Utilization of instructional media to enhance students’ learning of English in Bungoma North District’s Secondary Schools, Bungoma County, Kenya
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Date
2016-12
Authors
Wamalwa, Erastus Juma
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Kenyatta University
Abstract
In spite of the fact that most teachers of the English language have been trained in the use of
instructional media, learning the English language is a challenge as seen in performance
indicators in Bungoma North district. The purpose of this study was to investigate and
describe secondary school English language teachers’ use of instructional media for purposes
of enhancing the teaching and learning of their students and the extent to which these media
are used. The objectives of the study were to identify the instructional media available for
teaching English in the secondary schools in Bungoma North District, identify the different
types of instructional media available in secondary schools in Bungoma North district, find
out the frequency to which instructional media are used in teaching English in secondary
schools in Bungoma North district and find out the contribution that instructional media has
on learning of the English language. It was based on John Sweller’s Cognitive Load Theory
(2005).This study employed the exploratory survey design because it surveyed the schools
and described the situation of the use of instructional media in the secondary schools: The
target population was 36 secondary schools in Bungoma North district. 30 schools were
randomly sampled for teacher and library personnel respondents and 10 for student
respondents for the study. A pilot study was first carried out on a representative sample of
one of the schools prior to actual data collection. The purpose was to pre-test the research
instruments for reliability and validity as well as establish the feasibility of the study. It
involved the use of questionnaires as the research instruments. Stratified random sampling
was used for the two classes and finally simple random sampling for the student respondents.
The sample size was 406 respondents comprising 346 students, 30 teachers of English and 30
library personnel. Questionnaires were used to elicit information from students, teachers and
library personnel on the availability and use of instructional media. Only one library
personnel for each school was involved. Data analysis was done using the Excel computer
program as a tool in order to produce data which was presented in frequencies, means and
percentages.
Description
A thesis submited in partilal fulfilment for the award of the degree of Master of Education in the School of Education of Kenyatta University. December 2016