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  Discussion on the main cause of poor performance in English as a second language in Kenyan context. Down the years, English language has not been performing too well compared to its sister subjects Kiswahili both when spoken out here officially and in national examination cases, though both of them are second languages learnt by most of the Kenya students and all the students in the public high schools in Kenya since it is compulsory.  English language has been performing poorly because of a number of reasons that have been affecting the students and sometimes the teachers.  Below is a discussion on those factors. Inadequate Learning materials or resources in schools such as textbooks, limited library spaces for reading and doing research. As we all know among the theories of second language acquisition is under monitor theory is a hypothesis by the name input hypothesis which imply that for an effective and easy learning of a second language, the learner should be expo...

 This a presentation of George Lamming’s novel In the Castle of my Skin attempts to; provide its background, give its general analysis, and subsequently subject it to Marxist theories. According to Eagleton, Marxism is essential for literary criticism because literary texts often undertone socio-economic and political (Marxism and Literary criticism). Marxism is the socioeconomic analysis that uses a materialist interpretation of historical development- historical materialism- to understand class relations and social conflict(Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels). The West Indian renaissance in the 1950s instigated the move toward independence in the Caribbean islands. Lamming emerges at the ‘high-noon’ of anti-imperialism (Ngugi wa Thiong’o, 2008). Caribbean literature dispels the bigoted debate a master imposes over the subordinate. In this case, the Prosperos over the Caliban, respectively.  Marxist theory deconstructs social order and hierarchy in society. Karl Max reduces socie...