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- ItemConceptual writing and development of writing skills Among English language students in selected Secondary schools in Makindye division, Kampala Uganda(Kampala International University, 2018-09) Maryam, MohammedThe purpose of the study was to examine the influence of conceptual writing on the development of writing skills among English language students in selected secondary schools in Makindye Division, Kampala District Uganda. For this reason, the study specifically ascertained the effect of expository writing, assessed the significance of descriptive writing and examined the role of narrative writing on development of writing skills among such students in the same schools in the division. This study adopted a descriptively correlational research design based on the quantitative and qualitative approach. The study population included 6 head teachers representing their deputies, 7 DOSs standing in for HODs as well as 48 Senior Four Teachers (Arts) and 470 Students who represented the rest of the teachers and students, respectively. It is from these population subgroups that the study sample 168 respondents were selected using purposive and stratified random sampling strategies. The questionnaire, interview guide and documentary review matrix were used as data collection instruments. Analysis of the collected data was done using quantitative and qualitative methods. Quantitative analysis included descriptive tools, namely frequency distribution, arithmetic mean and standard deviation, as well as inferential statistics of Pearson’s Correlations Co-efficiency and multiple linear regression. The main findings were that generally the level of English writing skills was relatively low among English language students in secondary schools of field survey. This was attributed mainly to descriptive writing education that was least consistent. It was also to some extent attributed to narrative writing and expository writing education, in that order, which were less fairly consistent and relatively consistent, respectively. It was concluded that expository, descriptive and narrative writing as potential conceptual writing education strategies were significantly predictive but inadequate. It was therefore recommended for better English writing proficiency, a lot more should have done mostly about descriptive writing education, then narrative writing learning and expository writing in that order. Such improvements should be the collective responsibility of all stakeholders, including Uganda’s department of secondary education standards, school management, English teachers, students and parents.
- ItemReading proficiency and comprehension among English language students in selected department in Adamawa state polytechnic Yola, Nigeria(Kampala International University, 2019-03) Baba Jimeta, UsmanThe study investigated the reading proficiency and comprehension among English language students in selected departments in Adamawa State Polytechnic, Yola Nigeria. The two selected departments are Diploma in English Language Education and Diploma in Business Administration and Management. Indeed, the ability to read efficiently in English is deemed an important skill to be acquired for academic, business and other purposes. In Nigeria, English is a compulsory subject in all schools. However, some students in Nigerian tertiary institutions, especially those in Nigeria are unaware of or do not have effective strategies to comprehend English reading materials. The objectives of the study were i) to identify the level of proficiency among the experimental groups, ii) to investigate the effects of reading proficiency on the comprehension of students in Adamawa State Polytechnic, Yola, and iii) to establish the effect of reading proficiency on comprehension. The underlying theory for this research is Schema theory. More so, to achieve these objectives, the study looked at what the SQ3R method for reading texts and the benefits of using it. Experimental technique was employed as a design of the study. Then the purposive sampling was used to select the two departments and simple random sampling technique was also used to determine the sample size of the study. The target population of this study was 200 on the basis of 100 students from each department. The sample size of this study was 114 respondents obtained by using the Sloven’s formula. To get the sample size for each department, 114 were divided by 2= 57. The instrument used for the exercise was an extract from their recommended Diploma 1 English textbook (Understanding Use of English for Schools and Colleges). The reading topic is, ‘BRIDE PRICE’. Besides, a 5 point liker scale was designed by the researcher to extract data from the respondents. The finding of the study revealed that both students performed poorly before the intervention with SQ3R method of teaching reading. After the intervention, the performance improved significantly. More efforts should be made to improve reading for better comprehension. The Study recommends i) that teachers of English language should equip themselves with effective reading strategies and to master the SQ3R method of teaching reading at all levels of learning before embarking on the task. Ii) head of departments of the tertiary institution across the state and the country at large should encourage the use of appropriate reading materials for their students; and iii) government should ensure that, the teachers attain rigorous training after every two years and recruitment agency should xi ensure that those to be recruited are professional in their various disciplines. More so, the National Board of Technical Education (NBTE) should ensure that appropriate curriculum have been designed and reviewed after every five years; so as to enable the polytechnic grandaunts to have the capability of confronting challenges in the labour market after graduation.