Africa my Africa Africa of proud warriors in the ancestral savannahs Africa of whom my grandmother sings On the banks of the distant river I have never known you But your blood flows in my veins Your beautiful black blood that irrigates the fields The blood of your sweat The sweat of your work The … Read more
APPRECIATION OF POETRY APPRECIATION OF POETRY Poetry is a literary genre in which ideas and feelings are expressed in imaginative and musical language. Poems are meant to be recited or sung and words are arranged in such a way that they touch readers’ senses, emotions and mind. Poetry is different from other literary genres and thus … 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
TOPIC 5: READING SKILLS | ENGLISH LANG 1 TOPIC 5: READING SKILLS | ENGLISH LANG 1 READING SKILLS Is the process of going through written information or piece of work in order to get information or in order to understand the content of the message. Reading is difficult when the reader lacks the skills of … Read more
SPEAKING SKILLS What is Speaking? Is simply the act of talking which maybe in either a formal or informal situation. This kind of speech one would decide to undertake would depend on the relationship one has with audience, also the way you speak tells people more about you. Whenever one initiate communication its because he/she … Read more
LISTENING SKILLS Listening is ability to accurately receive and interpret messages in the communication process. It involves identifying the sounds of speech and processing them into words and sentences. When we listen we use our ears to receive individual sounds. (Letters, stress, rhythm and pauses) and we use our brain to convert them into messages … Read more