Explore Project Topics on: LANGUAGE INTERFERENCE ON THE SPOKEN ENGLISH OF L2 SPEAKERS OF ENGLISH (THE HAUSA PEOPLE AS A CASE STUDY)

BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Language is generally used for the purpose of interaction among people in the society. It is also used to differentiate people by sex, age and social status within a particular society. Language serves as a tool for development in every society. It develops nations or societies socially and particularly for the purpose of... Continue Reading

CHAPTER ONE 1.0  INTRODUCTION 1.1  BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Language is generally used for the purpose of interaction among people in the society. It is also used to differentiate people by sex, age and social status within a particular society. Language serves as a tool for development in every society. It develops nations or societies socially... Continue Reading

ABSTRACT This research work is a cursory observation of how the English Fricatives are used among the Yoruba speakers of English Language. At the phonemic level of interference, English Language for instance has the voiceless fricatives /θ /  which is absent in the Yoruba Language. For this sound, the Yoruba Speakers of English substitute the... Continue Reading

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ABSTRACT This study has set to find out 'an investigation on the level of phonological  interference in the speech of Hausa-English bilingual: A case study of  Usmanu Danfodiyo University Sokoto'. It was to find out the features that  distinguish Hausa accent from the Received Pronunciation. The Recorded  speech of ten selected native... Continue Reading

ABSTRACT This study has set to find out 'an investigation on the level of phonological interference in the speech of Hausa-English bilingual: A case study of Usmanu Danfodiyo University Sokoto.' It was to find out the features that distinguish Hausa accent from the Received Pronunciation. The... Continue Reading

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1    BRIEF HISTORY OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE As indicated in the introductory part, this chapter of the study is going to examine the work of other linguists or scholars that are applicable to the subject under investigation. We are also going to examine different phonological theories and their relevance to the subject.... Continue Reading

ABSTRACT This study has set out to find the influence of Yoruba Language on the sound system of spoken English Language among the indigenous Ilorin Yoruba undergraduate students. It was to find out the features that distinguish Ilorin Yoruba accent from the Received Pronunciation. The Recorded speech of fifty selected undergraduate students from... Continue Reading

ABSTRACT This study has set out to find the influence of Yoruba Language on the sound system of spoken English Language among the indigenous Ilorin Yoruba undergraduate students. It was to find out the features that distinguish Ilorin Yoruba accent from the Received Pronunciation. The Recorded speech of fifty selected undergraduate students from... Continue Reading

ABSTRACT Language learning practice often assumes that most of the difficulties that learners encounter in the study of language are consequences of the degree to which thenative languages differ from the English of the native speakers. This research work is basically analyzed problems of pronunciation among the non-native speakers of English,... Continue Reading

IN ENUGU NORTH LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF ENUGU STATE ABSTRACT         The topic of the study is the effects of mother tongue in the study of English language in secondary school in Enugu North Local Government Area of Enugu State. The aim is to... Continue Reading

ABSTRACT The topic of the study is the effects of mother tongue in the study of English language in secondary school in Enugu North Local Government Area of Enugu State. The aim is to know how the mother tongue affects the learning of English language in Secondary school especially in four selected schools in Enugu North Local Government Area of... Continue Reading

ABSTRACT This study examines the effects of mother tongue on students in their efforts to acquire English as their second language. My scope of study was limited to Ado Ekiti in Ekiti state. For the purpose of the study, the following hypotheses were postulated; There will be no significant difference in the vocabulary and grammatical patterns of... Continue Reading

ABSTRACT This study examines the effects of mother tongue on students in their efforts to acquire English as their second language. My scope of study was limited to Ado Ekiti in Ekiti state. For the purpose of the study, the following hypotheses were postulated; There will be no significant difference in the vocabulary and grammatical patterns of... Continue Reading

ABSTRACT The main aim and objectives of this research were to identify the implication for code-mixing, and the reason for using code-mixing in Hausa-English bilinguals. It also presented and explained the phenomenon. Three research questions were formulated to guide the study. The study... Continue Reading

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION Background to the Study Problem solving permeates every comer of human activity and is a common denominator of widely disparate fields such as the sciences; law; education; business; sports; medicine, industry; literature ; and as if there weren’t enough problem solving activity in our professional and vocational lives,... Continue Reading

IN UKWANI LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF DELTA STATE ABSTRACT This research is an attempt to find out the attitude of students towards English Language and how it affects their actual performance in English language... Continue Reading

ABSTRACT This study examined the Correlation between English – language and literature – English: A case study of MELL, UDUS, Sokoto. The research centers on finding out the reason why most students in tertiary institutions being scared of some aspects of the genres of literature with emphasis majorly on poetry. Research questions were... Continue Reading

THE ATTITUDE OF STUDENTS TOWARDS ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND THEIR ACTUAL PERFORMANCE IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE EXAMINATION IN SELECTED SCHOOLS IN UKWANI LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF DELTA STATE ABSTRACT This research is an attempt to find out the attitude of students towards English Language and how it affects their actual performance in English language... Continue Reading

ABSTRACT The topic of the study is the effects of mother tongue in the study of English language in secondary school in Enugu North Local Government Area of Enugu State. The aim is to know how the mother tongue affects the learning of English language in Secondary school especially in four selected schools in Enugu North Local Government Area of... Continue Reading

ABSTRACT The topic of the study is the effects of mother tongue in the study of English language in secondary school in Enugu North Local Government Area of Enugu State. The aim is to know how the mother tongue affects the learning of English language in Secondary school especially in four selected schools in Enugu North Local Government Area of... Continue Reading

ABSTRACT Due to the place of English language in Nigeria, the poor performance of students in the use of the language is definitely an issue of national concern. Therefore, the study was designed to explore the perception of teachers on the influence of mother tongue interference on the secondary school students’ academic performance in English... Continue Reading

THE EFFECT OF PIDGIN ENGLISH ON THE TEACHING OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE IN SOME SELECTED JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN IKPOBA OKHA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, EDO STATE ABSTRACT The study exposes the difficulties experienced by students at the Junior Secondary School Certificate Level with respect to Pidgin English Interference on English Language... Continue Reading

THE ABSTRACT The study exposes the difficulties experienced by students at the Junior Secondary School Certificate Level with respect to Pidgin English Interference on English Language teaching/students daily use of the language in some selected... Continue Reading

ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to determine the influence of Pidgin English on student English language writing skills in Ebonyi State University. The Study adopted the survey research method using self-administered questionnaire. The... Continue Reading

ABSTRACT             Generally speaking, it seems unlikely that English will cease to be used elaborately in Nigeria in a foreseeable future. This research work therefore will find out if... Continue Reading

ABSTRACT  Generally speaking, it seems unlikely that English will cease to be used elaborately in Nigeria in a foreseeable future. This research work therefore will find out if students in the University of Ilorin borrow words from English in to Yoruba in their day to day interaction and if they do to identify this borrowings. The sample... Continue Reading

ABSTRACT This work is seen to reveal the difficulties and challenges in learning English as a second language especially in non- native background of Igbo speaking students in Lagos state University, (LASU) Ojo. To carry out this exercise, the researcher visited the students, recorded their first and second languages with the use of a... Continue Reading

(INDIGEN) OF ILORIN CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1      Background of the study The multilingual nature of Nigeria has become one of her greatest challenges in recent time. Inconsistent language policy, successive government‟s inability to pick any of the indigenous languages as a national... Continue Reading