Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences (FoA&SS / FoL / FBM): Recent submissions
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Voicing Seoul Metropolis: the other side of urbanization in Korea
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Students’ perceived challenges in an online collaborative learning environment: A case of higher learning institutions in Nairobi, Kenya
(2014)Earlier forms of distance education were characterized by minimal social interaction like correspondence, television, video and radio. However, the World Wide Web (WWW) and online learning introduced the opportunity for ... -
Poverty and health care demand in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2014-11)Background There is a wide range of actions an individual could take when sick or injured such as self–care, consulting a traditional healer, or seeking treatment from a private or public health care facility. The ... -
Contribution of local authority transfer fund to debt reduction in Kenyan local authorities
(University of Nairobi, 2014)Debt can be rewarding in cases of moderate use, but can be disastrous in cases of imprudence. Excessive debt has been a key challenge to Kenyan local authorities, constraining service delivery and undermining financial ... -
Adult Crying
(University of Nairobi, 2014)Adult crying has always been a contentious issue among all adults. Is it right for an adult to cry? How will people take an adult who cries often? What are the reactions when you spot an adult crying? These are some of the ... -
Customer service skills for corporate communication: a case study of ken call EPZ Ltd.
(2014)Customer service is a key component in the success of any organization. However, gaps abound in the execution of this important service such that the organization’s progress is frustrated. A review of relevant current ... -
Climate Finance: Fears and Hopes for Developing Countries
(University of Nairobi, 2014)This article looks at the current climate finance architecture and its impact on developing countries climate change responses. The primary aim is to capture the contradictions that exist in the climate finance architecture ... -
Language games and language teaching in Kenya: the case of Kiswahili in lower school
(University of Nairobi, 2014)Many experienced textbook and methodology manuals writers have argued that games are not just time-filling activities but have a great educational value. W. R. Lee holds that most language games make learners use the ... -
An analysis of stylistic trends in published Kiswahili short story genre
(University of Nairobi, 2014)Writers express themselves in varied styles regardless of the genre they use as their vehicle of expression. Writing styles can also vary depending on the genre in focus. In this regard, therefore, stylistic issues can be ... -
Controlling the banking industry towards greater customer protection and prevention of bank failure
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A relevance-theoretical analysis of intercultural misunderstandings in global communication
(University of Nairobi, 2012)Globalisation can be seen as an evolution which is systematically reconstructing interactive phases among nations by breaking down barriers in the areas of culture, communication and several other fields of endeavour. ... -
Teaching Kiswahili pronunciation in secondary schools in Kenya: the necessity to use the right information and descriptive tools
(University of Nairobi, 2012)This paper focuses on inaccuracies in the way the teaching of Kiswahili pronunciation is provided for in textbooks recommended for secondary schools in Kenya. The major inaccuracies consist in the following: some of the ... -
Strategies of controlling the linguistic response from cross-examined witnesses: lay defendants as cross examiners in a kenyan resident magistrate’s court
(University of Nairobi, 2013)This paper analyzes strategies of controlling the linguistic responses of prosecution witnesses that were employed by two accused persons in a grievous-bodily-harm case involving family members at a magistrate’s court in ... -
A swot analysis of the language policies in education in Kenya and Ethiopia
(University of Nairobi, 2010)This paper compares the language policies in education (past and present) in Ethiopia and Kenya. It shows the role played by both international and indigenous languages, e.g. as languages of instruction in education in ... -
Misuse of prepositions in Kenyan English: further evidence of the difficulty in choosing the “right” preposition
(University of Nairobi, 2010)The literature (mainly by Mwangi 2003 & 2004) on the use of English prepositions in Kenyan English has shown how these were used differently from Standard International English usage. The present study sought to find further ... -
Are noun class markers in kiswahili really such a learning difficulty? A study of the use of noun class markers by pupils of the busibi primary school in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2010)The purpose of this study was to establish the extent to which the StandardSeven pupils of the Busibi Primary School in the Samia District in western Kenya would misuse the pairs of noun class markers A-WA-, LI-YA-, ...