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The LOITASA project has produced the following books:

	LOITASA reflecting on Phase I and entering Phase II. Edited by: Qorro, Martha, Zubeida Desai and Birgit Brock-Utne 2008.Dar es Salaam:  E & D Vision Publishing Ltd. Oxford: ABC, East Lansing: Michigan State University Press. P. 210 - 221. ISBN 978-9987-521-45-6.
	Focus on Fresh Data on the Language of Instruction Debate in Tanzania and South Africa. Brock-Utne, Birgit, Zubeida Desai and Martha Qorro (eds.) (2006): Cape Town: African Minds
	LOITASA Research in Progress. Brock-Utne, Birgit, Zubeida Desai and Martha Qorro (eds.) (2005): Dar es Salaam: KAD Associates. 320 pp.
	Researching the Language of Instruction in Tanzania and South Africa. Brock-Utne, Birgit, Zubeida Desai and Martha Qorro (eds.) (2004): Cape Town: African Minds. 280 pp
	Language of Instruction in Tanzania and South Africa. Brock-Utne, Birgit, Zubeida Desai and Martha Qorro (eds.) (2003): Dar es Salaam: E & D Publishers. 222pp.

Booklets in Kiswahili:

New Related to LOITASA Brock-Utne, Birgit and Gunnar Garbo (2009) (EDS)Language and Power The Implications of Language for Peace and Development. Mkuki na Nyota/ABC and Michigan State University Press

	New Related to LOITASA Prah,Kwesi Kwaa and  (2009) (Eds)Multilingualism: An African Advantage. A Paradigm Shift in African Language of Instruction Policies. Cape Town: CASAS
	Related to LOITASA Languages and Education in Africa a comparative and transdisciplinary analysis Edited by Birgit Brock-Utne & Ingse Skattum 2009 Paperback 356 pages  ISBN 978-1-873927-17-5 Read more

Related to LOITASA

Brock-Utne, Birgit and Rodney Kofi Hopson (eds.) (2005): Languages of instruction for

African emancipation: Focus on postcolonial contexts and considerations. Cape Town:

CASAS and Dar es Salaam: Mkuki na Nyota.

 

The LOITASA project has produced the following two booklets in Kiswahili:

Prah, Kwesi Kwaa (2005) Kurejea katika asili yetu. Lugha ya kufundishia, elimu, maendeleo

na ukombozi wa Afrika. Makala Maalumu Namba 001, Agosti 2005. Dar es Salaam: KAD

Associates

 

Galabawa, Justinian C.J. na Azaveli Feza Lwaitama (2005): Kiswahili na Kiingereza kama

lugha za kufunishia elimu ya sekondari Tanzania. Makala Maalumu Namba 002, Desemba

2005. Dar es Salaam: KAD Associates

 

The LOITASA project has produced the following four Ph.D. theses:

Holmarsdottir, Halla (2005) From Policy to Practice: A Study of the Implementation of the

Language-in-Education Policy in three South African Primary Schools. Oslo: University of

Oslo. Ph.D. dissertation.

 

Mwinsheikhe, Halima Mohammed (2007) Overcoming the Language Barrier. An In-depth

study of of Tanzanian Secondary School Science Teachers’ and Students’ Strategies in

Coping with the English/Kiswahili Dilemma in the Teaching/Learning Process.

Ph.D.dissertation. University of Oslo: Faculty of Education.

 

Vuzo, Mwajuma (2007) Revisiting the Language of Instruction Policy in Tanzania A

Comparative Study of Geography Classes taught in Kiswahili and English. Ph.D.dissertation.University of Oslo: Faculty of Education.

 

Nomlomo, Vuyokazi Sylvia (2007) Science teaching and learning through the medium of

English and isiXhosa: A comparative study of two primary schools in the western Cape.Cape Town: University of Western Cape. Ph.D. dissertation

 

The LOITASA project has produced the following videos and DVDs:

2004: Mimi na Tanzania. Kiswahili kama lugha ya Kufundishia. Sehemu ya kwanza

11.02.2004.Sehemu ya pili 18.02.2004. Dar es Salaam: Africa Media Group LTd. (only as

video)

2006: The LOITASA project. Language of Instruction in Tanzania and South Africa .Cape

Town: Tomix Productions. (both as a video and a DVD)

 

List of publications 2006, 2007, 2008:

Brock-Utne, Birgit
Learning through a familiar language versus learning through a foreign language – a look into some secondary school classrooms in Tanzania
Journal: International Journal of Educational Development. ISBN: ISSN 0738-0593

Brock-Utne, Birgit
Worldbankification of Norwegian Development Assistance to Education.
Journal: Comparative Education. Vol.43. No.3. Special Issue on Global Governance, Social Policy and Multilateral Education ISBN: ISSN 0305-0068.

