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Language Development of a Child from Rwandan Context between 16 and 24 Months: Syntactic Aspect
Poverty on children’s play in Kenyan pastoralists communities
Language Development of a Child from Rwandan Context between 16 and 24 Months: Syntactic Aspect
by Sabiti, Jacques;
This study explored the language developed by Gavin, a child raised by Kinyarwanda speaking caregivers, focusing on syntactic aspect. Data collection tools employed in this study are direct observation, recording and diary to maintain the study subject utterances. The study revealed that Gavin’s syntactic structure was limited to one word use from 16 months until 24 months; two or three words between 19 and 24months, multi-words at the age of 24 months, using different parts of speech with emphasis on those belonging to open class like nouns, verbs, adverbs and adjectives. He was able to construct subject–verb structure but unable to produce subject-verb-object structure. The findings recommend further research in the area to see if other children can develop the same language as the study subject. Studies should be extended to children over two years until school age to ensure the proper mastery of the mother tongue before introducing other languages like French or English as medium of instruction in nursery and primary education.
Poverty on children’s play in Kenyan pastoralists communities
by Ng'asike, John Teria
Turkana pastoralist families struggle with poverty even in the postcolonial Kenyan era. Poverty statistics in Kenya indicate that between one quarter and half of the population earns less than $1 US a day. In Turkana, it is estimated that 8 out of 10 pastoralists live below the poverty line (Ng’asike, 2019). Poverty is characterized by lack of access to basic quality services in health care, education, clean water, and sanitation. Despite the hardship of the Turkana environment, characterized by desert-dry conditions and extreme poverty, children of the pastoralists can be found playing in small groups on river courses, at tree shades, on the pathways, and on open fields. © 2022 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
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