ABSTRACT This is a qualitative study that analyzed errors in the written essays of form two students of Ghana Senior High School in Tamale. The study sought to find out the types and causes of errors in the written essays of students in the Senior High Schools. The data used for the analysis of the errors comprised written essays of the students in form two. From this, a total of 2,128 errors were identified from two essay topics. seven error types were identified and they include concord err...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to assess the effects of using English Language as a medium of instruction in the Mabang Senior High Technical School. The study was basically a crosssectional descriptive survey involving the quantitative and qualitative approach. Structured questionnaires, interviews and observation were used to gather the data and the results were analyzed using descriptive statistics such as frequencies and percentages. A total of 150 respondents were selected random...
ABSTRACT The study examined morphosyntatic structure of WhatsApp chats in Prampram Senior High School with concentration on selected classes and students in the school. The research was conducted qualitatively through questionnaire, WhatsApp chats and students’ compositions from class workbooks. The data collected were screenshots of students’ WhatsApp chats and exercises which were analyzed textually and thematically. The study was basically anchored on the structure of WhatsApp language...
ABSTRACT This study examined errors made in the adjective clauses by the students of St Peter‟s Catholic Basic School Ngleshie Amanfro. To achieve this, essays from 132 final year pupils were analyzed for different types of adjective clause errors. Interviews were also conducted to solicit information on trainees and teachers‟ view regarding adjective clause errors among students. The results are classified into two main categories: error types and causes of errors. The common errors comm...
ABSTRACT This study investigated spelling errors committed by students of Lamboya Junior High School in the Bawku West District, who are learning English language (L2) as a core subject. The study examined written essays of 84 students who were in form three (3) and preparing for their Basic Education Certificate Examination. And so, the test instrument for the study was their mock exam. The rationale for using the form 3 students and the mock exam was that the students might have mastered to...
ABSTRACT The main purpose of the study was to describe motivation and performance of all Junior High School pupils of Enyan-maim circuit in English Language and establish the relationship between them. The descriptive survey design was adopted to study, describe and interpret the relationship between motivation and performance. School performance test from the end of term examination and motivation test were used to gather data for the survey from accessible population of all Junior High Thre...
ABSTRACT The main purpose of the study was to describe motivation and performance of all Junior High School pupils of Enyan-maim circuit in English Language and establish the relationship between them. The descriptive survey design was adopted to study, describe and interpret the relationship between motivation and performance. School performance test from the end of term examination and motivation test were used to gather data for the survey from accessible population of all Junior High Thre...
ABSTRACT This write up highlights the investigation of the problems the Shia Senior High Technical School students at Ho in the Volta Region encounter in the use of English grammatical concord. The purpose of the study was to identify concord problems. It had been noticed that the F2 C students of this school have a peculiar problem with the use of the English Language due to the challenges they have with the concord, or the grammar of the language. To find the root of these causes, students�...
ABSTRACT This research is a case study in Asuom Senior High School in the Kwaebibirem Municipality, Eastern Region. The objective of this study was to identify the role of learning prose in the written compositions of first year students in ASEC. It also sought to see the impact of the literature-based approach in the composition writings of students. To achieve this, the researcher employed the qualitative design and the instruments used to collect data were; interviews, lesson observations,...
This research was designed to help basic three pupils of Kperiga D /A Primary School in the West Mamprusi Municipality-Walewale through the use of phonemes to improve upon their word recognition and spelling skills. The qualitative research design was used to guide the study. The sample size was made up of forty-eight (48) pupils. Pretest and post-test were used together with intervention activities to collect data for this research. After the intervention it was found that pupils exhibited h...
ABSTRACT Education is key to the development of every nation and to deepen the benefits of education communication is necessary to aid the expression of ideas, opinions, thoughts and feelings either written or orally. There is however evidence that students in Junior High Schools lack the required depth of knowledge in English language. Students of Wobil Junior High School tend to make errors that suggest they do not have a full grasp of the rules of grammar; however, no comprehensive study h...
ABSTRACT This study sought to find out why the class four pupils of Saint Martin’s Anglican Primary School find it difficult to identify nouns in sentences and also find remedies to the problem. The researcher did a qualitative study and used observations, interviews and tests in diagnosing the cause of the problem with regard to noun identification in sentences. From the findings, it was realized that, the pupils did not pay attention in class whenever the English Language was being taught...
ABSTRACT English as a Second Language (ESL) writing is a challenge to most of the learners in the Ghanaian schools. This study was carried out to investigate the concord problems among students of Gwriman Senior High School, Bamiankor in the Nzema East District. The purpose was to find out the nature and causes of these concord errors which involved subject- verb agreement in students' use of English language especially in writing. The students who participated in the study were students of G...
ABSTRACT Reading is an essential skill that every child of school age should acquire. The reason is that students who are able to read very well and understand what is read often perform better academically than their counterparts who struggle to read. This clearly demonstrates that there is a very close relationship between reading and academic performance. Hence the researcher’s interest to investigate how reading influences the academic performance of students, especially some first year...
ABSTRACT This research sought to find out the problems of tense and aspect usage among the Wulugu Senior High Schools students which are in the West Mamprusi District of the Northern region of Ghana. The study, which focused on the problems of students using appropriate tense and aspect in writing, was conducted on the students in two forms. The instrument used was observation. The study reveals that students in Wulugu Senior High School had serious problems in using correct tense when writin...