Stephen Syepwa Mwashihava

Challenges and Practical Strategies for Developing English-speaking Skills among Primary-school Pupils in Tanzania

Stephen Syepwa Mwashihava · Journal of Education, Society and Behavioural Science · 2026

Developing English-speaking skills among primary-school pupils in Tanzania is shaped by multilingual classroom practices, access to instructional resources, teacher capacity and opportunities for meaningful oral interaction. This study examined the challenges faced by primary-sch...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/jesbs/2026/v39i51520

Communicative Language Teaching in Low-Resource Multilingual Classrooms: A Critical Integrative Review of Principles and Material Dimensions with a Focus on Tanzania

Stephen Syepwa Mwashihava · Asian Journal of Education and Social Studies · 2026

Communicative language teaching has been adopted as the official orientation of English language curricula across much of sub-Saharan Africa, yet the conditions that the approach presupposes are frequently absent from the classrooms in which it is mandated. Tanzania presents a de...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajess/2026/v52i93282

Training in Jolly Phonics: Strengthening Early English Literacy as Professional Development in Primary Schools in Tanzania

Stephen Syepwa Mwashihava · Asian Journal of Language, Literature and Culture Studies · 2026

This paper reports on the Jolly Phonics in-service training programme conducted by the Tanzania Institute of Education, in collaboration with Jolly Learning Ltd, across all 23 district and municipal councils in four regions of Tanzania: Arusha, Tabora, Iringa, and Rukwa, from 5 M...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajl2c/2026/v9i3342