A Comparative Study of the Academic Performance of Secondary School Pupils at Grade Twelve Level in English, French and Zambian Languages (1998-2008)

Autor/inn/en	Chishiba, G. M.; Mukuka, Joseph
Titel	A Comparative Study of the Academic Performance of Secondary School Pupils at Grade Twelve Level in English, French and Zambian Languages (1998-2008)
Quelle	In: African Higher Education Review, 5 (2012), S.115-125 (11 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2141-1905
Schlagwörter	Comparative Analysis; Academic Achievement; French; English (Second Language); Second Language Learning; African Languages; Foreign Countries; Grade 12; Secondary School Students; Language Tests; Language Planning; Statistical Analysis; Academic Failure; Public Policy; Second Languages; Zambia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schulleistung; Französisch; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Africa; Language; Languages; Afrika; Sprachen; Afrikanische Sprache; Ausland; School year 12; 12. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 12; Sekundarschüler; Language test; Sprachtest; Sprachwechsel; Statistische Analyse; Öffentliche Ordnung; Second language; Zweitsprache; Sambia
Abstract	The study compared the performance of pupils at grade 12 level in Zambian languages, French and English during a period of ten years (1998-2008). Grade 12 is the final year of Secondary School Education in Zambia. This exercise was aimed at establishing the language with the best performance during the aforementioned period. The study, which was partially inspired by the lack of a clear foreign language policy in Zambia, mostly focused on the performance of grade 12 pupils in French as compared to the other languages such as English and the Zambian languages. The results of the study revealed that Kikaonde (a Zambian language) had recorded the highest performance in the ten years of the study (1998-2008), whereas French had recorded the poorest performance. English language, on the other hand, was consistent in terms of performance as it never came out last in terms of performance. However, the general conclusion of the study is that the performance of Zambian pupils in all languages was rather poor, especially foreign languages. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	University of North Texas. 1155 Union Circle, Denton, Texas 76203. Web site: https://www.coe.unt.edu/african-higher-education-review
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01