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Access To Literacy Empowerment Through Systematic Interventions: English Literacy Benchmarks In Kenya
(Journal Of College Teaching & Learning, 2005)English language in Kenya has been given a higher status as compared to other languages. Apart from being the official language, it is the language of instruction from primary four upwards. Stakeholders also regard it as ... -
An analysis of the spelling errors in the written English of Kenyan pre‐university students
(Taylor & Francis, 1994)There are two medical schools training doctors in Kenya: the Moi University established in 1984 and the University of Nairobi established in 1967. The University of Nairobi has so far produced the majority of Kenyan doctors. ... -
ATR Harmony in English Borrowed Words in Ng’aturukana: An Optimality Theory Account
(Royallite Global, 2021)English is an official and language of instruction in schools in Kenya. From these contexts, Ng’aturukana, a language spoken by the Turkana people of North Western Kenya, gets into contact with English through trade, ... -
Between Globalization and Localization: Aesthetic Manifestation of Globality, Reflexivity and Social Change in Daya Pawar’s Baluta (2015)
(Royallite Global, 2020)Daya Pawar posthumously clearly establishes his human personality, laying bare to readers of his work, both his scars and warts, his pride and shame. Through his story Baluta, considered his autobiography ... -
A Case for the Phonetic Feature [Tongue]
(National Inquiry Services Centre, 2004)Based on the autosegmental principles of phonemic licensing, this article argues a case for the phonetic feature [tongue] to function as a cover label for all true consonants that are articulated with a tongue stricture. ... -
Citation Practices in selected science and humanities dissertations: implications for teaching
(Science and Education Publishing, 2013)The citation feature provides justification for arguments and demonstrates the novelty of one’s position in research writing. It shows how a piece of research arises out of, and is grounded in the current state of disciplinary ... -
Citation Practices in Selected Science and Humanities Dissertations: Implications for Teaching
(American Journal of Educational Research, 2013)The citation feature provides justification for arguments and demonstrates the novelty of one’s position in research writing. It shows how a piece of research arises out of, and is grounded in the current state of disciplinary ... -
Communicative Value of Cinematographic Elements in Super Sema Animated Series
(African Journal of Emerging Issues, 2023)Background: The study explored the construction of cinematographic elements in Super Sema, a Kenyan animation film. The study intended to reconnoitre how cinematographic elements conveyed certain communicative values, ... -
A Comparative Study of English Language Speaking Skill in Private and Public Primary Schools in Trans-Nzoia County, Kenya
(African Journal of Emerging Issues, 2021)Purpose of the Study: To investigate the measures employed to foster the acquisition of English language speaking skills in both private and public primary schools in Trans - Nzoia County. The objectives of the research ... -
Computer-based corpora: problems of collection and interpretation of Kenyan texts in English
(Kenyatta University, 1999)Computer-basedcorpora as sources of language material for description is a relatively new concept inlinguistics in Kenya, if not in Africa generally. The collection of relevant and / or appropriate text samples:spoken, ... -
The Crisis of Post-Colonial Intellectual Thought and Knowledge Production: Examining Jared Angira’s African Revolutionary Egalitarianism
(Royallite Global, 2021-03-29)This paper critiques Jared Angira’s poetry, and the ideology it manifests with a view to interrogating the “Marxist” label scholars attach to him. Although justifications abound for the prevailing perspectives on Angira’s ... -
Cultural Perspectives in Language and Speech Disorders
(Disability Studies Quarterly, 2009)Culture has a heavy overlay on the perceptions and the subsequent handling of persons with language and speech disorders. This article reviews the cultural perspectives of language and speech disorders as portrayed by ... -
The Demands of a Changing Society: English in Education in Kenya Today
(2012-10-17)English plays a key role in Kenya's educational system, not only as an important subject but especially as the medium of instruction. It has been claimed that the model and the norm of the English used in Kenya, apart from ... -
Education as a tool for empowering Kenya's street children for integration in national development
(United States International University, 2009)Education is an empowering process that enables those who have been marginalized in the social, economic, political and cultural spheres to claim their status as fully participating members of the society. Nevertheless, ... -
Effectiveness of character and style in communicating myths of origin: A critical analysis of Tigania Community of Kenya
(Royallite Global, 2020)Characterization in a work of art comprises the persons through whom the writer speaks to his audience. Characters play a vital role in literature as they control the plot of the story, bring out themes and arouse and ... -
Effects of Teacher's Attitude on Child’s Academic Performance: The Case of Hohoe Municipality
(Royallite Global, 2019)This paper investigates the impact of educator's attitudes on the academic performance of children in basic schools in the Hohoe Municipality. Teacher's attitude, as estimated by the standard inventory in this research, ... -
Ethical Awareness of University Students in Online English Language and Linguistics Classes during COVID-19 Era in Kenya
(East African Nature and Science Organization, 2022)The advent of Corona Virus Disease (Covid-19) has disrupted the teaching, learning, and research process in Kenya in an unprecedented manner. Many of these learning institutions resorted to online teaching-learning processes ... -
Event and Actors Representation in Selected Nigerian Daily Newspapers
(AJOL, 2018-06-30)The 2011 Nigerian presidential election newspaper reports were not just to inform the public about the outcomes of the election. The representations in the newspaper reports were ideological and, by implication, judgmental. ... -
Examining African Languages as Tools for National Development: The Case of Kiswahili
(Amen-Ra Theological Seminary, 2013-12)