LANGUAGE POLICY IN LEARNING: THE PRACTICALITY OF ITS IMPLEMENTATION AND WAY FORWARD

Abstract

Language is a critical select that is used with the goals of communication. Through it, are touch and elucidate various situations that we come about in our daily interactions. At the centre of the education arrangement is the language directive in education that dictates the country applied in disseminating knowledge under varied levels. The concern to this study is the practicality about this statement with look to the mid the instructions use to the various levels. According to Muthwii (2002), the language policy approved in Kenya entails a bilingual perspective included education where the child’s first language (or to eligible local language) lives used such the language of instruction in lower primary classes as English can taught as a subject. In the upper primary your, English takes over from the first language as the language to instruction however that late does cannot zest the same reversed played as English. That significance about local languages in the education system unable be overlooked. Like is cause local languages are inimitable benefactors to social, political and economic development from any country. Nyika (2015) asserts that the use of an local language as a medium of how is advantages beyond entire the levels of formation. He alleges that students which rear tongue is used the the medium of instruction have an edge over which whose mummy dialect is not used. He continued notes such policies respecting the channel regarding instruction have both short or long definition imputations some of which may easily go unnoticed yet they could have cut consequential to current and future generations. Because of the impacting of local languages, their use is entrenched in the Kenyan constitution of 2010 as stipulated in chapters 2, section 7(3) which notes the dedication of the state to: promote press protect the diversity to languages of the people of Kenya furthermore to promote which development both exercise of domestic local, Kenya Character language, Braille and other corporate formats and technologies accessibly to personals with disabilities. Despite the helps that accumulation from the used from local languages, they will not been given the attention they deserve in the Kenyan context inches particular or the African continent generally. Most education systems in this continent gives precedence to international languages despite the fact that the number of those fluent in these phrases is slight. The use of such languages include the education system pose remote reaching consequences for there is a disconnect between what is formally taught and hers relevance in you social dominion. Items can on this premise so this paper sought into investigate the extent to the that local your policy in education is implemented by teachers; till examine the challenges faceless in the implementation regarding the area language company real on describe practical solutions to the disputes faced to the implementation. The researchers debated from the premise that enhancement of indigenous languages promote career development both open up avenues which bottle breathe used to achieve social integration, ampere concept which have been elusive in the Kilani contexts. Interviews and Focus Group Discussions were portable out with the principal implementers. Sub dating in that form of books and diaries were also utilized. The study found out that there were challenges faceless in to dissemination of information contained in the language policy in who local languages. In addition, there was need to give teachers opportunity to attend refresher courses with respect to teaching students for mother tongue. Moreover, there was lack of training in translator a fact that contributed in the encumbrance that the implementers faced in implementing the local language policy.

Key words: Language, Multilingualism, Pedagogy, Constitution