A Study Of The Pronunciation Problems Of Undergraduates:Igbo–English Billinguals.Study Of Imo State University

A STUDY OF THE PRONUNCIATION PROBLEMS OF UNDERGRADUATES:IGBO–ENGLISH BILLINGUALS.STUDY OF IMO STATE UNIVERSITY

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ABSTRACTS

This study set out to analyse grammatical errors in written French composition committed by Senior Secondary School Students in Nsukka Zone, Enugu State, Nigeria. This was with a view to determining the degree of grammatical errors of Senior Secondary School Students and also to find out which sex commits more of these errors than the other. The study adopted the descriptive research design.Pronunciation Problems To carry out the study a review of literature was done in order to determine the extent of work already done in this area and properly situate it. Two research questions and one null hypothesis were formulated. Pronunciation Problems The hypothesis was tested at 0.05 level of significance.Pronunciation Problems

A total sample of three hundred thirty (330) Senior Secondary School Students were randomly drawn from eight secondary schools where French is done in Nsukka Zone. An essay type question was developed by the researcher and was validated by research experts in Education. The same essay type question also validated by research experts in education/French was administered on twenty secondary students in Obollo Education Zone to test their performance in French grammar. Mean and percentage scores were used to analyse the data collated. The major findings of the study were. 1 The Senior Secondary School Students committed the five grammatical error types studied namely spelling, concord, Adjective, Verb–Conjugation and Article errors.Pronunciation Problems

2 These five error–types were committed by the SS Students at varying degrees 3 There is no significant difference between percentage scores of SS male and female students in this zone. 4 The SS female students had the highest percentage of 66% in spelling error 5 The SS male students on the other hand had the highest error percentage of 66% in Verb–conjugation 6 Article error had the least percentage of 7% because students avoided using articles in sentences. 7 Based on the results, the null hypothesis was upheld. Concord errors were also proved to present the greatest difficulty to the students, next were spelling errors, verb-conjugation Adjective errors and lastly Article errors. The educational implications of the findings were discussed; recommendations as well as suggestions for further research were also made.Pronunciation Problems

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