A SURVEY OF THE ENGLISH COMMUNICATIVE NEEDS OF NCE/CC STUDENTS WITH SUGGESTIONS FOR PROGRAMME IMPROVEMENT

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dc.contributor.authorODUMUH, THERESA,
dc.contributor.authorOHI
dc.date.accessioned2014-02-25T08:19:29Z
dc.date.available2014-02-25T08:19:29Z
dc.date.issued1968-01
dc.descriptionFACULTY OF EDUCATION AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY ZARIA. NIGERIAen_US
dc.description.abstractABSIRACT The aim of this study was to survey the communication needs of students enrolled for the Nigeria Certificate in Education - by - Correspondence (NCE/CC) programme in the Institute of Education, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, During the researcher's interaction with the students and in grading their assignments, it was observed that they were dissatisfied with the content of the General English course. In addition, their communicative ability was inadequate. This prompted the study. The study was designed to find out what the students considered as their communicative needs in Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing skills. Three questionnaires were administered to years I and IV students and their lecturers to collect information in this respect. On the whole, eighty-eight year I students, sixty-six year IV Students and fourteen lecturers participated in the study. The results were analysed using frequencies and percentages. The results revealed that the four language skills were rated high to moderate need for a teacher that uses English for instruction. The majority of year I students and the lecturers perceived most of the skills as high needs of the students at the point of entry. Skills highly emphasised by these two groups are as follows: Listening skills including ability to: - Take down meaningful notes. - Contrast English phonemes. - Recognise meanings of words, phrases and sentences .Caused by stress and intonation viii Speaking skills including ability to: - Pronounce consonants. - Stress words and sentences appropriately, Reading skills including ability to: - Find specific information quickly from material read. - Understand, interprete, summarize material of various topics. Writing Skill including ability to: - Plan and write Essays, of various types using appropriate format. Unlike the year I students and the lecturers, the year students perceived most of the skills as moderate needs. However, they indicated high need in the area of writing, particularly ability to: - Write various types of Essays. - Develop paragraphs in chronological form. - Use punctuation marks correctly. In the light of the findings, it was recommended that needs of each set of new entrants should be sought using a needs assessment procedure. The teachers should also monitor the students needs as they progress through the programme to know what needs are satisfied and what remains to be done. In respect of year IV students who perceived most of the skills as moderate needs it was recommended that they still need help particularly in writing.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/2456
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectSURVEY,en_US
dc.subjectENGLISH,en_US
dc.subjectCOMMUNICATIVE,en_US
dc.subjectNEEDS,en_US
dc.subjectNCE/CC,en_US
dc.subjectSTUDENTS,en_US
dc.subjectSUGGESTIONS,en_US
dc.subjectPROGRAMME,en_US
dc.subjectIMPROVEMENTen_US
dc.titleA SURVEY OF THE ENGLISH COMMUNICATIVE NEEDS OF NCE/CC STUDENTS WITH SUGGESTIONS FOR PROGRAMME IMPROVEMENTen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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