Brock-Utne, Birgit
Education for peace vs education about peace.
Bridges. Vol.14. No1/.2. pp.107-125.

Brock-Utne, Birgit
The language of instruction and research in higher education in Europe – highlights from the current debate in Norway and Sweden. Journal: International Review of Education. Vol.53. No.4.pp.367-388. ISBN: ISSN 0020-8566

Brock-Utne, Birgit
Language of Instruction and Student Performance: New Insights from Research in Tanzania and South Africa. International Review of Education. Vol.53.No.5/6. pp.509-530
ISBN: ISSN 0020-8566

Halima Mohammed Mwinsheikhe
Overcoming the Language Barrier. An In-depth study o of Tanzanian Secondary School Science Teachers’ and Students’ Strategies in Coping with the English/Kiswahili Dilemma in the Teaching/Learning Process

Mwajuma Vuzo
Revisiting the Language of Instruction Policy in Tanzania: A Comparative Study of Geography Classes taught in Kiswahili and English

Vuyokazi Sylvia Nomlomo
Science teaching and learning through the medium of English and isiXhosa: A comparative study at two primary schools in the Western Cape.

Birgit Brock-utne and Zubeida Desai
Language in education policies and practices among the isiXhosa speaking population of South Africa

Brock-Utne, Birgit
Insights from the language of instruction debate in Tanzania and South Africa
Presnted at the CIES conference in Baltimore, US

Brock-Utne, Birgit
Language and culture in education and development
Presented at the WCCES in Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina

Brock-Utne, Birgit
The adoption of the western paradigm of bilingual teaching – why does it prevent the growth of the African learner?
Presentation at the Oxford conference on Education and Development

Justinian Galabawa (Ed)
Experiences in Extending the use of an African Indigenous Language as Language of
Papers in Education and Development, Number. 26, ISBN: ISSN: 0856 - 4027

Dr. Frank N. Tilya
Language of Instruction and Learning: Implications on Equity, Quality and Poverty alleviation
Papers in Education and Development, ISBN: 0856-4027
Article accepted for publication in national journal

Prof. P.N. Chonjo
Title: Language and Learning: What Role Does the Language of Instruction Play in Learning
Journal: Papers in Education and Development, ISBN: 0856 - 4027

Abuhashim Masudi
The Need for an Appropriate Medium of Instruction in Secondary Education and Institutions of Higher Learning in Tanzania
Papers in Education and Development, ISBN: 0856 - 4027
Article accepted for publication in national journal

Dr. H.A. Dachi
Investing in Children's Right to Learn Through the Language of Teaching and Learning: An Investment in Human Capital, Papers in Education and Development, ISBN: 0856 - 4027

Dr. Ndibalema Alphonce
The language of Education, Literacy and Self Identity: Implications for Tanzania
Journal: Papers in Education and Development, ISBN: 0856-4027
Article accepted for publication in national journal

Titus Mpemba
Reluctance to Sanction Kiswahili Instructional Medium in Post-Primary Education: How do the Learners and their Instructors Cope with or Resist the English Medium Policy?
Papers in Education and Development, ISBN: 0856-4027
Article accepted for publication in national journal

Rajabu Adamu
The Change of Language of Instruction from Kiswahili to English in Tanzanian Diploma Teacher Training Colleges: A Case of Morogoro and Mtwara TTCs
Journal: Papers in Education and Development, ISBN: 0856-4027
Article accepted for publication in national journal

Dr. Justinian C. Galabawa & Azaveli F. Lwaitama
Experiences in Extending the Use of an African Indigenous Language as a Language of Instruction from Primary to Secondary Education: The Case of Kiswahli in Tanzania in the LOITASA Project
Papers in Education and Development, ISBN: 0856 - 4027
Article accepted for publication in national journal

Ms Bongiwe Nangu
Teaching in English and Xhosa: Code-switching in a Grade 11 Biology class
Masters Thesis

Zubeida Desai
Legacies of apartheid: A look at post-apartheid South Africa's language policy. Presented at WCCES conference held in Sarajevo, Conference paper

Martha Qorro
Does the Language of Instruction affect the Quality of Education
Hakielimu Working Papers, Report or working paper

