ANALYSIS OF THE EXPECTED AND ACTUAL ENGLISH LANGUAGE NEEDS OF THE NIGERIA CERTIFICATE IN EDUCATION (NCE) STUDENTS IN NORTH-WEST ZONE
ANALYSIS OF THE EXPECTED AND ACTUAL ENGLISH LANGUAGE NEEDS OF THE NIGERIA CERTIFICATE IN EDUCATION (NCE) STUDENTS IN NORTH-WEST ZONE
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2011-07
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NDUKWE, Jane Ifeoma
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The study investigates the needs of NCE trainees in order to fill the gap between the
actual and the expected English language needs of these subjects. It examines the adequacy
or otherwise of the minimum standards used to train NCE English Language students.
Students from the North-West geographical zone were used as case study to determine what
the NCE trainees need to perform effectively at the primary school. The study employed an
opinion scale on questionnaires on experts and NCE III students to elicit the respondents
views on what should constitute the expected language skills needs of the NCE English
trainees, which they considered important in the minimum standards, the availability of the
skills in the program of study and their understanding of the teaching of the skills. The
trainees were also observed on practical teaching using the observation checklist to rate
their performance in classroom practices. Five (5) colleges of education were specifically
selected. A total of four hundred and fifty (450) respondents were used for the study. Three
(3) research questions and three (3) null-hypotheses were raised, tested and answered.
Descriptive statistics was the major statistical tool used to analyze the data. The study
revealed among other things that deficit needs were observed in the actual minimum
standard of NCE III English students in the language skills of listening, speaking, reading,
writing, grammatical structure and teaching methodology. The implication of the gaps
observed is that the minimum standard in use is not sufficiently adequate to meet with all the
English needs of the trainees. Consequently, the study proposed a merger or marriage of the
gaps established with the actual needs by providing a comprehensive syllabus that would
meet the needs of NCE English language trainees in all the language skills in the North-west
zone. It focuses on the discovered appropriate knowledge and skills required by these
trainees to function effectively in the primary school, based on the assessment of their
perceived needs that arose in the course of the study.
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A Dissertation Submitted to the Postgraduate School,
Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria
In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of
Philosophy in the Teaching of English as a Second Language (TESL).
Department of Education
Faculty of education
Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria
July, 2011
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ANALYSIS,, EXPECTED,, ACTUAL,, ENGLISH LANGUAGE, NEEDS,, NIGERIA, CERTIFICATE,, EDUCATION,, (NCE),, STUDENTS,, NORTH-WEST ZONE