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Uncovering Cloze Testing Practices in Selected Practice Papers for Primary Schools in Kenya
(Journal of Applied Linguistics and Language Research, 2016)
Reading comprehension is probably the most prominently tested skill in upper primary classes in Kenya. Most test papers, for instance, comprise a fifteen-item cloze test, a fictional passage and a factual one both of which ...
An Evaluation of the Treatment of Application Letters and Reports in Core Kenyan form Three English Course Books
(Journal of Applied Linguistics and Language Research, 2017)
Functional writing is an important skill since it involves writing for real life purposes. It should
fit the intended purpose, audience and context. Despite the centrality of this form of writing,
it has been performed ...
From Technauriture to Cultauriture: Developing a Coherent Digitisation Paradigm for Enhancing Cultural Impac
(International Journal of Society, Culture and Language, 2017-07)
Developing suitable frameworks and paradigms (theoretical
and practical) is a challenge for all disciplines in the face of
rapid technological changes. Technological advances are
fundamentally changing discourse in many ...
Kenyan English Monophthongs: An Element Theory Approach
(Journal of Applied Linguistics and Language Research, 2017)
This paper describes the acoustic characteristics of the non-ethnically marked Kenyan English (KenE) monophthongs and uses those characteristics to identify the phonemes and also to determine the internal Element Theory ...
Development of language materials for national development: A language management perspective
(International Journal of Education and Research, 2013-07)
Learning resources need to be revised periodically to reflect the changing socio-cultural,
economic, political and technological realities in the society. The current Primary English
Syllabus was revised in 2002. Yet, ...
Lexical Change: Naming of the Months of the Year in Ekegusii
(Journal of Applied Linguistics and Language Research, 2016)
This paper documents the native terms used to name the months of the year in EkeGusii. EkeGusii is a language spoken by a Bantu speaking community (AbaGusii) in the South Western part of Kenya. It is a language with a rich ...
Learning about author positioning in written academic discourse
(Argentinian Journal of Applied Linguistics, 2013-11)
Graduate students are usually not sure of the appropriate stance to take in relation
to their writing. Even style guides provide little information regarding authorial
positioning in academic texts. This paper describes ...
Citation Practices in Selected Science and Humanities Dissertations: Implications for Teaching
(American Journal of Educational Research, 2013)
The citation feature provides justification for arguments and demonstrates the novelty of one’s position in research writing. It shows how a piece of research arises out of, and is grounded in the current state of disciplinary ...
Tense Usage in Selected Humanities and Science Dissertations
(2014-11)
Graduate students are usually not sure of the appropriate tense to use in each rhetorical
section of their dissertations in their disciplines. Even style guides provide little
information regarding tense usage in academic ...
Tense Usage in Selected Humanities and Science Dissertations
(2014)
Graduate students are usually not sure of the appropriate tense to use in each rhetorical section of their dissertations in their disciplines. Even style guides provide little information regarding tense usage ...