CHAPTER ONE

THE RESEARCH PROBLEMS

1.0     INTRODUCTION:

          Firstly, many pupils fail some examination in English language due to their attitude toward English language and English lessons. Effective use of English language greatly depends on the attitude one posses toward English. They cannot say or put down their intentions.

          The standard of English language in secondary school in Isi –Uzo local government Enugu state seems to be deteriorating; because of the way it is being taught which is not encourage able and uninteresting. Therefore, no way to draw the learner’s interest and attention towards the lesson.

          Some problems affecting the qualities of composition writing in J. S. S III students are as follows.

Inadequate manpower, increasing population in schools, overloading of teachers, expression and mechanical accuracy and finally the method used in teaching composition writing.

Inadequate manpower which embraces not having enough professionally qualified teachers and teaching aids. There are not enough buildings to accommodate the increasing population in schools. More so, many of teachers are not well effective in skill of oracy through which they should impact into the pupil the knowledge of the lessons, to be the pupils understanding.

          To be sincere that they are not qualified to, for instance, some teachers who have their certificate in government teach commence, thinking that the subject (commerce) is easy to understand where they lack the method used in teaching a particular lesson, importantly composition writing has a method of teaching it, and when the teacher lacks it the teaching became a different thing all together. The case of insufficient qualified teacher has resulted too what we know as overloading of teachers.

1.1     BACKGROUND AND STATEMENT OF PROBLEMS.

          Composition writing is a very important aspect of English language. It is an essential medium of written communication in Nigeria secondary schools. According to the oxford Advanced learner’s Dictionary (1995), composition is defined as a short piece of writing done as school or collage exercises, an essay”.

In composition the writer or speaker does not stop to think of each part/unit. The writer or speaker just says or writes what is on the mind or in the head. The utterance may represent a story or anything.

In whatever situation we employ composition writing (English language) it is a vehicle for thinking, for effective language (expression)

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3. 3. As a source for ideas for your own research work (if properly referenced).
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