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The Application of Songs in the Teaching of Swahili Grammar Abstract
(2014-06-13)Linguists posit that children learn a second language if exposed to interesting activities like songs. Songs can be of great value in learning as they capture the children’s attention and guide them through the learning ... -
Education as a tool for empowering Kenya's street children for realization of Millennium Development Goals
(2014-06-13)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, ... -
The Efficacy of Songs in the Acquisition of English Articles and Nouns in a Multilingual Setting in Kenya, Africa: A Case Study of Grade 4 Class in Kenyan Primary Schools.
(2014-06-13)This research was conducted using a pretest / posttest paradigm to test the efficacy of songs in the acquisition of English articles and nouns by learners in a multilingual setting in Kenya, Africa. Two Grade Four classes ... -
Empowering street children in Kenya: the role of education
(2014-06-13)Education is an important tool that can be used to empower marginalized groups so that they can be integrated in the development of a country. This importance notwithstanding, many street children in Kenya have not been ... -
Enhancing proficiency in African languages: the role of study abroad programs
(2014-06-17)Research indicates that study abroad programs play a key role in promoting proficiency in foreign languages. The research on which this paper is based sought to investigate the role of study abroad programs in enhancing ... -
Enhancing the effectiveness of collaboration between directors from the Chinese and host institution
(2014-06-17)The daily operations in Confucius Institutions are conducted jointly by a Local Director appointed by the host institution and a Chinese Director appointed by the Chinese partner University. Whereas the local director is ... -
Harmonizing the orthographies of bantu languages: the case of Gĩkũyũ and Ekegusii in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2013)Despite the multiplicity of African languages, available literature on the development of these languages points to the need to have their orthographies harmonised and standardised. This is because properly designed ... -
Harmonizing the Orthography of GĨkŨyŨ and KĨkamba
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Mother tongue and education in Africa: Publicising the reality
(Multilingual Education, 2014-07)Varied realities surround the use of mother tongue education in Africa. These realities are entrenched in the attitudes and misconceptions that have gone unchallenged due to inadequate literature on the successful use of ... -
Negotiating Educational, Language, Religious, Ethnic and Cultural Differences Encountered by Adolescent Refugees: A Case Study of Dadaab Refugee Camp in Kenya, Africa.
(2014-06-17)Due to political instability in the Horn of Africa and Great Lakes regions, Kenya has witnessed an influx of refugees from surrounding countries like Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia, Rwanda and Congo. Most of these immigrants are ... -
New media in Kenya: putting ethnicity in perspective
(2014-06-12)The way the media processes, frames and passes on information either to the government or to the people affects the function of the political system. This chapter discusses the interaction between new media and ethnicity ... -
“Nihao Kenniya!” Promoting Intercultural Communication between China and Kenya: The Role of Confucius Institutes
(2014-06-17)The Chinese language is increasingly becoming popular because of the pride of place that China occupies globally. The popularity of the language has been rapidly facilitated by the establishment of the Confucius Institutes, ... -
The Study of English Animal Idioms: The Nexus between Theory and Applications
(2014-06-13)Available literature on English language teaching reports that animal idioms display semantic opacity and make it difficult for a second language learner to comprehend meaning. This study, therefore, set out to analyse 20 ... -
Surveying Multicultural Literacy Levels in Kenya: Comparison of Primary, Secondary and University
(2014-06-12)Kenyans belong to diverse cultures but how literate are they in understanding one another’s cultures? What is the role of teaching in the acquisition of multicultural literacy? To what extent are the primary, secondary and ... -
Task based learning as an alternative approach to the teaching of languages in Kenyan schools: towards best practices
(2014-06-12)Although language syllabuses in Kenyan primary and secondary schools encourage teachers to involve learners in their own learning, actual classroom practices reveal that this is not fully implemented for various reasons. ... -
Task Based Learning as an Alternative Approach to the Teaching of Languages in Kenyan Schools: Towards Best Practices
(2014-06-12)Although language syllabuses in Kenyan primary and secondary schools encourage teachers to involve learners in their own learning, actual classroom practices reveal that this is not fully implemented for various reasons. ... -
Tthe phonetic status of (r) in Gĩkũyũ, a Kenyan bantu language: an acoustic analysis.
(2014-06-13)The phonetic status of some speech sounds presents a challenge in some African languages, especially those whose phonology has not been studied extensively using speech analyzers. Issues arise over the place or the manner ... -
The Use of Crossword Puzzles as a Vocabulary Learning Strategy: A Case of English as Second Language in Kenyan Secondary Schools
(International Journal of Current Research, 2013)This paper focuses on the application of crossword puzzles in the teaching of vocabulary in English as Second Language (ESL) classrooms. A pre-test was used to measure the learners’ previous knowledge of English vocabulary ...
