• Cultural Factors Hindering Mastery of English Language in Primary and Secondary Schools: a case of Kilifi County, Kenya 

  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, ...
• Teachers’ Attitudes towards the Use of Mother Tongue as a Language Instruction in Lower Primary Schools in Hamisi District, Kenya 

  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 ...
• Debunking the Myth of Lack of Vocabulary for Teaching Content Knowledge in Primary Schools: Exploring Terminology for Science in Ekegusii of Kenya 

  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 ...
• Factors Influencing the Performance of Kiswahili in K.C.P.E. in Dagoretti Division, Nairobi Province 

  Mbua, Abigael W. (Kenyatta University, 2012)

  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 ...
• Do Pictures Have an Effect on Learner Performance in Composition Writing? 

  Jumba, Kalemesi P.; Etyang, F.; Bwire, Adelheid M.; Ondigi, Samson R. (Kenyatta University, 2015)

  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 ...
• Languages Used in Teaching and Learning English Composition Writing among Learners with Hearing Impairments in Nyanza Province, Kenya 

  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 ...
• Influence of Teaching Methods on Pupils’ Performance in English Language Subject at Kenya Certificate of Primary Education in Non-Formal Schools in Korogocho, Nairobi City County, Kenya 

  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 ...
• Chasing International Language: Genesis of Language of Curriculum in Kenya 

  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 ...
• Relationship between Methods of Teaching as an Aspect of CLT and the Performance in English among Pupils in Lower Primary Classes in Kenya 

  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 ...
• The Practice of New Oral Language Structures by Learners in the Teaching of the English Language Curriculum in the Primary School Education in Kenya 

  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 ...
• Variations in Spoken English Used by Teachers in Kenya: Pedagogical Implications 

  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’ ...
• Literacy through a Foreign Language and Children’s Rights to Education: An Examination of Kenya’s Medium of Instruction Policy 

  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 ...
• Examining the Effect of Checklist Assessment Approach on English Language Reading Readiness of Children in Class One at Kericho Rehabilitation School, Kenya 

  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 ...
• What Does it Mean to Learn Oral and Written English Language: A Case Study of a Rural Kenyan Classroom 

  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 ...
• Language in Education and the Role of Applied Linguistics in Kenya 

  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 ...
• Education in an Unfamiliar Language: Impact of Teachers’ Limited Language Proficiency on Pedagogy, a Situational Analysis of Upper Primary Schools in Kenya 

  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 ...
• Dialect and the Learning of English as a Second Language in Kenya 

  Njeru, Margaret Gatavi (Sciedu Press, 2013)

  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 ...
• The Efficacy of Using Mother Language in the Teaching of Mathematics and Science in Primary Schools: Evidence from Grade One Classrooms in Kenya 

  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 ...
• Developing Mother Tongues as Academic Languages in Primary Schools in Kenya: Exploring Extent and Indispensability 

  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 ...
• Lexico–Semantic Errors of the Learners of English: A Survey of Standard Seven Keiyo Speaking Primary School Pupils in Keiyo District, Kenya 

  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 ...

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