ITEACHER COMPETENCE IN IDENTIFYING ERRORS IN STUDENTS' WRITTEN ESSAYS IN SELECTED SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN YOBE STATE

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dc.contributor.authorNWAFOR, EKWUTOSI NWADA
dc.date.accessioned2014-02-11T12:44:00Z
dc.date.available2014-02-11T12:44:00Z
dc.date.issued2000-09
dc.descriptionA thesis submitted to the postgraduate school, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, in partial fulfiLlment of the requirements for the Award of the degree of masters in Education (teaching English as a second language: T.E.S.L.) OCTOBER, 2000en_US
dc.description.abstractThe purpose of the study was to determine teacher competence in identifying and correcting essay errors committed by SSS1 students in Secondary Schools in' Yobe State. To this effect, 32 secondary schools, 76 teachers and 376 scripts were randomly sampled and used. Seventy-six copies of structured questionnaire and two essay tests (one narrative and one argumentative) were used for data collection. Four null hypotheses were formulated and tested using inferential statistical teats of Pearson Product Moment correlation coefficient ( r) and t tests which were used to test for significant relationship and mean difference respectively. The analysis showed, among other things, that there was a significant relationship between teachers' academic qualifications, and level of competence in identifying and correcting essay errors; mean difference between teaching experience and level of competence; gender and level of competence in error identification and correction. Based on the findings, it was recommended, among other things, that more essay assignments for practice should be given to the students once in a week as a rule in Yobe State. Refresher courses should be organized every term for English Language teachers to update their knowledge in essay teaching, error identification and correction; a similar research should be conducted in other States so as to develop a blue-prints for use by English Language teachers.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/1272
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectTEACHER COMPETENCE,en_US
dc.subjectIDENTIFYING,en_US
dc.subjectERRORS,en_US
dc.subjectSTUDENTS' WRITTEN ESSAYS,en_US
dc.subjectYOBE STATEen_US
dc.titleITEACHER COMPETENCE IN IDENTIFYING ERRORS IN STUDENTS' WRITTEN ESSAYS IN SELECTED SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN YOBE STATEen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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