RAJABU A. CHIPILA
Lecturer and Coordinator, Centre of Kiswahili for Foreigners, Institute of Kiswahili Studies
Education:
B.A (Ed.) Hons; M.A (Ling) Dar; PhD. (KwaZulu-Natal)
Teaching:
- Teaching and Learning of Kiswahili as Second/Foreign Language
- African Languages in Education
- Language Policy and Planning
- Translation and Interpreting
Research:
Language policy and planning; second/foreign language acquisition/learning
Projects:
- The Global Promotion and Internationalisation of Kiswahili Language in Africa and Beyond
- Ufundishaji wa Kiswahili kama Lugha ya Kigeni kwa Njia ya Mtandao
- Teaching and Learning of Kiswahili Using other African Indigenous Languages
Publications:
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- Heritage as a motivation for Kiswahili language learning at the University of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa. Journal of the University of Namibia Language Centre, No. 1(1): 2016, ISSN 2026-8297, pp. 27-43
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The Change of Language of Instruction from Kiswahili to English in Tanzanian Diploma Teacher Training Colleges: A Case of Morogoro and Mtwara TTCs” in Papers in Education and Development: Journal of the Faculty of Education, University of Dar es Salaam, No. 26, 2006, ISSN 0856-4027, pp. 157-161