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A swot analysis of the language policies in education in Kenya and Ethiopia
(University of Nairobi, 2010)
This paper compares the language policies in education (past and present) in
Ethiopia and Kenya. It shows the role played by both international and
indigenous languages, e.g. as languages of instruction in education in ...
Tone Marking in Kĭkamba: a Case for Improving Its Orthography
(University of Nairobi, 2007)
This paper discusses the rationale for practically marking tone in the writing of Kĭkamba. It shows the limitations that readers of Kĭkamba encounter because of the absence of tone marking in its current orthography. ...
Teaching Kiswahili pronunciation in secondary schools in Kenya: the necessity to use the right information and descriptive tools
(University of Nairobi, 2012)
This paper focuses on inaccuracies in the way the teaching of Kiswahili
pronunciation is provided for in textbooks recommended for secondary
schools in Kenya. The major inaccuracies consist in the following: some
of the ...
Vowel systems of Kenyan languages
(Unversity of Nairobi, 2007)
Alignment systems and passive-antipassive distribution in nilotic languages
(2015)
This paper discusses the occurrence of passive and antipassive
constructions in Nilotic languages in relation to the question of whether
Nilotic languages developed from an ergative-absolutive to a nominativeaccusative
case ...
The status of mother tongues in Kenya and China: Lessons the two countries can learn from each other
(University of Nairobi, 2016)
This paper is a comparative analysis of the language situations in China and Kenya, intended to identify the important lessons about language management in a multi-ethnic society that the two countries can learn from each ...
Mother tongues as media of instruction: The case of Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2016)
This paper advances the argument that using mother tongues as media of instruction in the lower levels of formal learning in Kenya is the best option there is for the children‟s education. The use of mother tongues as the ...
Sexual intercourse euphemisms in the Gĩkũyũ language: a cognitive linguistics approach
(2015)
The research on which this paper is based set out to identify the sexual
intercourse euphemisms used in Gĩkũyũ, a Bantu language spoken in Kenya,
then discuss the semantic and lexical processes used in those euphemisms,
and, ...
Approaching mother-tongue education as a personal and societal development strategy
(University of Nairobi, 2016)
This paper underscores the need for a broadly defined market orientation in our advocacy for mother-tongue learning, as well as in the research that seeks to establish the value of mother-tongue competence in Africa. The ...
The treatment of Kiswahili in Kenya’s education system
(University of Nairobi, 2016)
This paper intends to evaluate the treatment of Kiswahili in the education system in Kenya. The need for this evaluation arises from the fact that although English and Kiswahili are co-official languages under the Official ...