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Creating A Link Between School And Home Literacy Practices: The Case Of Rural Primary Schools In Kisii Central District, Kisii County, Kenya, George Andima

Institute for Human Development

There is overwhelming evidence about the important role that parents play in enhancing their children’s reading development. Despite, this growing evidence, parental involvement in developing the reading skills of primary school-going children in Kenya has not been given appropriate attention. This paper presents findings of a study that sought to establish whether Standard 4 teachers of English language and school Heads involve parents in developing pupils’ reading skills. The study sought to answer the question on how parents were involved in the development of learners’ reading skills. The study is built on Bernhardt’s 1986 Constructivist Model of Second Language Reading …