ENGLISH PROJECT TOPICS AND RESEARCH MATERIALS

• 101. AN ANALYSIS OF ASIAN THEARTRE

  » Introduction Attempting to look into the drama and theatre of the Asian world is like saddling one with the task of looking into the deep blue sea to fish out all the species of fishes therein. W. B. Worthen, based on the multifacetedness of the Asian world and it versatile political histories, authoritatively asserts that "the drama and theatre of the Asian world has a history as complex and mult...Continue Reading »

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• 102. AN EXAMINATION OF LEADERSHIP STYLES AND THEIR EFFECTIVENESS IN THE ORGANIZATION ...

  » CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION 1.0 BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY Leadership is an important aspect of management. Indeed it exists in various segment of the population that is studies, military, business, home, mosque, church, etc. Leadership is only one part of management the two terms are not interchangeable. While leadership is an important part of management, particularly at the supervisory level, a good...Continue Reading »

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• 103. CODE SWITCHING IN NORTHERN NIGERIA: A STUDY OF KANYWOOD FILM INDUSTRY

  » 1.1 Introduction According to Yusuf (2014:2), Kanywood is the name for the Hausa film industry based in Kano. Due to the cosmopolitan nature of Kano and the fact that most of the production is placed there, in 1999 a journalist working with a Hausa newspaper called Tauraruwa coined a name Kanywood for the industry. Yusuf goes ahead to state that the first commercial Hausa film Turmin Danya (1990, ...Continue Reading »

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• 104. DIGNITY OR SUPPRESSION: THE PORTRAYAL OF WOMEN IN THUNDERBOLT NOLLYWOOD HOME VI...

  » INTRODUCTION 1.1. Background to the study Film has been in existence since time immemorial, it serves many generations as a tool of understanding and passing across vital information and ideas generated by individual different communities. Since some people lack reading cultures, there is a need to engage films to disseminate information to the public for better understanding. Film, in the generic...Continue Reading »

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• 105. DISCOURSE AND STYLISTICS: METHODS OF ANALYSIS

  » 1.0. Introduction Prior to the advent of Discourse Analysis and Stylistics, the preoccupation of many linguists was basically the study of the structural pattern and form of language without much regard for the context and other features that shape meaning. Over the years however, the attention of language scholars has been shifted from language form to language function. Consequently, many schola...Continue Reading »

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• 106. FICTION, EMOTION AND NARRATION IN SELECTED NOVELS OF CHINUA ACHEBE

  » CHAPTER ONE 1.1 INTRODUCTION 1.2 Fiction and Emotion Narration as a concept is the weaving of several strands of events into a story. This means narrative comes out of oral or written account of an event or events such as The Man Died (1972) – the autobiographical narrative on the detention and imprisonment of Wole Soyinka. Narration according Gerard Genette also means “the succession ...Continue Reading »

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• 107. PRAGMATICS FEATURES OF NIGERIAN ENGLISH (A CASE STUDY OF CHIMAMANDA NGOZI ADICHI...

  » ABSTRACT Several theories have been developed by linguists all over the world in explaining pragmatics as a sub field of linguistics. What is central in the contributions of the scholars is identification of “invisible” meanings from what is said or written by the intended listeners as intentionally meant by speakers/writers of such utterance that have been made or written. In this stu...Continue Reading »

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• 108. A CONTRASTIVE ANALYSIS OF THE NOUN PHRASE IN GYONG AND ENGLISH

  » ABSTRACT This research work, ‘A Contrastive Analysis of the Noun Phrase in Gyong and English Languages’ was motivated by the researcher’s realization of how Gyong language lends itself in numerous ways to morphological subtypes and morphology at large which are distinct from the English language. The research concentrates on a contrastive analysis of some factors which seem to af...Continue Reading »

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• 109. EVALUATIVE STUDY OF TEACHING AND LEARNING ENGLISH GRAMMATICAL STRUCTURES IN SOME...

