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Closely connected to the issue of being in Chisena are two crucial questions namely, (a) do you find embarrassing to speak Chisena? And (b) do you find it embarraassing to identify yourself as a Sena? A peoples’ attitudes towards their language is very crucial to their choice of language(s) for use in schools. A small minority of pupils interviewed 28 (6.8%) indicated that they find it embarrassing to speak Chisena; with 258 respondents (63.1%) finding it not embarrassing to speak Chisena; and 123 (30.1%) gave no response because they were not speakers of the language. On the question of whether they find it embarrassing to identify themselves as Senas, another small minority 15 (3.7%) gave a YES answer. A significant majority 317 (77.5%) indicated that it was not embarrassing at all for them to identify themselves as Senas. This positive attitude has contributed to the pupils’ acceptance of Chisena as a medium of instruction. The pupil’s responses show that they find local languages as better media of instruction than English. Asked whether or not they have problems with studying in English, the majority 234 (57.5%) gave a YES answer; with 168 (41.3%) giving a NO answer (see Table 88). Turning to Chichewa, a small minority 46 (11.3%) stated that they had no problems with studying in Chichewa. See Table 89 for the summary. This is strong support for the use of local languages as a media of instruction. Table 88: Problems With Studying In English Frequency % Yes 234 57.2 No 168 41.1 Undecided 8 1.7 Table 89: Problems with Studying in Chichewa Frequency % Yes 47 11.5 No 357 87.3 Undecided 5 1.2 6.4.8.1 SUMMARY OF PUPILS’ RESPONSES 98
The majority of the pupils have clearly shown that they are in favour of the use of Chisena as a medium of instruction. They also indicate in a majority sense that they have no problems with the use of Chichewa as a medium of instruction. They, however, in their majority indicate that they have problems with studyimng English. The percentage of pupils who find it embarrassing to either speak Chisena or identify themselves as Senas is very small. 6.4.9 PARENTS’/GUARDIANS’ RESPONSES Of the 289 parents/guardians, the majority 161 (55.7%) came from Nsanje and the 128 remainder (44.3%) came from Chikwawa Table 90: Age Ranges for Parents/Guardians Age range No of Respondents Percentage 09 1 0.3 1519 11 3.8 2024 33 11.4 2529 42 14.5 3034 52 18.0 3539 45 15.6 4044 31 10.7 4549 25 8.7 5054 11 3.8 5559 10 3.5 99
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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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level of understanding, whether the
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In relation to religions affiliatio
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the survey that people from outside
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Above form 4 1 3 0.5 Other 3 0.3 Th
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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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Bay Table 24 shows that English is
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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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