Ambrose Bruce Chimbganda

Ambrose Bruce Chimbganda was born in Goromonzi, in the north-east of Zimbabwe, where he completed his primary education, and later went to Hartzell Secondary School, near Mutare. After completing his “O” and “A” levels, he went to the University of Zambia, where he obtained a B.A.Ed., with distinction. He later obtained a post-graduate diploma and an M.A. in Applied Linguistics from the University of Zimbabwe, an M.Sc. in ELT Management with merit from Surrey University in the UK, and a PhD in Applied Linguistics from Rhodes University in South Africa. He is a professor of English Language Education, and has published many research papers in international journals on ESL learning and teaching, and is the winner of the 2007 Thomas Pringle Award of the English Academy of Southern Africa.