The influence of mother tongue and performance of learners in English language in Kivaa primary school in Masinga division, Yatta district -Kenya
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2009-08
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Kampala International University, College of Education, Open and Distance Learning
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This study was carried out with an aim of finding out the influence of mother tongue and performance of English language in Kivaa Primary school in Kenya. The study objectively sought; to find out how mother tongues influence on the students' performance in English language in Kivaa Primary school in Kenya, to identify reasons as to why different students with different mother tongues perform differently in English language in Kivaa Primary school in Kenya, to classify the different mother tongues in relation to English language in Kivaa Primary school in Kenya.
Data were collected mainly through the use, questionnaires. -The study involved a total of 50 respondents that is; Head teachers, female teachers, male teachers, parents, and Pupils were sampled, these were all involved in the school's activities at different levels.
The study found that, teaching reading helps pupils and teachers to communicate and associate with each other more easily because it involves the recognition of letters, words phrases and clauses and in some esteem, it can be considered a simpler process than intellectual capacity. Understanding on the other hand is a process of agreeing, understanding between the reader and the writer.
In conclusion, it was asserted that the English has many aims; it is a medium of exchange in Uganda, an official language used by pupils in answering examinations both internal and external but its teaching has not been as effective as the study revealed.
Finally, a number of recommendations were suggested that; Teachers should ensure that they use a variety of methods to make reading skills more effective in the education system; more emphasis should be put on the teachers on the teaching of reading skills to pupils in primary schools because of its role in education, Parents or guardians should always work together with the teachers in primary schools to ensure that children are provided with the necessary school requirements because absence of such materials affects their performance.
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A Research Report Submitted to the Institute of Open and Distance Learning.in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Award of the Bachelor’s Degree in Education (Arts) Kampala International University
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Mother tongue, Learners, Kivaa primary school in Masinga division, Yatta district, Kenya, English language