Abstract The study exposes the difficulties experienced by students at the Junior Secondary School Certificate Level with respect to Pidgin English usage in some selected secondary schools in Ikpoba Okha Local Government Area. some research questions were formulated to guide the… Continue Reading
This research examines the dilemma of the girl child in African culture and the fundamental problems confronting her existential being. It explores the unfair treatment the girl-child receives in a male chauvinistic and particular society like Africa and the negative effects of such to her femininity. As a way of redeeming the dignity of… Continue Reading
CHAPTER ONE I ntroduction 1.1 Background to the study Varied researches on the use of language has made language users understand the fact that there is more to meaning making than grammaticality of a sentence. Semantics is made an anchorage of the branch of linguistics that studies meaning making in communications. Further… Continue Reading
ABSTRACT This study examined the effect of Yoruba language on the sound system of spoken English language among the indigenous Mushin Yoruba market women in Lagos. It was to find out the features that distinguish Lagos Yoruba accent from the received pronunciation. The speech of ten selected market women from Mushin Lagos was used. Market women… Continue Reading
CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background to the Study Literature across ages and continents have functioned as the embodiment and interpreter of a peoples’ culture, a conveyor of a people’s language as well as their philosophy, politics, psychology and national character. Nwachukwu, (2005) notes that literature whether cast in the… Continue Reading
Christian handbills are one of the leading non-verbal means of communication in the society today especially the church handbills and posters. Technically put, posters are very important forms of visual communication. It presents picture(s) with meanings lying behind it. However, there exist some graphosyntactic errors, lexical, syntactic… Continue Reading
There is a great impact of students performance when they are being guided and counseled hence this study set to investigate the impact of Guidance and Counselling on the student’s academic performance.Due to the huge challenges students face and some challenges which guidance and counseling helped in solving, the researcher sets… Continue Reading
The paper carefully examines the effect of the Nigerian pidgin english on the academic performance of university students using University of Uyo as a case study. The current status of pidgin english mostly used by students was also analysed. In view of the findings, the use of Pidgin in formal setting should be discouraged since it has… Continue Reading
This paper duels on women’s lamentation over male subjugation. Women's lamentation over male subjugation has in recent years filtered into a determination to abnegate sexism. With this stand, their former conciliatory position becomes superseded by a current of revolt against man and… Continue Reading
POLITICAL CORRUPTION IN NIGERIA CAUSES AND PREVENTION, USING THE WORK OF SELECTED ACTIVISTS AND WRITERS IN NIGERIA CHAPTER ONE 1.0 INTRODUCTION Nigeria’s political problems sprang from the carefree manner in which the British took over, administered, and abandoned the government and people of Nigeria. British administrators… Continue Reading
TABLE OF CONTENT CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY RESEARCH QUESTIONS HYPOTHESIS OF THE STUDY SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY SCOPE OF THE STUDY LIMITATIONS OF THE STUDY DEFINITION OF TERMS CHAPTER TWO LITERATURE REVIEW MEANING OF STYLISTICS AND STYLE REVIEW OF SOME WORKS ON STYLISTIC… Continue Reading
The work looks into the factors affecting language choice in a multilingual society, from a sociolinguistic point of view. This study brings to light a number of what affect individuals language choice. This work comprises of four chapters. The first chapter talks about the introduction, the second chapter is the literature review, the third… Continue Reading
This study was undertaken to ascertain if there is any significant difference in the level of achievement of gender differentials in secondary schools in Egor Local Government Area of Edo State. in other word, to see whether the type of schools and sex, affects performance of students in West Africa School Certificate (WASC) English… Continue Reading
CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION Values In ethics, value denotes something degree of importance, with the aim of determining what action or life is best to do or live, or at least attempt to describe the value of different actions. It may be described as treating actions themselves as abstract objects, putting value to them. It deals with right… Continue Reading
Life is a battle for struggle and survival. Struggle and survival are as old as man. Every second, man is on the move, thinking of what to do and how to do it in order to survive. This project, therefore, examines the ways the two novelists presented their characters in their attempts to depict the various methods people adopt in their… Continue Reading
The researcher, in the work, “The Concept of Neo-Colonialism in Joy Chinwokwu Clouds at Sunrise and After Midnight , tries to show neo-colonialism as a practice in Nigeria right from her independence to the present day: the negative effect of the neo-colonialist powers in all sectors of economy in the country and also, in the… Continue Reading
The English article system is a complex system that is nevertheless indispensable for users of English. The articles perform several important functions and aid greatly in the art of communication. Despite this indisputable importance of the English articles, Nigerian newspapers misuse them to a great degree. It is a fact that… Continue Reading
Life is a battle for struggle and survival. Struggle and survival are as old as man. Every second, man is on the move, thinking of what to do and how to do it in order to survive. This project, therefore, examines the ways the two novelists presented their characters in their attempts to depict the various methods people adopt in their… Continue Reading
This studies an investigation into academic indiscipline and failure among secondary school students (English language mathematics, Igbo, Agric, Economics. period 2005-2011 (a case study of Nigeria) the population of the study consists of five subjects in senior secondary school in Nigeria. A total of nine thousand seven hundred and… Continue Reading
This study is focused on the causes of examination malpractice among secondary school students in Enugu Education zone of Enugu State. It had become a general view to accept that the last two decades have witnessed high rate of several incidents of examination misconduct; more especially at post primary education level. According to… Continue Reading
This study was on the factors associated with mass failure of students in the English language in secondary schools in Nsukka L.G.A of Enugu State. Using simple random sampling procedures, the researchers drew 128 students and 50 teachers from nine state owned secondary school of Enugu State. Questionnaires were used to elicit information… Continue Reading
The topic of the study is the effects of mother tongue in the study of English language in secondary school in Enugu North Local Government Area of Enugu State. The aim is to know how the mother tongue affects the learning of English language in Secondary school especially in four selected schools in Enugu North Local Government Area of… Continue Reading
The theoretical frame work for this study was provided by the review of literature was also prepared to enable the researcher collect enough data in regards to the study. Information was sought through primary sources such as questionnaires were used in data collection. The findings of the research work were presented in tabular form and… Continue Reading
ABSTRACT Survey research design was employed in the study because it helps in collecting and analyzing data on issues as they exist. The study covered the nine (9) secondary schools in Enugu North Local Government Area, Enugu State. The… Continue Reading
This research work focus on the investigation of the causes of student’s failure in Mathematics and English Language in West African School Certificate (WASSCE) Examination in Enugu Education Zone. Their possible remediations were also sought. In other words, this work is aimed at finding the factors that contribute to the student’s… Continue Reading