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- ItemHome to school communication as a predictor of acquisition of English language competencies among primary learners in Kitgum district Uganda(Kampala International University, College of education, open distance and e-learning., 2023-11) Okello, Proscovia; DaphineThis study explored the influence of home to school communication as a predictor of acquisition of English Language Competencies among Primary learners in kitgum district Uganda emphasizing literacy activities and the development of English as a second language among ethnic Ugandan children in Kitgum and focused specifically on English vocabulary, phonological awareness, letter knowledge, and word reading skills. The study was guided by the following objectives namely; To investigate the effect of home to school reading culture on the acquisition of English language competences in primary schools Kitgum district. To find out the influence of home to school speaking culture on the acquisition of English language competences in primary schools Kitgum district. And To assess the impact of home to school writing culture on the acquisition of English language competences in primary Kitgum district. The study was conducted using a cross-sectional survey design. The researcher used simple random sampling technique to select 48 head teachers, 96 teachers of English language, and 177 pupils, heads of schools and 53 parents in primary schools in Kitgum District. The researcher recommends Kitgum district should provide professional development opportunities to teachers, provide parents with materials and resources that can help them support their child’s English language development such as reading materials, online learning platforms and language learning apps, Organize events that showcase pupils’ English language achievements and should implement regular assessments to track pupils’ progress and share the results with parents as this can help identify areas that need attention.
- ItemEnglish language usage and poverty eradication in Uganda case study of Makindye division Kampala district-Uganda(2023-10) Nsimbi, Ronald; MThe research is presented basing on English language usage and poverty eradication in Uganda taking Makindye division in Kampala district as the case study. The research is presented basing on three specific objectives that is; to examine the usage of English language as a catalyst to poverty eradication in Makindye division, identify ways of overcoming poverty in Makindye division and establish the relationship between English language and poverty eradication in Makindye division. In this research, quantitative approach was used to investigate English language and poverty eradication in Makindye division. The researcher used descriptive survey research design for descriptive purposes. The study concludes that all activities done in native languages are more successful than those done in foreign languages. The study argues that the pronunciation of the language terms in English as a foreign language was generally poor among the Community of Makindye Division. The study calls for the need for timely intervention in the Community environment especially in teaching, provision of English teaching materials, attainment of English interpreters and provision, there is need for timely interventions in the elderly classroom in form of ensuring practices of English language in the classrooms. The study recommends for the need to improve English language usage especially in the area of pronunciation aimed at developing the competency of the community in English languages. The differences in pronunciation need to be identified and dealt with among the Community to enable them to perform better in poverty eradication programs that are conducted in English language at most. In conclusion, there is a need to stress a policy on an official language translators in the Communities to avoid the usage only English instead of the mother tongue in the community and public offices. That would increase poverty eradication programs circulation in the communities.
- ItemInter-lingual translatability of figurative expressions a case study of english and tera in Gombe state, Nigeria.(Kampala International University, College of Education, Open and Distance Learning, 2014-05) Ja’far, Ahmed WakiliThis research was carried on Translation titled, Interlingual Translatability of figurative expressions with reference to Tera language spoken in Gombe State, Nigeria as receptor language. The research tries to investigate and identify firstly some existing obstacles in the process of inter-lingual translation of idiomatic expressions, and then suggests some weighty theoretical strategies to overcome such difficulties. In line with Baker’s (1992) classification of difficulties and the related subcategories, the present study makes an effort to analyze such classifications and practically apply them largely for some English and the equivalent Tera pairs. However the research methodology provides for expert translation of the expressions, and then test was conducted on Tera bilinguals both on translating plane English language and idiomatic expressions into their mother tongue. Among the participants were; Lawyers, administrators, Teachers and some students from various tertiary institutions in Gombe metropolis. The selected institutions comprises of Gombe State University, F.C.E.T. Gombe and Goni Muktar polytechnic. Findings show that there are a number of factors to be Considered in order to translate idiomatic expressions correctly. The most important of such factors include cultural aspect. linguistic and stylistic considerations. And this study went ahead to investigate Tera specific problems such as Hausa language interference with other meta-l ingual sub problems
- ItemInter-lingual translatability of figurative expressions:(Kampala International University, College of Education, Open & Distance Learning, 2015-05) Ja’far, Ahmed WakiliThis research was carried on Translation titled, Interlingua Translatability of figurative expressions with reference to Tera language spoken in Gombe State, Nigeria as receptor language. The research tries to investigate and identify firstly some existing obstacles in the process of inter-lingual translation of idiomatic expressions, and then suggests some weighty theoretical strategies to overcome such difficulties. In line with Baker’s (1992) classification of difficulties and the related subcategories, the present study makes an effort to analyze such classifications and practically apply them largely for some English and the equivalent Tera pairs. However the research methodology provides for expert translation of the expressions, and then test was conducted on Tera bilinguals both on translating plane English language and idiomatic expressions into their mother tongue, Among the participants were; Lawyers, administrators, ‘teachers and some students from various tertiary institutions in Gombe metropolis. The selected institutions comprises of Gombe State University, F.C.E.T. Gombe and Goni Muktar polytechnic. Findings show that there are a number of factors to be considered in order to translate idiomatic expressions correctly. The most important of such factors include cultural aspect, linguistic and stylistic considerations. And this study went ahead to investigate Tera specific problems such as Hausa language interference with other meta-lingual sub problems.
- ItemConceptual writing and development of writing skills among English language students in selected secondary schools in Makindye division, Kampala Uganda(Kampala International University , College of Education, Open & Distance Learning, 2018-12) Maryam, MohammedThe purpose of the study was to examine the development of writing skills among English language students in selected secondary schools in Makindye Division, Kampala District Uganda, through conceptual writing. For this reason, the study specifically found the effect of expository writing, assessed the significance of descriptive writing and examined the role of narrative writing on development of writing skills among such students in the same schools in the division. This study adopted a descriptively correlational research design based on the quantitative and qualitative approaches. The study population included 6 head teachers represent their deputies, 7 Directors of Study (DOSs) standing in for Head of Department (HODs) as well as 48 Senior Four Teachers (Arts) and 470 Students who represented the rest of the teachers and students, respectively. It is from these population subgroups that the study sample 168 respondents were selected using purposive and stratified random sampling strategies. The questionnaire, interview guide and documentary review matrix were used as data collection instruments. Analysis of the collected data was done using quantitative and qualitative methods. Quantitative analysis included descriptive tools, namely frequency distribution, arithmetic mean and standard deviation, as well as inferential statistics of Pearson’s Correlations Co-efficiency and multiple linear regressions. The main findings were that, generally, the level of English writing skills was relatively low among English language students in secondary schools of the field survey because the students had not mastered the art of conceptual writing. This was attributed mainly to descriptive writing education that was least consistent. It was also, to some extent, attributed to narrative writing and expository writing education, in that order, which were less fairly consistent and relatively consistent, respectively. It was concluded that expository, descriptive and narrative writing, as potential conceptual writing education strategies, were significantly predictive but not practically oriented.