"USE OF CONCORD AMONG STUDENTS OF TERTIARY INSTITUTION IN KADUNA STATE
"USE OF CONCORD AMONG STUDENTS OF TERTIARY INSTITUTION IN KADUNA STATE
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1990-10
Authors
JUMMAI, STEVEN DIGGA
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Abstract
The need to improve proficiency in the written
and spoken English of students in Nigeria has beer]
the cry of many. Much research work has been carried
out to investigate the use of English among students
in Nigeria, decent work in the area is on the use
of English among university students and the results
of such studies have shown that theere is the need for
improvement.
The present work complements what other researchers
have done. It investigates the use of 'concord' among students
of tertiary institutions. Three types of concord
are treated in this study. They are:
(a) Subject-Verb Concord.
(b) Pronoun-Antecedent Concord.
(c) Tense Concord,
One hundred subjects divided into four groups
were drawn from three institotions of kaduna State
to write a test. Out of this number, 34%-38% used
sentences that lack concord with respect to subjects
and their verbs. 23%-33% of the subjects used sentences
that lack pronoun-antecedent concord and
53%-60% of the subjects used sentences that lackof concord, tense concord seems to present the
greatest difficulty to students.
Concord seems to be an area of difficulty to
students and this has pedagogical implications for
students, teachers and education planners.
The study is divided into five chapters.
Chapter one states the aims of the study, the need
for it and also gives the definition of concord.
Chapter two gives the theoretical frame work and
literature review. It also discusses the model
used in the study. The third chapter discusses the
research procedure for collecting data.
Chapter four gives the analysis of data and
attempts some discussions of the results and
chapter five gives the conclusion of the study.
There is also a bibliography and appendices.
tense concord. This shows that of the three types
Description
A thesis submitted to the Postgraduate
School, Ahmadu Bello University, in partial
fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of
M.A. (Language), Department of English, Faculty of
Art and Social Sciences, Ahadu Bello University,
OCTOBER, 1990
Keywords
"USE,, CONCORD,, AMONG,, STUDENTS,, TERTIARY,, INSTITUTION,, KADUNA,, STATE.