PhD RESEARCH PROJECTS (ONGOING)

1. XU Jing ROTICH (C80/94367/2014) Foreign Language Learning Strategies: A Study of Processes and Procedures Employed by Kenyan Learners of The Chinese Language at the University of Nairobi (Supervisors: Prof. Jane Oduor, Dr. Catherine Agoya)
2. Gregoire Mbonankira (C80/52166/2017) Rwandans’ attitudes towards the three non-indigenous official languages of Rwanda (Supervisors: Prof Alfred Buregeya, Dr. Zipporah Otiso)
3. Achieng Ochieng Joan (C80/53201/2018) Phonological and lexical innovation in Dholuo: Kisumu- South Nyanza and Boro - Ukwala dialects (Supervisors: Dr. Fred Atoh, Dr. Prisca Jerono)
4. Judith Mbwika (C80/56589/2020) A Cognitive Approach to Semantic Change in Kikamba (Supervisors: Dr. Fred Atoh, Dr. Zipporah Otiso)
5. Fridel Njeri Muchiri (C80/58414/2021) Learner Motivation and Teaching Didactics in the Learning of German as Second Language: A case study of online learning in national secondary schools in Kenya (Supervisors: Dr. Catherine Agoya, Dr. Alice Wachira)
6. Monica Mugure (C80/56379/2020) An analysis of procedural interpretation and the explicit communication of Gĩkũyũ utterances: attitude markers, conjunctions/connectors (Supervisors: Prof K. wa Mberia, Dr. Gideon Marete)
7. Emily Ayieko C80/52196/2017) A study of Dholuo Tonal Perturbations (Prof. Jane Oduor, Dr. Mohamed Akidah)
8. Philip Oketcho (C80/57410/2020) Symbolic identities: Language, conflict and identity making in Eastern Uganda (Supervisors: Dr. Alice Wachira, Dr. James Orao)
9. Fridah Kaviti /C80/56344/2020) Language maintenance and identity formation of considerably minority speakers enclaved by majority speakers: a case of the Mbeere speakers of eastern region of Kenya (Prof Kithaka wa Mberia, Dr. Maloba Wekesa)
10. Michael Nginye (C80/56369/2020) The process of designing an academic programme on French for specific purposes in Kenya: the challenges and ways to overcome them (Supervisor: Prof Alfred Buregeya)
11. Michael N. KEBABE (C80/59159/2021) The level of education as variable in the pronunciation of English in Kenya (Supervisors: Prof. Jane Oduor)
12. Gitu Susan Wangari (C80/55769/2019) A Pragmatic Analysis of Impoliteness in Computer-mediated Communication: A Case Study of Facebook Use in Kenya (Supervisors: Dr. Fred Atoh, Dr. Nobert Basweti)
13. Muriithi Gerald Njuki (C80/53897/2018) An ethnosyntax analysis of Gikuyu grammar (Supervisors: Prof. K. wa Mberia, Dr. Zipporah Otiso)
14. Mary Tyengo (C80/55959/2019) Misinterpretation of Dholuo-English Performatives: A Case Study of Winam Law Court, Kisumu County, Kenya ((Supervisors: Dr Fred Atoh, Dr. Boke Joyce Wambura)
15. Xu Tian (Y71/57426/2020) A Study of Translation Challenges in Chinese and Kenyan Construction Contracts: Implications for Foreign Contracting Projects (Supervisors: Prof. Jayne Mutiga, Dr. Josephat Gitonga)
16. Japhari Salum (Y71/59549/2022) Exploring Localization Perspectives in the Tanzanian Film Industry: A Case of Selected Films (Supervisors: Prof. Jayne Mutiga, Dr. Josephat Gitonga))