USING WRITINGS TO STRENGTHEN KINYARWANDA LANGUAGE TEACHING AND PROMOTE STUDENTS’ WRITING SKILLS IN RWANDAN SECONDARY SCHOOLS

Athanase Mbarubukeye

No 2023-46-05, Working papers from Voice of Research

Abstract: Teachers and students need to exchange ideas while they are engaged in teaching and learning activities in everyday life. When one wants to convey his or her feelings or thoughts, he or she uses a familiar language as a means of communication. As Rwandans, Kinyarwanda is the mother tongue of the Rwandan people, their first language, and an official language. It was also used in lower primary education as a language of instruction and taught as a subject in upper primary education. Various studies were carried out on how to master the four skills of language, especially one’s mother tongue. This research investigates what impedes students in some schools from having native language proficiency, as many of them use this language improperly. The purpose of this paper was to identify better methods for teaching Kinyarwanda to students, and promoting students’ writing skills. This study was administered among 60 students and 5 teachers selected from two schools in Rukomo Sector, Gicumbi District using cluster sampling technique for students and purposive sampling for teachers who teach Kinyarwanda. The findings revealed that both students and teachers are not willing to use Kinyarwanda appropriately when they are conducting lessons. Findings from the teachers’ questionnaire indicated that students need various competitions in terms of speaking and writing, and teachers need Kinyarwanda trainings. This implies that the government of Rwanda is required to provide sufficient instructional materials and organize school competitions that will enable students to be familiar with using appropriate vocabulary when speaking and writing Kinyarwanda. Key words: native language, teaching Kinyarwanda language, four skills of language

Date: 2023-06
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