A survey of instructional methods used in teaching mother tongue in lower primary classes in Emuhaya Division, Kakamega District.
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Date
1988
Authors
Oriedo, Hannington Elly's
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Abstract
The intention of this study was to investigate
the Instructional methods that teachers use in
teaching Mother tongue in the Lower Primary classes
in Emuhaya Division of Kakamega District~
It has been claimed that the teaching of
Mother tongue has deteriorated in our primary
schools and teachers training colleges.
The survey involved an attempt to determine
whether Mother tongue teachers have the necessary
training, qualifications and experience, and;.
whether they prepare Schemes of work and Lesson plans
or not. It also involved an identification and
description of the methods they follow in teaching
Mother tongue; the methods they employ in
evaluating their pupils, the instructional materials
they use and the problems they encounter in the
teaching of Mother tongue.
Data was collected by way of questionnaire and
actual observation. Twenty seven (27) lower primary
teachers were selected. The teachers were selected
from nine (9) randomly selected primary schools out of
the eighty six (86) primary schools in Emuhaya
Division. The teachers responded to the questionnaire
and besides the questionnaire, six (6) of the twenty
seven (27) teachers were observed in actual
classroom teaching situation.
The twenty seven (27) sample teachers
revealed that most of the primary school teachers are
not properly trained in the methods of teaching
Mother tongue. Hence most of them apart from using
le.cture method do not employ the other methods of
teaching Language (Mother tongue). Most of the
teachers also do not provide the ~undamental basic
prerequisite activities which prepare and help pupils
in learning Mother tongue. It was further revealed
that teachers do not seem to be aware of and hardly
make use of the various techniques of evaluating
Mother tongue. The most prominent methods used to
evaluate Mother tongue are by use of tests and
examinations. The findings also revealed that
instructional materials that are essential for
effective teaching of Mother tongue are inadequate
both in quantity and variety.
It was also revealed by the study that
Mother tongue teachers have to grapple with
problems such as lack of textbooks, lack of pupil
motivation and interest, English and Kiswahili
interference, inadequate instructional materials,
,
poor physical facilities and lack of effective
training on the part of teachers who teach Mother
tongue.
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Department of Educational Communication and Technology, 125p. 1988