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Table 58: Would Science Be Taught In Mother Tongue %Respondents District Yes No Chitipa 71.2 28.8 Karonga 47.2 52.8 Rumphi 56.3 43.7 Mzimba 62.9 35.9 Nkhata Bay 53.2 45.9 As Table 58 shows a majority of pupils believe that science would be easier in the mother tongue. On the other hand, a significant percentage of the pupils believe the contrary to be true. To most of these pupils, science in a mother tongue was simply inconceivable. 4.5.3.1 OTHER DOMAINS OF LANGUAGE USE To supplement responses on language use in education, pupils were asked questions on language use in other domains. In this section, the findings of these noneducational domain will be presented.The pupils were requested to indicate which language they would like to be used on the radio. The following are the results: Table 59: Languages To Be Used On The Radio % Respondents District Engklish Chewa Tumbuka Nkhonde Ndali Sukwa Lambia Ngon Mambwe Yao Lomwe Tonga i Chitipa 8.3 48.5 28.8 1.5 1.5 0.8 Karonga 19.8 57.3 18.1 4.0 0.4 0.4 Rumphi 41.4 31.4 27.6 Mzimba 23.9 36.6 37.8 0.5 Nkhata Bay 16.4 48.6 7.7 26.4 Following Table 59, the picture that ermeges is that the most preferred language among pupils is Chichewa. This is not surprising because for nearly 30 years Chichewa has been Malawi’s sole national language. A futher question solicited answers on what languages the newspapers should be published in. The following answers were obtained: 62
Table 60: Language To Be Used In Newspapers % Respondents District English Tumbuka Nkhonde Ndali Sukwa Lambia Ngon Mambwe Yao Lomwe Tonga i Chitipa 18.2 26.5 3.0 8.3 0.8 Karonga 30.2 12.9 4.4 4.0 0.4 Rumphi 41.4 27.6 Mzimba 33.3 29.9 0.2 Nkhata Bay 24.5 6.8 14.1 From Table 60, the most favoured language for use in newspapers among pupils is Chichewa; followed by English and Chitumbuka respectively. The strong showing of Chichewa and English should not be surprising in this domain because these two languages have historically dominated newspaper publishing in the country. Pupils were also asked to indicate which language they would like to be used in parliament. The following answers were obtained: Table 61: Languages To Be Used In Parliament District English Chewa Tumbuka Nkho nde % Respondents Ndali Sukwa Lam bia Ngon i Mam bwe Yao Lo mwe Chitipa 31.8 48.5 12.9 0.8 0.8 9.1 1.5 Karonga 47.6 57.3 9.7 3.6 0.4 Rumphi 50.6 31.4 31.0 Mzimba 44.7 36.6 27.3 Nkhata Bay 32.3 46.8 4.1 15.5 Tonga Table 61 shows that English is the most preferred followed by Chichewa and Chitumbuka respectively. The srong showing of English reflects the official nature of Parliamnet. The logic seems to be that it is official, then it has to be in English since it is the official language of the country.. 63
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4.5.1 TEACHER’S RESPONSES 23 4.5.
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A Note from the Director on Socioli
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1 INTRODUCTION The availability of
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instance, a mother tongue literacy
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Page 21 and 22: REASONS GIVEN Easy communication Mo
Page 23 and 24: Chilomwe Chisena Chinkhonde English
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Page 27 and 28: Chichewa. This has arisen from the
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Page 45 and 46: Rumphi 17.3 Pure Tumbuka 6.7 Henga
Page 47 and 48: Pure 1.5 Mmbelwa 1.5 Euthini 1.5 Ka
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Page 61: TRA = Translation NMT = Not mother
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Page 85 and 86: Chitakhwani 2 6.9 Chikokhola 2 6.9
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Page 97 and 98: Tengani 11 2.7 Nsanje 35 8.6 Phodzo
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