A linguistic analysis of HIV/ AIDS messages in Kenyan Primary school textbooks

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dc.contributor.authorKinuthia, Jane Wanjiku
dc.contributor.authorChai, Furaha
dc.contributor.authorYieke, Felicia Arudo
dc.date.accessioned2024-03-20T07:16:29Z
dc.date.available2015-04-02T07:53:25Z
dc.date.available2024-03-20T07:16:29Z
dc.date.issued2011-03-02
dc.descriptionJournal articleen_US
dc.description.abstractIn Kenya, government agencies, line ministries and non governmental organizations have for several decades now made concerted efforts aimed at prevention of HIV/AIDS through increased awareness about the risk of transmission and promotion of positive behavior change. One such effort was the introduction, in 2003, by the Kenya Institute of Education, of the integrated HIV/AIDS syllabus in both primary and secondary schools. This study was conceived with the objectives to identify and analyse the language used in primary school textbooks in order to determine its suitability in communicating the HIV/AIDS message, and to provide empirical data on the kind of language used. Six class seven textbooks used in three compulsory subjects in six percent of primary schools from Nakuru municipality, and the views and comments of ten class seven teachers yielded the data. The data was analysed according to the Mills (1995) model of stylistic analysis. The findings were that most of the HIV/AIDS related concepts feature in science textbooks, and that of all stylistic forms, transitivity choices are the most popular with textbook writers. The study also established that the stylistic forms used have a bearing on how the readers process and interpret the information presented in the text. The study recommends that to make the integration of HIV/AIDS messages a successful venture, textbook writers need to consider what is the appropriate amount of information on HIV/AIDS in each subject and the suitable stylistics (style of language usage in different contexts) for the level of the reader. It is hoped that the implications of the study will be useful to teachers, textbook writers and the general society.
dc.description.sponsorshipPAC Universityen_US
dc.identifier.issn1021-1128
dc.identifier.urihttps://repo.pacuniversity.ac.ke/handle/123456789/96.2
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherEgerton journal of Humanities, social sciences and Educationen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesVol. 10;No.6
dc.subjectCoherenceen_US
dc.subjectAcceptabilityen_US
dc.subjectInformativityen_US
dc.subjectHIV/AIDSen_US
dc.titleA linguistic analysis of HIV/ AIDS messages in Kenyan Primary school textbooksen_US
dc.typeArticle
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