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Attaining competence in a language is very important to the speakers of any language, and more so to those who learn a language for a particular purpose. However, it is not always easy to attain competence due to the influence of the learners´ first language. This book explores the syntactic errors, which result from L1 transfer in the process of acquiring English as a second language by Keiyo L1 learners of English, and whether teaching plays a role in the elimination of the errors. Error analysis and Inter-language theories constituted the theoretical framework of the study. The study sample was drawn from pupils who are L1 speakers of Keiyo. This book is a major scholarly contribution in Second Language Acquisition studies and language education curriculum planning.

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Dr. Phylis Bartoo is a career social scientist and lectures in Egerton University, Njoro, Kenya. She holds a Ph.D. in Linguistics from the University of Witwatersrand, South Africa. Her research interests are: Language Change, Sociolinguistics, Communication and Media, Second Language Acquisition; and Language and Gender.

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