Summary of NECTA’s History After Tanzania Mainland had pulled out of the East African Examinations Council, in 1971 and before NECTA was established by Law, in 1973, the Curriculum and Examinations Section of the Ministry of Education was responsible for all examinations. With the establishment of NECTA, the Examinations became its responsibility in accordance with … Read more
Kiswahili Study Notes Form 5 and 6 ~ Kiswahili Kidato cha 5 na 6 Kiswahili, is a Bantu language and the native language of the Swahili people. It is the official language in Tanzania and Kenya. It is a lingua franca of the African Great Lakes region and other parts of East and Southern Africa, … Read more
Kiswahili, is a Bantu language and the native language of the Swahili people. It is the official language in Tanzania and Kenya. It is a lingua franca of the African Great Lakes region and other parts of East and Southern Africa, including Tanzania Uganda Rwanda Burundi Kenya, Also spoken in some parts of: Malawi Somalia … Read more
STYLISTICS This is the study of differences or variations or language style which depends on the situation in which the language is used and the effect the user wishes to create on the person he is addressing (addressee). It is important to understand the following key words in the definition above. Variation This refers to … Read more
LANGUAGE STYLES/REGISTERS The analysis is done by looking at language features used which are either the features/levels – Lexical features (kind of vocabulary) – Phonological features – Graphologist features – Semantic features – Syntactical features (grammar) A. Conversational style Is likely to have informal language Features expected to be seen a) Lexical features/level (vocabularies) … Read more
BASIC CONCEPTS OF LITERATURE THEORY OF LITERATURE Is a body of principle that gives a learner the origin development and essential qualities of literature. They examine different definition and treatments with the word literature. They also explain how literary works do differ from other works such as law books, science, mathematics etc. Literature is a … Read more
SYNOPSIS OF THE PLAY This play depicts the protest of peasants in Kenya after independence. It is the play that shows the plight (a difficulty and sad situation) of the peasant family like Kiguunda’s family. Kiguunda has only one and a half acre which he considers the basis of the family though the small piece … Read more
An Enemy of the People Author By H. Iibsen An Enemy of the People Author By H. Iibsen An Enemy of the People Playwrights – H. Ibsen SYNOPSIS OF THE PLAY Ibsen is a Norwegian playwright he was born in 1828-1905.The play deals with political and environmental issues .The action of the play passes during four consecutive … Read more
Betrayal In The City By Francis Mbuga Betrayal In The City By Francis Mbuga It was Kenya’s national entry to the second world Black and African Festival of Art and Culture in Lagos, Nigeria in 1977. It is a play within a play we have the play where Jusper is the main character and it … Read more
TOPIC 6: WRITING SKILLS | ENGLISH LANG 1 TOPIC 6: WRITING SKILLS | ENGLISH LANG 1 WRITING SKILLS ESSAY WRITING Name and signature of the sender What is an essay? Is a short piece of writing on a subject especially as part of a course of studying. There are several types of essays but the … Read more