ABSTRACT The study examined the effectiveness of using audio-visual aids in teaching letter sound identification to KG 2 pupils at the Jema D/A Primary School and the Jema Islamic Primary School. A total number of 59 pupils and 4 teachers from the two selected schools participated in the study. Pre-intervention and post intervention tests were conducted to test the effectiveness of using audio-visual aids in teaching letter sound identification. The research looked at how to assess the letter...
ABSTRACT This is a qualitative study aimed at investigating the grammatical errors students of Ghana Senior High School, Tamale in the Northern Region of Ghana commit in their essay writing. The study sought to identify grammatical errors and examine the causes of the errors. To achieve these objectives, essays from 201 students randomly selected from across the three streams were collected and analyzed. In all, 2864 errors were identified; verb related errors, concord, prepositional, adverbi...
ABSTRACT English Language has emerged as an important means of communication enjoying the status of a second language as it is offered as a compulsory subject in Ghanaian schools from the upper primary to the SHS. This is a qualitative study aimed at finding the common errors form two students of Saint Paul Methodist JHS in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana commit in their essay writing. The study also sought to examine the causes of the errors and how they can be remedied to improve the teac...
ABSTRACT This research work investigated the challenges that the pupils at the Tengekorfe Basic 8 face in using auxiliary verbs. It looks at the factors that are responsible for the challenges and difficulties that pupils face in the use of the auxiliary verbs. The nature of the problem was scrutinized using error analysis which informed the suggested solutions and ways of improving upon the use of the auxiliary verbs. As such, qualitative research design was explored. 36 pupils were sampled ...
ABSTRACT The poor performance of students of SDA Senior High School in English language has been a source of worry to many people because other subjects they study have also been affected too. The most disturbing aspect of the problem is the students’ inability to use the language to communicate effectively both in speaking and in writing. Their sentences are full of concord errors. This has been attributed to their negative attitudes towards the L2 as most of the students feel comfortable ...
ABSTRACT Reading is one of the basic skills that children should master during their first school year to be able to assimulate new knowledge and skills in future.This case study was undertaken to investigate the reading difficulties among JHS pupils of Konongo M/A. The study also aimed at suggesting appropriate stratagies to enable pupils to be competent readers. The study particularly attempted to find out the causes and effects of reading difficulties. The study was conducted on 20 sampled...
ABSTRACT This study investigated the comprehension problems of the S.H.S two (2) students of Parkoso Senior High School. The purpose of the study was to find out the reading ability of Parkoso SHS two (2) students, identify the reading skills that the students know, identify how students derive meaning from comprehension passages and determine the problems affecting Parkoso S.H.S two (2) students in comprehending comprehension texts. This research is a qualitative study that analyzed compre...
ABSTRACT The learner should be able to develop and apply the skills of good handwriting and use writing skills to communicate his/her ideas appropriately but where errors appear to overtake one’s writing, reading becomes somewhat difficult. Although errors are seen as a part of the teaching and learning process, it hinders communication and this was revealed in the writing of pupils of Ntoaso SDA Basic School. This is a qualitative study that analysed common errors in the written essays of...
ABSTRACT This is a qualitative study that examined orthographic and grammatical errors in the written essays of upper primary pupils of Gyahadze M/A Primary School. The instruments used for data collection were observation and test. From this, a total of 310 errors were identified. Six error types were identified on spelling, capitalization, punctuation, errors in the use of tense, errors in the use of articles and L1 transfer errors. Causes of these errors identified were from factors rang...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to explore difficulties encountered by undergraduate learners of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) in translating idiomatic expressions into French (L2). The goal was to identify the specific difficulties they pose to learners. Identifying the causes of the difficulties experienced by EFL undergraduate students in translating idiomatic expressions into French and proposing translation-enhancing strategies for idioms is thought to be of interest ...
ABSTRACT There are many ways to teach grammar to students that can be fun and interesting, such as using the grammar item to be learnt in context and the use of appropriate TLMs. This study was carried out to investigate the teaching of Grammar to pupils of Kpedze Todze Junior High School. It identifies the problems of both teaching and learning grammar and suggests effective ways of teaching grammar to pupils. The purposive sampling technique was adopted by the researcher in selecting th...
ABSTRACT This study offers a systematic socio-pragmatic discussion of politeness strategies in Dagbani, a Gur (Mabia) language belonging to the Oti-Volta branch in the Niger-Congo family. The work focuses on both linguistic and non-linguistic strategies that are employed in the language for the coding of politeness. It employs Brown and Levinson’s notion of ‘face’ as the theoretical framework. The study explores some key thematic areas, which include the correlation between power an...
ABSTRACT Studies indicate that the major area of students’ writing problems in English language relates to the violation of English language concord rules. Concord rules are taught at all levels of education in Ghana, but sadly, most Senior High School students have great challenges in making their sentences concordant. The students of Ghana Senior High school, Tamale, are no exception. The study sought to identify the peculiar concord problem areas of Ghana Senior High School students, ...
ABSTRACT The major problem investigated in this study is the difficulties Senior High School year 2 students of Nkawkaw Senior High School encounter in the use of concord in English. The purpose of the study was to identify this concord learning challenges, find out why those challenges exist and find appropriate ways to help the students. The instruments used to collect data were observation, questionnaire and tests. A total of 50 students were randomly selected to take part in the study. F...
ABSTRACT The purpose of the study was to investigate the problems of clause subordination among students of Opoku Ware Senior High School in the Kumasi Municipality of the Ashanti Region. The study specifically investigated some prevalent errors and mistakes committed by students and the source(s) of problems for the errors and mistakes. To address the objectives of the study, the descriptive survey design was adopted for the study. One hundred and two (102) participants were selected ...