Abstract The translation of Animal Farm from English to Kiswahili was examined in this study in terms of context and cognition. The study aimed at highlighting how non-equivalence may be viewed as a key strategy in translation and to offer insights on how contextual frames of reference can be employed in literary translation. By assuming that readers required the least amount of processing effort to comprehend a text, it intended to determine if the target language version was relevant to th...
Abstract This study focuses on tense and aspect in the verb structure of Lutsotso, a dialect of the Oluluhya macro-language. While numerous studies have been conducted on the analysis of the Oluluhyia macro-language at phonological, morphological and syntactic levels, these studies were exclusive of inflection on the Lutsotso verb. The present study discusses the morphological configurations of tense and aspect in Lutsotso. The study also establishes that the Lutsotso verb inflection can be ...
Abstract The borrowing of lexical itemsas one of the outcomes of languages in contact may affect a speaker’s communicability with other speakers of the same language in differentsettings.In this perspective, thisstudy investigated lexical borrowing in spoken Lukabaras in Chepsaita Scheme. The languages spoken in this setting include Lutachooni,Luwanga, Lulogooli, Lubukusu, Lukabarasand the native Nandi. In view of this multilingual setting,this study investigatedthe influence of the native...
Abstract The study explores the error analysis of linguistic errors attributed to short forms in form three written English compositions at secondary school level within Kakamega Central Sub-County, Kenya. The infiltration of errors attributed to short forms in written English compositions has been a major concern for educational stakeholders and examiners of English paper three. Paper three is one and the last of the three papers of English set in the national examinations at the secondary ...
ABSTRACT This study is a description and analysis of vocabulary learning strategies employed by Kenyan learners of Chinese as a foreign language. Vocabulary learning strategies are contextualized within the larger area of language learning strategies which are accounted for within the cognitive theory of learning that the study was based on. The objectives of the study were: to describe the type of vocabulary learning strategies employed by Kenyan CFL learners; to describe the frequency of VL...
ABSTRACT This study examined the usage of performative sentences, mainly the imperative types in the poetic collection of al-Wazir Junayd (d. 1417 AH), who is considered one of the most prolific and talented West African Muslim writers and poets during the 20th C.E. He was an authority in History, Linguistic, and Literature, and above all, a statesman, and a celebrated poet par excellence. The study sought to determine the degree of the usage of performative sentences in al- Wazir Junayd's an...
ABSTRACT This study sought to explore the significance, challenges as well as effects of English as a medium of instruction in Colleges of Education in Ghana. A mixed method design was used for the study. Questionnaires, in-class observation and interview schedules were employed to collect data, using purposive and simple random sampling. Findings revealed that the significance of studying English language include promoting the internationalization of universities, improving employability pro...
ABSTRACT The receptive skills involve listening and speaking while the productive skills deals with giving out information. The purpose of this study is to investigate the challenges confronting Senior High School students in composition writing and the causes of these challenges in Dunkwa-On-Offin Municipality. The study employed descriptive survey design.The design was deemed suitable for the study because of its strengths as it enabled the researcher to gather information n from the sample...
ABSTRACT The study investigated the impact of remedial lessons in English reading comprehension on students’ reading comprehension achievement among students of Presbyterian College of Education in Ghana. The study specifically sought to examine the specific reading comprehension problems of the students, the causes of the problems and the impact remedial lessons have on the English reading comprehension achievement of the students. To achieve the objectives of the study, mixed method resea...
ABSTRACT. This study is a sociolinguistic analysis of lexical and pronunciation variations among native speakers of Kolangɛ in the Seikwa Township located in the Bono-Ahafo region of Ghana. Kolangɛ exhibits important social variations which need to be described by linguists. The aim of the study was to examine the speech forms of the older generation and the younger generation and to establish any differences there may be. The study design was qualitative. The main instruments used were int...
ABSTRACT. This study is a sociolinguistic analysis of lexical and pronunciation variations among native speakers of Kolangɛ in the Seikwa Township located in the Bono-Ahafo region of Ghana. Kolangɛ exhibits important social variations which need to be described by linguists. The aim of the study was to examine the speech forms of the older generation and the younger generation and to establish any differences there may be. The study design was qualitative. The main instruments used were int...
ABSTRACT The purpose of the study was to determine the extent to which reading difficulties affect academic performance of secondary school students. The study was to establish comprehension errors that affect students’ academic performance. This study employed both quantitative and qualitative approaches for data collection and analyzes both teachers and students. The research design was a descriptive survey design. Data was collected by use of questionnaire for teachers of English and stu...
ABSTRACT Writing is an important skill for language production. However, it is considered a difficult skill, particularly in English as second language (ESL) contexts where students face challenges in that aspect. The present study was conducted to investigate difficulties that students of Northern School of Business face in composition writing; causes of challenges and remedies to those challenges. Though a number of students could express themselves in English, they could not write composit...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study is to investigate the use of code-switching as a pedagogical strategy by tutors and students of Dambai College of Education, Dambai. The study looks at the reasons behind the code-switching in the English Language classroom, when code-switching occurs in the English Language classroom and the functions of code-switching in the English Language classroom in Dambai College of Education. The study mainly employed qualitative approach in data collection, analysi...
ABSTRACT This is a qualitative study that analyzed common concord errors in the written essays of Basic 7 pupils of Bulinga Basic School in the Bawku West District of the Upper East Region of Ghana. The data used for the analysis comprised pupils’ written essays. From this, a total of 153 errors were identified. Seven error types were identified and they include: Subject verb concord errors, Determiner nouns concord errors, coordinated subject concord errors, Noun pronoun concord errors, In...