THE CAUSES OF PUPILS NEGATIVE BEHAVIOUR TOWARDS TEACHING AND LEARNING OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Title page
Certification
Dedication
Acknowledgement
Table of Contents
CHAPTER ONE
Introduction
Background of the study
Purpose of the study
Significance of the study
Statement of the Problem
Research Questions
Hypothesis
Assumptions and Limitations of the
study
Definition of Terms
CHAPTER TWO
Literature Review
Summary of literature review
CHAPTER THREE
Research method
Design instrument
Sample and sampling techniques
Validity of the instrument
Reliability of instrument
Administration of instrument
Procedure for data collection
Method of data analysis
CHAPTER FOUR
Presentation and analysis of data
Analysis of the questionnaire
Method of teaching English language
with
sufficient frequent assignment
CHAPTER FIVE
Discussion of findings
Summary
Recommendation
Conclusion
REFERENCES
QUESTIONNAIRE
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
Background of the study
The cause of pupils negative
behaviour towards teaching and learning of English.
Learning is the permanent acquisition
and habitual utilization of the newly acquired knowledge or experience learning
includes skills knowledge, ideas and experiences and this can be related to the
three taxonomy of objective of education, that is
Cognitive domain: This is the set of educational objectives concerned with knowledge
outcomes and intellectual abilities and skills.
The Affective Domain: This has to do with attitudes, appreciations, values and mode of
adjustment. The psychomotor: This
particular domain is concerned with motor skill, it emphasizes the
manipulations of materials and objectives of such mechanical skills as sketching,
charting map drawing etc.
To survive in this contemporary world
people must continue to learn or acquire new skills or knowledge because of new
inventions in technology.
Teaching can refer to occupation or
profession, teaching can also mean activities undertaken by a more experienced
and knowledgeable person in order to make other learn. Teaching can be defined “as the provision for
experience and guidance of activities designed to promote learning on the part
of those engaging in the activities. The
learner learns through some activities while the teacher does everything that
is possible to make learning possible for the learner. Generally speaking teaching involves
influencing someone to change one’s attitude or behaviour on the basis of new
skill, knowledge and appreciation.
An investigation into the problems
and causes of pupils’ negative attitude towards teaching and learning of
English in some selected schools in Ile – Oluji Oke – Igbo local Government
Area of Ondo State. Are:
Most of the male pupils frequently absent
themselves from school and the reason is the parents do not make enough
provision for their pupils schooling materials in terms of facilities like
textbooks, school uniform, food, transport fare and other provision for daily
use. The trouble with the (father)
parents in this area is that they love marrying more than one wife and the
wives give birth to many children more than what a single man can care for
adequately in terms of Education this is one of the reason for some pupils to
go on looking for daily, pay job to support the little effort of the (father)
parents.
Broadly speaking the study therefore
aims at identifying the causes of teaching and learning problems of (some
subjects such as English, with this view, it is hoped that the solution to such
caused problems will help to improve the performance in the above mentioned
subjects in examination and consequently increase the interest, self reliance
and confidence to participate actively in societal activities.
Purpose of the study
The purpose of the study is to highlight
the problems and causes of pupils’ negative behaviour towards teaching and
learning of English language. Also it
will make it easy for parents and teachers to recommend the possible solution
to the problems of teaching and learning of English language.
Significance of the study
This study will expose parents to the
needs to enrich the learning environment of their children and will help the
parents to recommend the possible solution to the problems of teaching and
learning of English language.
It will also help the teachers to
know the kinds of skills and methods to use in the class to enable individual
pupils to develop personality, which satisfies personal needs and create new
contents and it enable pupils to develop healthy social relationships, to
develop self respect and express themselves individually.
Statement of the Problem
The main focus of this study is to
examine the problems and causes of pupils’ attitudes towards the learning and
teaching of English language in selected primary school in Ile – Oluji Oke –
Igbo Local Government Area of Ondo State.
Research Questions
1)
Does
the pupils have interest in the learning of English language?
2)
Does
the English teacher teach the subject very well?
3)
Does
the teacher use teaching aids and equipment when teaching the subject?
4)
How
well equipped are the school libraries with English language textbooks?
5)
Did
Government provide adequate staff and textbooks for the teaching of English
language?
Hypothesis
The hypothesis form for studies are:
1)
There
is no significant interest in pupils in learning of English language.
2)
There
is no significant result which shows if the English teacher teaches the subject
effectively.
3)
There
is no significant evidence which shows either the teacher uses teaching aids
and equipment when teaching the subject.
4)
There
is no significant proof which shows how well the library of the school is well
equipped of English language textbooks.
5)
There
is no infallible proof that shows if the government provide adequate staff and
textbooks for the teaching of English language.
Assumption and Limitation of the study
It assumed that the research project
will enable any reader to find a lasting solution to the problems confronting
the pupils studying English language in Ile – Oluji Oke – Igbo Local Government
Area and other villages as well. Also it
is hoped that any researcher who wants to research further on this topic will
find the project useful.
As regards the limitations the
researcher suffered much stress in going over the selected school, e.g.
1)
St. John’s Anglican
Primary School, Kajola
2)
St. Peter
Primary school, Oke – Igbo
3)
Methodist Primary
School, Ile – Oluji
4)
St. James’s Primary School, Ondo
5)
St.
Mark Anglican Primary School, Oloruntele
Also, the financial support was
somehow limit and some of my questionnaires mutilated by some of the pupils,
but then, I was able to achieve my aim.
Definition of Terms
Acquisition: This is the act of getting
knowledge.
Behaviour: Is
the way some body behaves
Habitual: Is a
way that is annoying or difficult to stop.
Learning:
Knowledge that you get from reading and studying.
Language: The
principle means used by human beings to communication with one another.
Subject: An
area of knowledge studied in a school, College etc.
Teaching: This
means the work of a teacher.
Teaching is also referred to as an
attempt to bring about desirable change in the behaviour of the learner so that
he would be able to master a large proportion of what he is being taught.
