Developing Mother Tongues as Academic Languages in Primary Schools in Kenya: Exploring Extent and Indispensability

Mose, Peter N; Kaschula, Russell H

Title: Developing Mother Tongues as Academic Languages in Primary Schools in Kenya: Exploring Extent and Indispensability
Creator: Mose, Peter N
Creator: Kaschula, Russell H
Date Issued: 2019
Date: 2019
Type: text
Type: article
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/174793
Identifier: vital:42510
Identifier: https://doi.org/10.1080/15348458.2019.1645605
Description: The language in education policy in Kenya recommends mother tongue education in primary school learning. The purpose of this study was to explore the development of mother tongues as academic languages at the lower primary section in which the languages are supposed to be used. The exploration was on the functions they play in classroom instruction and if they are dispensable or otherwise. Ekegusii was used as a case study. Data were obtained through classroom observations and administration of semi-structured interviews with lower primary teachers. The findings indicate that mother tongues play important pedagogical functions in grades 1 up to 3, but not exactly as contemplated in the language policy. Secondly, mother tongues are indispensable in classroom teaching in spite of negative attitude towards their use.
Format: 14 pages
Format: pdf
Language: English
Relation: Journal of Language, Identity and Education
Relation: Mose, P.N. and Kaschula, R.H., 2019. Developing Mother Tongues as Academic Languages in Primary Schools in Kenya: Exploring Extent and Indispensability. Journal of Language, Identity and Education, 18(5), pp.329-342
Relation: Journal of Language, Identity and Education volume 18 number 5 329 342 2019 1534-8458
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