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    The Acquisition of English Language Sentence Structure in Nairobi Kindergaten Schools: Case Study of Our Lady of Guadalupe Nursery School Nairobi.
    (Tangaza University College, 2004-05) Kpanall, Petronilla Ifeoma
    This research was designed to study the acquisition of English Language Sentence Structure in Nairobi Kindergarten Schools. Our Lady of Guadalupe Nursery School was chosen as a case study. The objectives of the study included finding out the problem of acquisition of English Language Sentence Structure in Nairobi Kindergarten Schools and to highlight some possible solutions to the problems that pupils encounter in the acquisition process. To be able to achieve these objectives, four research questions were formulated namely: 1) What are the differences in sentence structure between L I and L2? 2) What part of English language sentence structure that affected by Li 3) What is the relationship between the first and the second language acquisition? 4) What are the interferences to the acquisition of English language sentence structure of a child at Kindergarten level? The researcher conducted interviews and made observations to gather the data for the study. The out come of the research show some of the major findings as: • Li and L2 are almost the same in sentence structure, especially with the Bantu languages and English language structure. • The teachers' constant corrections of the pupils and practice help in the language acquisition process. • That there are problems of interference on the pupils' acquisition of Li, such as Li, family background, environment and slow learning. The researcher gave some recommendations based on the findings that: There is need for frequent and systematic monitoring of pupils' academic progress. The teachers should help their pupils to develop better acquisition skills of speaking, listening, writing and reading. Finally, the researcher suggests some areas of further study on the teaching of English as L2, pronunciation in L2, learners' errors and inter-language and 'state of the art' in child language acquisition.