Dr. John R. Luangala
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PUBLICATIONS AND RESEARCH DONE
PUBLICATIONS
2007 With M. Simuchimba (Dr). Corporal Punishment in Zambian Basic
Schools: the case of the Copperbelt Region. Zambia Journal of
Education, Volume 1 Number 1
2007 Luangala, J. R. The Innocence of a Dog: a collection of short
stories. Lusaka: UNZA Press.
2007 Luangala, J. R. and M. Simuchimba (Dr), ‘Promotion of Girls’
Educational Rights in Basic Schools’, in ABSTRACTS:
International Multi-Discipline Conference on Recent Advances in
Research (IMCRAR), University of Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia.
2006 Luangala, J. R. ‘Socialization Styles and Modes of Thinking
Among the Nsenga of Eastern Zambia’. Journal of Humanities,
Vol. 6. 64 – 77. Lusaka: UNZAPRESS.
2002 Luangala, J.R. ’A Reading Culture: An alternative explanation of its absence’, In Journal of Humanities, Vol. 4. Lusaka: UNZA Press.
1998 Luangala, J.R. ‘Syntactic Complexity in Oral Narrative Production’. In Journal of Humanities, Vol. 3. Lusaka: UNZA Press.
2000 Luangala, J.R. and Chishimba, C.P., Basic School Curriculum Development in an International Perspective: An activity under the BESSIP Basic School Curriculum Development Component, Lusaka: Ministry of Education, Zambia.
1996 Luangala, J.R. and Lungu, E.C. Module 8: An In-service course for teachers of English in technical high schools. Lusaka: ZEPIU/MOE.
1993 Luangala, J.R. et al. English 10 Book 1: English Language School Textbook, Lusaka: ZEPH
1994 Luangala, J.R. et al. English 10 Book 2: English Language School Textbook, Lusaka: ZEPH.
1992 Luangala, J.R. The Chosen Bud (A novel that sold 5000 copies within a year). Lusaka: ZEPH.
1992 Luangala, J.R. ‘Questioning the Creed’, In English TeachersJournal, Vol. 16, No. 1, April, Lusaka: Curriculum Development Centre.
1990 Luangala, J.R. ‘Fostering Dynamism in a Fossilizing Bureaucracy: NIPA’s Next Challenge’ (2nd prize winning essay), in NIPA Review of Education and Training No. 3, Lusaka: NIPA, Zambia.
1989 Luangala, J.R. ‘No Non-Aligned Learning in the Text based Approach’, In English Teachers Journal, Vol. 14, No. 1, Lusaka: Curriculum Development Centre.
1986 Luangala, J.R. ‘Note-Taking’. In Rachel Osbiston (ed.) Communication Skills for the Public Sector: International Conference Proceedings, Lusaka: NIPA, Zambia.
EDITORIAL EXPERIENCE
2007 Edited the School of Education Handbook. Published by the
School of Education and UNZA Press.
2006 – 2007 Member of the editorial board of the journal of the School of Education entitled, Zambia Journal of Education, UNZA Press.
BOOK REVIEW
2007 Reviewed a university level textbook in applied linguistics written
By C. P. Chishimba (Prof.) entitled Perspectives for Teachers of
English as a Second Language. To be published by UNZA Press.
2006 Reviewed a book written by Prof. M. Kamwengo entitled: Growing Old in Zambia: Old and New Perspectives, New Delhi, Sterling International.
2003 Reviewed a language textbook written by P. C. Manchishi (Dr)
entitled Language Teaching: Games and Activities. To be
published by UNZA Press.
2000 Reviewed and edited on behalf of the Teacher Education Department of the Ministry of Education the Literacy and Language Education Module of the Primary Diploma by Distance Learning Programme running at NISTCOL, Chalimbana.
JOURNAL ARTICLE REVIEW
2003 Reviewed for the Zambia Journal of Education (ZAJE) an article
submitted by C. Haambokoma entitled: Stakeholders’ Views
Regarding Provision of Management Training to Heads of Science
Departments in Zambian High Schools.
Research Undertaken
2006 With Dr. M. Simuchimba, Co-researcher on a study entitled, ‘Human Rights Education in Basic Schools in the Copperbelt Province’, sponsored by the Directorate of Research and Graduate Studies under the Sector Pool Funding of the Zambian government.
2004 With Dr. M. Simuchimba and J. Nkole, and as the principal researcher, researched into Basic School Teachers Attitude to Curriculum Reforms in Zambia, sponsored by the Ministry of Education under the BESSIP Sector Pool Funding.
2000 With Prof. R. Siaciwena, C. Haambokoma and M. Thomas, as co-researcher, Carried out a Rapid Appraisal of Interactive Radio Instruction (IRI) Programme for the Ministry of Education, sponsored by USAID
2001 Researched into problems associated with the mode and the model of teacher education at the University of Zambia and subsequently submitted to the School based Teaching Practice Committee of the School of Education a report entitled: Teacher Education at the University of Zambia – Problems with the Mode and the Model, self sponsored
2000 Refereed for the School of Medicine a PhD research proposal with the topic: ‘Anatomical Interpretation of Clinical Data and Critical Incidence Technique: A Proposal for defining core anatomy for Ethnical Practice and Medical Education, submitted for funding by the SOM/DFID Research Fund.
2000 With Prof. C.P. Chishimba, researched into Recent Trends in Curriculum Development and Reform – International Perspective, sponsored under the BESSIP Sector Pool Funding of the Ministry of Education.
1998 – 2000 Organised and chaired seminar sessions for Master of Education students to present their research proposals for scrutiny and defence; was also key advisor to all the students (as Assistant Dean, PG).
1996 With Dr. E.C. Lungu, researched into Professional Needs of Teachers of English at David Kaunda and Hillcrest Technical High Schools, organised by the Zambia Education Project Implementation Unit (ZEPIU) of the Ministry of Education and sponsored by he African Development Bank.
1996 Researched into the Syntactic Complexity of the Sentences produced by girl pupils as compared with those by their boy counterparts, presented the report as a seminar paper entitled: Who says Syntax is only for Boys?
1997 Researched into data elicitation procedures as part of the doctoral studies, leading to a PhD thesis entitled, Eliciting Speech Production in L2 Using Cartoon Story Verbalisation Tasks: Effects of Previewing and Practices.
1994 While studying at Reading University in the United Kingdom, compiled data for the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) on the Deployment of English in Zambia, explaining the official status of English in the country and what this entails.
1989 Researched into the Deployment of English in Zambia and compiled data for Professor Cecil Nelson of Indiana State University whose work was to be published in an Oxford University Press Compendium of World wide English Usage.
1989 Researched into Reading Processes and Techniques of the Discourse Patterns in Legal Documents: Report presented as a seminar paper in 1990.
1989 Researched into problems faced by UNZA Social Science students in writing essays: Report presented as a seminar paper entitled: Comprehension for Purposes of Composition: Reading in Preparation for Writing.
1988 Designed for the Education Research Bureau, UNZA, instruments to evaluate the FINNIDA funded English Language Teaching Materials for Grade 8 Entrants.
1987 Researched into processes of writing memoranda as part of the studies leading to a masters degree in applied linguistics at the University of Warwick (UK), with the dissertation entitled: A Functional Analysis of the Discourse Process and Information Structure in External Memoranda in Government Departments in Zambia.
1980 Researched into ‘The Poetic Nature of the Nsenga Beer Party Songs’, in partial fulfilment of the requirements in a course E595: Oral African Literature: Report first presented as a seminar paper for course participants and then submitted to the course coordinator for in-depth evaluation and assessment.