Malekela, G. and M. Qorro
Students' Performance in English during Transition from Primary to Secondary Schooling

Martha Qorro
Relationship between the Language of Instruction and Quality Education
Journal: Submitted to Papers in Education and Development
Article accepted for publication in national journal

Vuyokazi Nomlomo
IsiXhosa as a medium of instruction in 2 Grade 4 Science classes: Lessons learnt
Conference paper

Vuyokazi Nomlomo
Learners' misconceptions in science: A case of one primary school in the Western Cape (South Africa), Conference paper

Vuyokazi Nomlomo
Reflections on the Norwegian-South African research partnership
Conference paper

Mwajuma Vuzo
TheLanguage policy in Tanzanian Secondary Schools: A comparative Study of Classes taught in Kiswahili and English, Conference paper

Torill Aagot Halvorsen
ICT  Influence on the Choice of Language  at the University of Dar es Salaam. Oslo: IMPLAN conference.

Gudmundsdottir, Greta Bjørk
ICT use in the South African classroom - A declining digital divide?. IMPLAN; UiO

Gudmundsdottir, Greta Bjørk
The digital divide and the language issue in South African classrooms. World Congress of Comparative Education Societies; Sarajevo

Gudmundsdottir, Greta Bjørk
The digital divide in South African classrooms. Oslo celebrations. A decade of academic partnership South Africa Norway; UiO

List of dissemination activities
Prof. Justinian Galabawa/Dr. Azaveli Lwaitama
Dar es Salaam, Courtyad Hotel
Audience/ recipient(s): Policy makers
Type of dissemination: Research summary document
Comments: Participants were appraised of the role committed scholarship can play in undertaking research yielding scientifically valid findings whose goal is to impact on policy making.

Martha Qorro
Audience/ recipient(s): Scientific audience
Type of dissemination: Conference
Comments: A Conference Paper titled "The place of Kiswahili as the language of instruction in primary schools in Tanzania" in a Conference on Indigenous Knowledge and Modern Science, held in Cotonou, Benin in June 2006.

Martha Qorro
Audience/ recipient(s): Scientific audience
Type of dissemination: Conference
Comments: A Conference Paper titled "The place of Kiswahili as the language of instruction in primary schools in Tanzania" in a Conference on Indigenous Knowledge and Modern Science, held in Cotonou, Benin in June 2006.

Vuyokazi Nomlomo
University of the Western Cape, Cape Town
Audience/ recipient(s): Scientific audience
Type of dissemination: Seminar
Comments: A paper entitled: "English and isiXhosa as languages of instruction in two primary schools in the Western Cape" was presented at the Education Faculty Seminar on 18 September 2007.

Vuyokazi Nomlomo
Cape Peninsula University of Technology,CapeTown
Audience/ recipient(s): Scientific audience
Type of dissemination: Seminar
Comments: Dr Vuyokazi Nomlomo was invited to present a paper on her PhD research by Dr Jenet Condi of the Cape Peninsula University of Technology. The title of the paper was: Reflections on a three-year longitudinal language research in two primary schools in the Western Cape".

Zubeida Desai
Claremont, CapeTown
Audience/ recipient(s): Policy makers
Type of dissemination: Meeting
Comments: A series of meetings were held with the Western Cape Department of Education (WCED) to advise the officials on the Language Transformation Plan (LTP). The Education Faculty is currently training 16 teachers from schools where the LTP initiative is piloted by the WCED.

Zubeida Desai
Claremont, CapeTown
Audience/ recipient(s): Policy makers
Type of dissemination: Meeting
Comments: A series of meetings were held with the Western Cape Department of Education (WCED) to advise the officials on the Language Transformation Plan (LTP). The Education Faculty is currently training 16 teachers from schools where the LTP initiative is piloted by the WCED.

Zubeida Desai
Place: Claremont, CapeTown
Date: 01.01.2007
Joint dissemination: No
Audience/ recipient(s): Policy makers
Type of dissemination: Meeting
Comments: A series of meetings were held with the Western Cape Department of Education (WCED) to advise the officials on the Language Transformation Plan (LTP). The Education Faculty is currently training 16 teachers from schools where the LTP initiative is piloted by the WCED.

Zubeida Desai
Claremont, CapeTown
Audience/ recipient(s): Policy makers
Type of dissemination: Meeting
Comments: A series of meetings were held with the Western Cape Department of Education (WCED) to advise the officials on the Language Transformation Plan (LTP). The Education Faculty is currently training 16 teachers from schools where the LTP initiative is piloted by the WCED.

