africa Through choice(s) of Language of Instruction	Dr. N.R. Alphonce University of Dar es Salaam
07.00 pm	LUNCH BREAK	ALL
SESSION CHAIR: TORILL AAGOT HALVORSEN
02.00 pm	Cognitive disability or linguistic complexity desire versus reality	Ibrahim Mussa University of Dar es Salaam
03.00 pm	CLOSING REMARKS	LOITASA coordinators from Tanzania, Norway and South Africa
04.00 pm	TEA BREAK	ALL

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