User:Jonace Manyasa

Early years
Manyasa was born in Tanzania in 1976, to Diana and Simon (ne Ntwehigulya) and he is the oldest of 11 children.

Education Background
He attended both his primary and secondary schools in Mwanza,a lake zone region in Tanzania. After his primary education in 1992, he joined Nsumba Secondary School, completing in 1996. In 1997,he went to Milambo High School in Tabora region (Tanzania).

Higher learning Education
In 2000, he joined the University of Dar es Salaam, a renowned University in Tanzania. At the University of Dar es Salaam,he studied the B.A (ED)program, majoring in French and English. Having completed his bachelor degree in 2004,he went back home before continuing with his M.A (linguistics)program at the University of Dar es Salaam, under LOT. (http://www.lot.udsm.ac.tz/about_us/background.php.) The Project was headed by Prof. Rugemalira and Dr. Muzale, both from the Department of Foreign Languages and Linguistics.

Overseas Scholarships
While at DUCE (http://www.duce.ac.tz/), he secured an M.A scholarship (M.A in FRENCH AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE) at the University Stendhal,Grenoble 3 in France (http://www.u-grenoble3.fr/) under the auspices of the French Embassy in Tanzania,the the FSP project, with fellow instructors: Cosmas Constantin and Nelius Neckemiah.

Interests
He likes teaching French and English. He says that language learning is important to human beings and that languages are part and parcel of our day to day life.

Awards
In the 2011 Francophone celebrations in Tanzania,Jonace Manyasa was announced the 2nd winner in the Francophone writing contest. He was preceded by a French national From Arusha in Tanzania. He currently lives and works in Dar es Salaam, teaching French as a foreign language,

Personal life
In 2010, Jonace Manyasa got married to Jasinta Kashaija with whom they have two baby girls: Naomi and Dina.

Languages
He speaks four languages:Swahili,English,Sukuma (mother tongue) and French.He recently designed a blog for French learners. It is found at http://lewebpedagogique.com/jonace2000/

Religious Affiliations
He is a christian (Africa Inland Church)

references/

http://humanities-duce.udsm.ac.tz/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=49&Itemid=41

http://ducelibrary.wordpress.com/2011/06/13/manyasa-bloggers-fle-french-language-teaching-learning-blog/

http://ducelibrary.wordpress.com/blogs-at-duce/

http://ducelibrary.wordpress.com/

http://lewebpedagogique.com/jonace2000/