Teachers’ Choice of English Language Teaching and Learning Strategies and the Impact on Language Learning in Tanzanian Secondary School Classrooms

Abstract

The official medium of instruction in Tanzanian secondary schools is English language. However the teaching and learning of the  language as a subject is also strengthened. This paper is a result of the study whose purpose was to explore the Teachers’ choice of  English language teaching and learning strategies used in Tanzanian secondary school classrooms and their impact on language  learning. The study was conducted in secondary school classrooms of the two sampled schools in Mbeya region. The sample involved a  total of four streams/classes of Form three students which were randomly selected in the two sampled schools (making a total of 140  students in all the four streams/classes selected) and eighteen English language teachers who were purposively selected from the two  sampled schools. Survey design was used. The main data gathering techniques used include documentary review, questionnaire with  students, classroom observations and interviews with teachers. Teacher-centred and student-centred approaches to language    teaching/learning were thus used to guide this study.