Kisaka, Joseph(European Centre for Research Training and Development UK, 2015-02)
This study examined the various cultural factors hindering the mastery of English language in Kilifi County. A sample of 236 respondents representing Students, pupils, head teachers, teachers, parents, religious leaders, ...
Khejeri, Mary(Center for Promoting Ideas, USA, 2014-01)
This paper examines the attitudes of teachers towards the teaching and use of Mother Tongue as a language of instruction in lower primary schools based on a study conducted in Hamis District in Western Kenya, East Tiriki ...
Mose, Peter(South African Journal of African Languages, 2020)
The language-in-education policy to teach in mother tongues at lower primary level is not adhered to by classroom teachers in Kenya due to, among other reasons, lack of content terminology. The purpose of this study was ...
The purpose of this study was to identify the factors that influence performance of Kiswahili in K.C.P.E. Research was carried out in Dagoretti Division of Nairobi Province in the sampled public primary schools. The basic ...
Instruction using a variety of learning resources has been heralded as a most promising activity that can engage students into academic language and literacy skills. There are few studies investigating approaches in teaching ...
Ogada, Rosemary; Oracha, P.A.; Matu, P.M.; Tyeng’o, M.(International Journal of Social Sciences and Entrepreneurship, 2014)
The main objective for teaching English composition is to enable the learner to acquire writing skills to be able to express own ideas meaningfully and communicate effectively in English. The Kenya Certificate of ...
Wabwoba, Catherine N.(University of Nairobi, 2019)
The aim of the study was to investigate the influence of teaching methods on pupils’ performance in English language subject at KCPE in NFPSs in Korogocho, Nairobi City County, Kenya. The objectives were to establish the ...
Agalo, Jerry; Mbai, Caroline(European Centre for Research Training and Development UK, 2015)
This paper draws attention to the cross-linguistic problems that have made minority languages lose their prominence and allow stronger languages to dominate in international linguistic space and in ...
Obondo, Millicent Adhiambo; Okwara, Michael Okello; Ondondo, Emily Ayieta(International Journal of Education and Research, 2018)
The present study assessed the relationship between methods of teaching as an aspect of CLT and the performance in English in Kenya. Integrated Skills Approach Theory was used in the study. The population of the ...
Syomwene, Anne; Barasa, Peter L.; Kindiki, Jonah Nyaga(Journal of Scientific Research & Reports, 2015)
Language is very important in our lives as it is the means by which people communicate. Effectiveness in language learning can greatly be achieved through the practice of new language structures. This paper is a report on ...
Njoroge, Martin C.(Working Papers in Educational Linguistics, 2008)
The research reported in this paper identifies and describes phonological and grammatical variations in the English spoken by teachers at Kenyan primary school level, correlates the variations observed with the teachers’ ...
Kembo, Sure; Ogechi, Nathan O.(Nordic Journal of African Studies, 2016)
The paper examines whether or not English medium in Kenyan primary school education serves the intended instrumental and sentimental or symbolic functions. It is based on Standard Four (when English ...
Jaluo, Murunga William; Gatumu C., Jane; Origa, O. Japheth(International Journal of Education and Research, 2019)
English Language Reading Readiness (ELRR) is preparation of children by giving them the chance to improve the ability to listen, and speak effectively, to apply the desired vocabulary, and develop the appropriate academic ...
Lisanza, Esther Mukewa(University of Illinois, 2011)
This study was an ethnographic case study that investigated oral and written language learning in a first grade classroom in Kenya. The languages used in this classroom were Swahili and English only. Kamba the mother tongue ...
Michieka, Martha Moraa(Journal of Language, Technology & Entrepreneurship in Africa, 2011)
Language in education has remained a major concern in most African countries, especially those that were formerly colonized by European countries. Several problems that Africa and Kenya in particular, faces are closely ...
McCoy, Bernard(The Journal of Pan African Studies, 2017)
This article reviews the pedagogical constraints imposed by teachers’ limited language proficiency in the medium of instruction in Kenyan primary schools by examining classroom interaction and suggests how ...
The paper is not based on any empirical study that the researcher has carried out but on theoretical work. Kenya is a country composed of 42 different tribes, speaking different languages and each tribe has ...
Njoroge, Martin C.(Journal of Applied Linguistics and Language Research, 2017)
Despite the evidence from multilingual education research that states the pedagogical benefits accrued when a child is taught in the mother language, obstacles to the acceptance of its use and implementation in education ...
Mose, Peter N.; Kaschula, Russell H.(Taylor & Francis Group, LLC, 2019)
The language in education policy in Kenya recommends mother tongue education in primary school learning. The purpose of this study was to explore the development of mother tongues as academic languages at the lower primary ...
Kipsamo, E. Jeptarus; Ngene, Patrick K.(Journal of Education and Practice, 2016)
The purpose of this research was to study the Lexico-semantic errors of the Keiyo-speaking standard seven primary school learners of English as a Second Language (ESL) in Keiyo District, Kenya. This study was guided by two ...