ENGLISH PROJECT TOPICS AND RESEARCH MATERIALS

• 41. ORATURE IN MODERN AFRICAN LITERATURE USING: WOLE SOYINKA’S THE BEATIFICATION O...

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION Modern African Literature is believed by some critics to be a transition form spoken words to the written form of it, especially in relation to the expression of African beliefs and world view. Thus, except for the language issue which alienates Modern African Literature from its root, the experiences expressed therein remain essentially African. To ensure the maintenance ...Continue Reading »

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• 42. MYTHOLOGY AND AFRICANISM

  » CHAPTER ONE 1.0. GENERAL BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY Myth is a traditional or legendary story, usually concerning some being or hero or event, with or without a determinable basis of fact or natural explanation, especially and that is concerned with details or demigods and explains some practice, vie, and phenomenon of nature. Similarly, Mythology can also be a story about superhuman beings of an earl...Continue Reading »

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• 43. MULTILINGUALISM AND THE QUESTION OF NATIONAL LANGUAGE IN NIGERIA

  » CHAPTER ONE 1.0 GENERAL INTRODUCTION This chapter of this Project work begins, by giving the general background to the study Multilingualism, and the National Language question in Nigeria. It then gives it purpose, Scope and Delimitation, then its justification is discussed. 1.1 BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY A speech community is not always made up of speakers of just a single language. It is constitute...Continue Reading »

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• 44. LEXICO - SEMANTIC ANALYSIS OF VIEWPOINT COLUMN OF PUNCH NEWSPAPER

  » CHAPTER ONE GENERAL BACKGROUND 1.0 INTRODUCTION Change is often a noticeable occurrence in all living languages. Language speakers exhibit dynamism in various ways. Every language is meant for a particular group of people however, there are occasions where a language features in a foreign environment making new words emerge and some lexical items might even be lost overtime in such language. Obvio...Continue Reading »

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• 45. FEMINISTIC ISSUES IN AMA ATA ALDOO CHANGES AND SEFI ATTA EVERYTHING GOOD WILL CO...

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the Study The issue of feminism springs up from women’s consciousness of their situation in the society and various oppressive acts against them. In traditional Africa the woman is an object of constant scorn, degradation and physical torture. In the past, women did not exist as individuals with personalities to defend. They rather existed as mere d...Continue Reading »

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• 46. COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF EMECHETA’S SECONDCLASS CITIZEN AND NWAPA’S EFURU

  » CHAPTER ONE 1.0 INTRODUCTION Emecheta and Nwapa are earliest feminist writers, whose works serve as the starting point for the independence and freedom of African women in general. They wrote novels about the struggles of African women in a contemporary African society and portray the condition of women in the traditional African setting. Their works promote equality for men and women in political...Continue Reading »

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• 47. CLASS STRATIFICATION, POVERTY AND SOCIAL INJUSTICE IN OLU OBAFEMI’S WHEELS AND...

  » Chapter one 1.0 INTRODUCTION A writer is supposed to perform certain duties to the upliftment of his society. Perhaps this accounts for various roles that both writers and critics have ascribed to modern African writers. Ngugi says: I believe that Africa intellectual must align themselves with the struggle national idea… perhaps in a small way, the African writer can help in articulating th...Continue Reading »

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• 48. CHARACTERS AND JOURNEY IN AMOS TUTUOLA’S THE PALM WINE DRINKARD AND GABRIEL AJ...

  » CHAPTER ONE 1.1 INTRODUCTION Fiction can be defined as a true to life story or experience, written out of imagination. Fiction is made – believe in as much as it does not claim that events or character it presents are historically real. African fiction can be defined as a true story written out of imagination viz a viz cultural heritage and ideas introducing characters and their environment....Continue Reading »

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• 49. A SYSTEMIC ANALYSIS OF EDITORIALS IN SELECTED NIGERIAN NESWPAPERS

  » CHAPTER ONE GENERAL INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUD TO THE STUDY Whatever the sphere of discourse the role of language in describing and explaining texts, spoken or written, cannot be under estimated. Varieties in language use based on factors such as occupation, geographical setting, idiosyncrasy and many more, further explain the relevance of language to human activity. One field where language is ve...Continue Reading »

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• 50. A STYLISTIC ANALYSIS OF SPORTS COLUMNS IN SOME SELECTED NIGERIAN NEWSPAPERS

