CHAPTER ONE: BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY
In the Nigeria national policy on education (1981) it stated that school education should “equip students to live attentively in our modern age of English language”. In accordance with this aim of education, Boge (1979) has this to say, “one major educational problem is preparing the young people to cope with the intellectual and cultural environment characterized by rapid changes”, it is assumed that these young people should have some basic understanding for the English language
English language has continued to occupy its separate place and some time, it is often neglected in some schools even where the various branches of English language are taught they are done without regard for the basic requirement needed in spite of the effort made during the present decade by the federal and state government of Nigeria to give English language subject their role in education note much has been achieved in some selected schools in Makurdi local government area the effect of the deficiency in teaching English language in schools are particularly evident in developing countries such as Nigeria
STATEMENT OF PROBLEM
RESEARCH QUESTION
HYPOTHESIS
PURPOSE OF STUDY
The purpose of this study is to find out the solutions to the factors associated with mass failure of students in english language
SIGNIFICANCE OF STUDY
The teaching of English language has not been as effective as it ought to be. It is therefore necessary to diagnose the various factors responsible for the mass failure of students and proper means by which the anomalies could be arrested
The importance of English language in the life of man need to be over emphasized, therefore if the subject is not effectively taught, the rudiment that are necessary for development of the basic concept of English language would be lacking at the secondary schools level and this could permeate the other state of the nation’s educational level. It is believed that the importance of english language if well under stood and all the factors responsible for its unhealthy development are quickly nipped on the bud it would be possible to build a English language culture oriented society which will augur well for the healthy development of the nation
LIMITATION OF STUDY
To carry out a project such as this there are bound to be procedural and methodological flaws inherent in the item developed human biases are likely to aggravate the internal weakness that are likely to exist however, conscious effort will be made to evolve method that will control for such extraneous influences in order to ensure the validity and reliability of the study
It is also expected that distance, times, finance and lack of human co-operation can pose serious threats to the successful execution of this project to this end it is hoped that every effort will be made to minimize, if not totally eliminating such threats and steps taken be highlighted to serve as a guide to those who may wish to replicate the project
DEFINITION OF TERMS
In the course of study, it is important to know what the following terms stand for technology may be defined as the use of organized knowledge to solve practical demonstrations problems
English languagelaboratory is a place equipped for studies in English language
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