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6064 8 2.8 656 8 2.8 70 and above 12 4.2 6.5.2.1 SEX Out of the 289 interviewees, 147 (50.9%) were male whilst 138 (47.8%) were female. 4 interviewees (1.4%) were undocumented. 6.5.2.1 QUALIFICATIONS The educational background of the parents/guardians is summarised in Table 91 Table 91: Parents’/Guardians’ Qualifications Level of Education No of Respondennts Percentage No formal education 97 33.6 Below PSLC 131 45.6 PSLC 31 10.7 JC 20 6.9 MSCE 7 2.4 Diploma and above 3 1.0 There were 245 respondents (representing 84.8%) who indicated that they were Chisena speakers and 44 respondents (15.2%) who stated that they were not speakers of the language. Out of the 289 respondents who were interviewed, 188 (65.1%) said that they were able to speak other languages; with 130 (45.0%) of this group being competent speakers of Chichewa. These statistics show that bilingualism or in some cases multilingualism is the pattern of life in Chisena speaking districts of Nsanje and Chikwawa, with a clear indication that Chichewa feature strongly as a national lingua franca. The strong force of Chichewa as a lingua franca has also been noticed in Chitumbuka, Chiyao and Chilomwe speaking areas of Malawi. 100
6.5.2.3 VARIETIES Asked bout where they thought the best Chisena is spoken, the respondents gave a number of places, the majority of them located in Nsanje district such as Ndamera, Bangula, Chididi, Sorgin, Mbenje, Tengani and Marka. This is an indication that Nsanje district rather than Chikwawa is regarded as the best Chisena. See Table 92 for a summary of the responses. Table 92: Where Best Chisena Is Spoken Place Frequency % Tengani 21 7.3 Marka 50 17.3 Ngabu 7 2.4 Nsanje 148 51.2 Mbenje 6 2.1 Tulusidwa 1 0.3 Chikwawa 2 0.7 Sorgin 6 2.1 Chididi 11 3.8 Bangula 7 2.4 Ndamera 6 2.1 Undecided 24 8.3 On the question whether the respondents find it embarrassing to speak Chisena, a small minority 11 (3.8%) said YES whilst a big majority 236 (81.7%) said NO. 42 respondents (14.5%) were undecided since they were not speakers of the language. A related question required respondents to indicate whether or not they felt embarrassed to identify themselves as Senas. Only 4 respondents (1.4%) siad they felt embarrassed to identify themselves as Senas whilst a significant majority 252 (87.2%) indicated that it was not an embarrassment for them to identify themselves as Senas. 33 (11.4%) of the respondents did not answer the question. In general, one can say that the majority of the respondents have a positive attitude towards their mother tongue and ethnic group. 101
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4.5.1 TEACHER’S RESPONSES 23 4.5.
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1 INTRODUCTION The availability of
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instance, a mother tongue literacy
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level of understanding, whether the
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the survey that people from outside
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REASONS GIVEN Easy communication Mo
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Chilomwe Chisena Chinkhonde English
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50. It has been observed that those
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Chichewa. This has arisen from the
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the most crucial informants because
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and pressing issues to handle e.g.
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Table 13: District Acceptance Of Ch
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The figures above clearly indicate
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Teachers were also requested to ind
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Rumphi 75.0 25.0 Mzimba 84.7 11.1 N
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preferred language is Chilambia (17
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Rumphi 17.3 Pure Tumbuka 6.7 Henga
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Pure 1.5 Mmbelwa 1.5 Euthini 1.5 Ka
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