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 ...

The purpose of this study was to establish the language(s) used for instruction in lower primary school and also find out to what extent various factors related to school, teachers and parents influence the language choices ...

Kenya’s language-in-education policy supports mother-tongue education as the ideal approach to developing language and literacy skills of young learners. The policy has been informed by findings of various past national ...

Using a large-scale, standardized English language proficiency test(TOEFL® Primary TM), this study examined Kenyan primary school students’ English reading and listening proficiency and explored challenges primary school ...

If children do not learn how to read in the first few years of primary school, they are at greater risk of dropping out. It is therefore crucial to identify and test interventions that have the potential of making a large ...

This article proposes multilingualism in education, where indigenous languages are used alongside English as the media of instruction in schools to eventually promote their use in Kenya. It begins by stating Kenya’s language ...

The centrality of language in any education system cannot be overemphasized. Wolff (2006:50) sums this up by stating that “language is not everything in education, but without language everything is nothing in education”. ...

Literacy is a powerful tool against poverty, leading to further education and vocational success. In sub-Saharan Africa, schoolchildren commonly learn in two languages—African and European. Multiple early literacy skills ...

In Kenya, poor infrastructure and a lack of resources have led to low literacy levels. Inadequate teacher training programs lack focus on the key areas related to language and learning, which are essential in multilingual ...