  » CHAPTER ONE 1.1 Introduction The teaching and learning of English Language is very important in our society today. This is because of the various roles it plays in the geo political structure of the country. In Nigeria, English Language is used for communication, education, economic and social purposes. In the school system, English Language is not only taught as a subject but it is also the core ...Continue Reading »

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• 110. A STUDY ON IBIBIO LIBATION PERFORMANCES IN NIGERIA: THE GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE

  » The most important ingredient of religion is worship. Thus worship in the African pantheon denotes praise and prayer moments when supplications, sacrifice of offerings, among others are made. The concept of libation is therefore canonized within the religious activity of African to which the Ibibio belong and comprises the acts of prayers, incantation, invocation and supplication. In the religious...Continue Reading »

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• 111. PARADOX OF LOCATION AND POETRY IN YEIBO'S THE FORBIDDEN TONGUE AND IKIRIKO'S OIL...

  » CHAPTER ONE 1.0 Introduction 1.1 Background to the Study It is a well known fact that the Niger Delta region of the nation is indeed the country’s wealth and source of her economic buoyancy. This situation cannot be generally laudable as the region which has the oil wealth resources remains the most marginalised and poorest in the Nigerian federation. This reflects the paradoxical situation ...Continue Reading »

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• 112. THE PROBLEM OF ORAL EXPRESSION IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION Nigeria adopts English Language as its official language due to many reasons. Of course the principal reason cannot be divorced from ethnic linguistic diversities and the major ethnic languages are Hausa/Fulani in the North, Ibo in the East and Yoruba in the West. English is the language of government, institutions and businesses transaction in the country. It then stands ...Continue Reading »

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• 113. RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN STUDENTS ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT IN JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL CE...

  » CHAPTER ONE 1.0 INTRODUCTION1.1 Background of the StudyEducation is one the important factors which helps in bringing about rapid social and economic development in any given nation. It is a medium through which various categories of man power is developed and sustainable development achieved. It is the manpower resources that utilize the available physical and financial resources to provide the s...Continue Reading »

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• 114. ''CORRUPTION” IN THE NOVELS OF ADAOBI NWAUBANI TRICIA’S I DO NOT COME TO YOU...

  » 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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• 115. A PRAGMATIC ANALYSIS OF SELECTED CARTOONS IN VANGUARD NEWSPAPER.

  » CHAPTER ONE GENERAL INTRODUCTION Language is an instrument of thought or concept which gives clear and vivid meaning of human expression for the purpose of human interaction. In any speech community, if there must be interaction, language must be in use. Human language is said to be communicative when language users are able to use words as appropriate to context. Quirk (1962, P.42) sees language ...Continue Reading »

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• 116. A PRAGMATIC ANALYSIS OF SLANG AND CATCHY PHRASES USED IN SOME SELECTED NIGERIAN ...

  » 1.0 CHAPTER ONE 1.1 GENERAL INTRODUCTION Language is a major and an indispensable tool in human existence. No wonder Microsoft Encarta (2009) defines it as “the principal means used by human beings to communicate with one another”. Language is primarily spoken, although it can be transferred to other media such as written, non verbal and so on. It is therefore, the bedrock of communica...Continue Reading »

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• 117. A STYLISTIC ANALYSIS OF SOME SELECTED POEMS OF WOLE SOYINKA

  » CHAPTER ONE GENERAL INTRODUCTION BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Stylistics is a word derived from style; it is a discipline which studies different styles. It can refer to the study of proper use of words or language in proper places. Widdowson (1975, p 3) defines stylistics as “the study of literary discourse from a linguistic orientation”. He goes further by saying that what distinguishes s...Continue Reading »

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• 118. AESTHETIC OF AFRICANISM IN CAMARA LAYE’S THE AFRICAN CHILD AND THE RADIANCE OF...

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Literature always depends on human reality, thus all literary works depict human actual situations. So, Literature is a mirror which reflects man’s actual life in the society where he is found. Literature also borrows from history and relies on everyday events. Awotunde (1999:7) asserts that literary critics, poets, authors and playwrights...Continue Reading »

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

  » CHAPTER ONE 1.0 INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY 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 chara...Continue Reading »

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• 120. CLASS STRUGGLE (A CASE STUDY OF FESTUS IYAYI’S VIOLENCE AND ANIMATA SOW FALL�...

  » CHAPTER ONE 1.1 INTRODUCTION The concept of class struggle describes a constant conflict among the existing strata in the society. In the Selected texts, Animata Sow Fall’s The Beggars’ strike and Festus iyayi’s Violence, themes pertaining to class struggle were described, Class struggle becomes a necessity in any society with a wide gap between the ‘haves’ and the &l...Continue Reading »

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