TABLE OF CONTENTS

DECLARATION: ................. .................................................................................. 2

APPROVAL ............................................................................................................ 3

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ....................................................................................... 4

1.0 INTRODUCTION ... ..................................................................................... 6

1.1 BACKGROUND TOT STUDY .......................................................................... 6

1.2 STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM ................. : ................................................ : ...... 7

1.3 OBJECTIVE OF THE STUDY ................................................................................. 8

1.5 SCOPE OF THE STUDY .......................................................................................... 8

1.6 SIGINIFICANCE OF THE STUDY ......................................................................... 8

1.7 LIMITATIONS OF THE STUDY ............................................................................ 9

CHAPTER TWO .............................................................................................................. 10

REVIEWOFRELATEDLI ERATURE ..................................................................... 10

2.0 INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................. 10

2.1 OVERVIEW OF EDUCATION IN KENYA ................................................... 10

2.2 CAUSES OF POOR PERFORMANCE IN ENGLISH .......................................... 11

2.4 FACTORS HINDERIN9 GOOD PERFORMANCE IN ENGLISH'. .................... 15 _

CHAPTER THREE ...........··················· ............................................ ,. .................... 16

3.6 RESEARCH PROCEDURE ........................................................................................ 17

CHAPTER FOUR ......................................................................................................... _.18

4.0 DATA ANALYSIS AN PRESENTATION ......................................................... 18

4.1.0 INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................... 18

4.1.1 DATA ANALYSIS AND PROCESSING ........................................................... 18

4.1.2 BIO-DATA ANALYSIS OF TEACHERS RESPONDENTS ............................. 19

4.1.4 BIO-DATA ANAL Ysts ON STUDENTS RESPONDENTS ............................. 20

4.3.0 TEACHERS ANALYSIS ..................................................................................... 22

4.4.0 STUDENTS ANALYSIS ..................................................................................... 23

CHAPTER FIVE ................................................................................................................ 26

DISCUSSIONS, CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS ............................ 26

5.0 INTRODUCTION ......... ................................................................. 26

5.1 DISCUSSION AND CO'NCLUSIONS ....................................... .' ........................... 26

5.2 RECOMMENDATION1 ............. '. ........................................................................... 30

5.3 SUGGESTIONS FOR FfRTHER RESEARCH .................................................... 31

REFERENCES ················································ .. ··········································· ............ 32

APPENDIX II ....................................................................................................... 34

BUDGET ...................................................................................................................... 34

APPENDIX III ............................................................................................................. 35

TIME FRAME ......................... .'. ................................................................................... 35

APPENDIX IV ............................................................................................................. 36

QUESTIONNAIRES .................................................................................................... 36