IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/rss/jnljel/v2i1p3.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Effectiveness of the Use of Several Dialects to Instruct Lower Primary School Pupils in Matete Sub-County, Kakamega County, Kenya

Author

Listed:
  • Manyasi M. Bernard

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of the use of several dialects as languages of instruction in primary schools in Matete Sub-county of Kakamega County in Kenya.The study analysed how the several dialects are used in the teaching and learning process given that many dialects are used interchangeably with many pupils who have not achieved peak mother tongue development being subjected to the dialects at their young age. The findings revealed that many pupils did not effectively benefit from the instruction of teachers who used one of the dialects which was not their own. Similarly, teachers were not comfortable with the requirement that they use a local dialect in teaching. Many of them preferred that they used Swahili or English Languages. This study is significant to Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development (KICD) and the Ministry of Education (MOE) in formulating policies that could lead to a better relationship between pupils and teachers in lower primary schools in Kenya.

Suggested Citation

  • Manyasi M. Bernard, 2014. "Effectiveness of the Use of Several Dialects to Instruct Lower Primary School Pupils in Matete Sub-County, Kakamega County, Kenya," Journal of Education and Literature, Research Academy of Social Sciences, vol. 2(1), pages 18-27.
    • Handle: RePEc:rss:jnljel:v2i1p3
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://rassweb.org/admin/pages/ResearchPapers/Paper%203_1495920372.pdf
    Download Restriction: no
    ---><---

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:rss:jnljel:v2i1p3. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Danish Khalil (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.rassweb.org .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.