ANALYSIS OF HAUSA READING FLUENCY AMONG JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS OF KADUNA STATE WITH TEACHING IMPLICATIONS
ANALYSIS OF HAUSA READING FLUENCY AMONG JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS OF KADUNA STATE WITH TEACHING IMPLICATIONS
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2016-11
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HAYATU, ZAHARADDEEN IS’HAQ
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The purpose of this study was to analyse the Hausa reading fluency of Junior Secondary School II students with teaching implications. It attempted to find out the JSS students’ reading fluency levels based on such aspects as reading rate, accuracy and prosody. The study adopted descriptive design method and used a sample size of 180 students across six Junior Secondary Schools classes. The Curriculum-Based Measurement reading fluency test by (Stanley Deno, 1985) and Multidimensional Fluency Rubric by (Rasinski & Johnston, 2009) were adopted in measuring the students’ reading fluency. Three different Hausa reading passages from three Hausa novels: “So Aljannar Duniya”, “Jiki Magayi” and “Shaihu Umar” were adopted as instruments of the study. Chi-square and descriptive statistics were used in testing the hypotheses and analyzing the data of the study. The study discovered that JSS students read Hausa texts slowly but correctly though without proper prosody. It finally recommended the addition of Hausa reading fluency in the JSS curriculum and to establishment of a Hausa reading fluency benchmark. To enable the students and the teachers to test and know their fluency improvements from time to time, the study finally recommended the recruitment of more Hausa teachers as well as improvisation reading materials in teaching
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A DISERTATION SUBMITTED TO THE SCHOOL OF POSTGRADUATE STUDIES, AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT FOR THE AWARD OF MASTERS DEGREE OF EDUCATION IN LANGUAGE ARTS (HAUSA)
DEPARTMENT OF ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCE EDUCATION
FACULTY OF EDUCATION
AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA NIGERIA
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ANALYSIS,, HAUSA READING FLUENCY,, JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS,, KADUNA STATE,, TEACHING IMPLICATIONS,