Galabawa Justinian
Oslo University, LEA Conference presentation on the findings related to LOITASA Project in Tanzania and its relevance to provety and development
Audience/ recipient(s): Scientific audience
Type of dissemination: Conference
Comments: This presentation highligthed the relevance and utility of Kiswahili language in rural Tanzania especialy among farmars and mechanics


Tanzania LOITASA Team and Prof. Brock-Utne
Dar es Salaam, Ministry of Education and Vocational Training
Audience/ recipient(s): Policy makers
Type of dissemination: Meeting
Comments: LOITASA Team met the Minister of Education and Vocational Training, Hon. Magrate Sitta to present LOITASA work and explore posibilities of using Kiswahili as medium of instraction at secondary school level.

Martha Qorro
Norway
Audience/ recipient(s): Other
Type of dissemination: Newsletter
Comments: Intrview with Lennart Wohlgemuth on 'the language of instruction issue in Tanzania' held in Norway

Fikeni Senkoro
Arusha, Tanzania
Audience/ recipient(s): Scientific audience
Type of dissemination: Conference
Comments: Briefed participants on the work of LOITASA and the researchfindings so far. The summary was well-received and raised discussions that led to some members from Kenya, Uganda, Ruandaand Burundi saying that they will begin research into the areaconcerning the situation in their countries.

The LOITASA project has produced the articles in accredited international

journals:

 

Desai, Zubeida (2001) Multilingualism in South Africa with Particular Reference to the Role

of African Languages in Education. International Review of Education. Vol.47. Nos.3-4. July

2001.pp.323-339

 

Brock-Utne, Birgit and Halla Holmarsdottir (2001) The choice of English as medium of

instruction and its effects on the African languages in Namibia. International Review of

Education. Vol.47. Nos.3-4.pp.291-322.

 

Brock-Utne, Birgit (2002) Education and Development: A Developing theme. International

Review of Education. Vol.48.No.1/2. 2002. pp.45-65.

 

Brock-Utne, Birgit (2003) The Language Question in Africa in the light of Globalisation,

Social Justice and Democracy. International Journal of Peace Studies. Vol.8. No.2.pp.67-87.

Brock-Utne, Birgit and Halla Holmarsdottir (2004) Language policies and practices in

Tanzania and South Africa: problems and challenges. International Journal of Educational

Development Vol.24. No 1. 67-83

 

Brock-Utne, Birgit (2007a) Learning through a familiar language versus learning through a

foreign language – a look into some secondary school classrooms in Tanzania. International

Journal of Educational Development. Vol.27.No.5. pp 487 – 498

 

Brock-Utne, Birgit (2007b). Language of Instruction and Student Performance: New Insights

from Research in Tanzania and South Africa International Review of Education. Vol.53.

No.5/6 (in press)

 

Chapters in books edited by authors not connected to LOITASA

 

Brock-Utne, Birgit (2002) Globalisierung des Bildungswesens – Erfahrungen aus Afrika. In:

Wulf, Christoph und Christine Merkel (Hrsg.):Globalisierung als Herausforderung der

Erziehung. Theorien, Grundlagen, Fallstudien. European Studies in Education. Münster/New York/München/ Berlin: Waxmann Verlag. Pp.402-414.

 

Brock-Utne, Birgit (2005a). Globalisation, Language and Education. In: International

Handbook on Globalisation, Education and Policy Research. . Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic

Publishers 2005. s. 549-565

 

Brock-Utne, Birgit (2005b). Language-in-Education Policies and Practices in Africa with a

Special Focus on Tanzania and South Africa – Insights from Research in Progress. In: Lin,

Angel M.Y. and Peter Martin (eds) Decolonisation, Globalisation, Language – in-

Education. Clevedon/Buffalo/Toronto: Multilingual Matters. pp.175 – 195.

 

Brock-Utne, Birgit (2005c) The continued battle over Kiswahili as the language of instruction

in Tanzania. In: Brock-Utne, Birgit and Rodney Kofi Hopson (eds.): Languages of instruction

for African emancipation: Focus on postcolonial contexts and considerations. Cape Town:

CASAS and Dar es Salaam: Mkuki na Nyota pp. .51- 87

 

Brock-Utne, Birgit (2006). English as the language of instruction or destruction – how do

teachers and students in Tanzania cope? In: Weidemann, Albert and Birgit Smieja, (eds.):

Empowerment through Language and Education: cases and case studies from North America,Europe, Africa and Japan. Frankfurt: Peter Lang .pp.75 – 91

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