Teaching Literacy Skills in Standard One: Challenges Faced By Language Teachers in Rural Areas in Kenya
| dc.contributor.author | Marisin, Anne Cherotich | |
| dc.contributor.author | Ong'ang'a, Hudson Ouko | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-05-30T13:16:42Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2025-05-30T13:16:42Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2017-09 | |
| dc.description | Article | |
| dc.description.abstract | The language of instruction stipulated for lower primary by Kenya’s policy on language in education is mother-tongue or Kiswahili, while English is introduced as a language activity. The use of two languages in standard one can be challenging, cumbersome and demanding. The study therefore sought to find out the challenges faced by standard one teachers in teaching English Literacy skills in Ainamoi Sub-County, Kericho county Kenya. The study adopted a descriptive survey design. The study focused on all public and private primary schools in the county. Purposive and stratified simple random sampling techniques were employed. 12 public primary and 8 private primary schools were sampled to participate. This formed a 10% sample size from the private and public schools. Questionnaires were used to collect primary data from the randomly selected standard one teachers and head teachers of the selected schools. Results indicated that the challenges faced by language teachers related more to lack of the necessary and appropriate teaching/learning resources. It was also established that there was severe mother-tongue influence on English. It was found out that teachers employed certain strategies to promote English literacy skills acquisition including building warm teacher/child relationships. It is recommended that the strategies be up-scaled by teachers including improvisation of locally appropriate resources and that further research would be necessary to establish the effects of mixed languages of instruction on English language skills acquisition | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Marisin, A. C., & Ouko, O. H. M. (2017). Teaching literacy skills in standard one: Challenges faced by language teachers in rural areas in Kenya. International Journal of Science Arts and Commerce, 2(7), 53–63. http://www.ijsac.net | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://www.ijsac.net/node/206 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://ir-library.ku.ac.ke/handle/123456789/30147 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.publisher | International Journal of Science Arts and Commerce | |
| dc.title | Teaching Literacy Skills in Standard One: Challenges Faced By Language Teachers in Rural Areas in Kenya | |
| dc.type | Article |