  » CHAPTER ONE 1.0 INTRODUCTION This essay is done in an attempt to examine the language and style used in sports columns of some selected Nigerian newspapers. In recent days, we have known several modes of disseminating information down to the public and the modes are radio, television, digital media and the print media (Newspapers and Magazines). Of the different modes of dissemination, the print m...Continue Reading »

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• 51. A STYLISTIC ANALYSIS OF SELECTED NIYI OSUNDARE’S SOCIO-POLITICAL POETRY

  » CHAPTER ONE GENERAL INTRODUCTION 1.0 INTRODUCTION Language stands out as the only phenomenon through which human being in certain speech community successfully interact and pass across information. Certain scholars have tried to define what language is; Henry Lee Smith, (1969) sees language as: “A shared, learned, arbitrary symbol through which human beings in the same speech community or su...Continue Reading »

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• 52. MALE & FEMALE DISCOURSE HABITS IN CHIMAMANDA NGOZI ADICHIE’S PURPLE HIBISCUS A...

  » CHAPTER ONE 1.0 INTRODUCTION Men and women are not only physically different; differences exist in the ways they converse too. Observations about the differences have long been made but restricted to only morphology in many languages. Feminist movement in 1960s observed that language is one of the tools for women oppression by men. Language usage reflects a patriarchal system and emphasizes male s...Continue Reading »

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• 53. STYLISTIC STUDY OF THE LANGUAGE OF TIV CULT DISCOURSE: A CASE STUDY OF ISHOR I ...

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background to the Study The possession of language is one of the most important attribute that distinguishes humans from other lower animals. Therefore, the need to understand the nature of language that makes humans human can not be over emphasized. In the philosophy expressed in the myths and religions of many people, language is the source of human life and power. T...Continue Reading »

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• 54. THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LITERATURE IN ENGLISH AND PERFORMANCE IN READING COMPRE...

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background tothe Study Reading comprehension is an important aspect of communication and language development skills. It is a good means of acquiring knowledge information through written English text materials. For any effective communication in English, there must be mutual interaction between students and the reading texts by negotiating meaning and understanding of...Continue Reading »

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• 55. THE EXTENT OF USE OF INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS FOR EFFECTIVE TEACHING - LEARNING O...

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.0 BACKGROUND OF STUDY Instructional materials are materials or tools used to enhance or enlighten the effective teaching and learning process among students in schools. Teaching and learning are concerned with the training of students, but learning is a complete process. It can however be defined as a change in disposition, a relatively permanent change in behaviour over...Continue Reading »

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• 56. A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE SOCIO-LINGUISTICS OF ACHEBE’S THINGS FALL APART AND...

  » CHAPTER ONE INTROUDUCTION 1.2 BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY Language and society are not independent of each other. They always go together in the development of a people. In other words, language cannot exist and develop outside the human society. People’s habit of thought regulates and determines their language use because man is, essentially, a linguistic animal. This notion is reflected in lan...Continue Reading »

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• 57. “CORRUPTION” IN THE NOVELS OF ADAOBI NWAUBANI TRICIA’S I DO NOT COME TO YO...

  » Chapter one General introduction 1.0 Introduction and statement of the research problem Corruption refers to any act of practice which is deviant to the norm of a given society. It signifies a form of behaviour that departs from morality, ethics, tradition, law and civic virtue. Corruption is a phenomenon which reaches far beyond the giving, demanding, and receiving of bribes, by money by public o...Continue Reading »

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• 58. CORRUPTION AND VICTIMIZATION IN ISIDORE OKPEWHOTIDES AND ANTHONY ABAGHA’S CHIL...

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary defines corruption as a dishonest or illegal behaviour, especially of people in authority. In philosophical, theological or moral discussions, corruption is spiritual or moral impurity or deviation from an ideal. In economy, corruption is payment for services, or materials which the recipient is not entitle...Continue Reading »

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• 59. TEACHERS’ AWARENESS OF INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES ON STUDENT’S ACADEMIC PERFOR...

  » CHAPTER ONEINTRODUCTION1.1 Background of the StudyBasic Science and Technology is one of the sciences subjects that senior secondary schools student offer at the junior levels in the Nigerian secondary schools, (FRN, 2013). Basic science is a very important subject, it comprises of Basic Science, Basic technology, physical and health education (PHE) Information and communication technology (ICT) s...Continue Reading »

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• 60. A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF PERFORMANCE IN AURAL-ORAL SKILLS OF SENIOR SECONDARY SCHO...

  » A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF PERFORMANCE IN AURAL ORAL SKILLS OF SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL III STUDENTS IN KATSINA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA...Continue Reading »

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