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Socio- cultural influence on learners’ English vocabulary development in selected secondary schools in lower Nyokal division, Homa- bay town sub- county, Kenya
(Maseno University, 2018)
Vocabulary is widely considered as one of the most essential elements of a language. It plays a pivotal role in determining whether or not learners will communicate in a language they have learnt successfully. Extensive ...
Assessment of reading skills development in public secondary schools in Emuhaya district, Kenya
(Maseno university, 2015)
The significance of reading skills in the development of English as a second language cannot be underrated. The Kenyan secondary schools curriculum for English requires a student to have developed competence in reading ...
A syntactic interpretation of ambiguous Dholuo long distance anaphors
(Maseno university, 2015)
Anaphors refer to expressions that are not capable of independent reference or meaning and cannot be used deictically. The Binding theory (BT), a sub-theory of the Government and Binding (GB) theory states that Condition ...
Effects of conversation repair strategies on counselling discourse in secondary schools in Kakamega Central sub-county, Kenya
(Maseno university, 2015)
Guidance and counselling programmes in high schools in Kenya are communicative events organised in group or individual sessions to remedy social or academic issues affecting students. Particular breakdowns often arise in ...
A lexico – semantic analysis of selected obituaries in the daily nation newspaper
(Maseno University, 2017)
Death has been argued to be a “fear-based taboo” in which different fears co-exist namely; fear of the loss of loved ones, fear of corruption of the body, fear of evil spirits and fear of what comes with death. Man has ...