AFTERWORD Timothy 0. Oyetunde & Joanne J. Umolu
It is an established fact that our beliefs about what we teach influence the way we teach. That is why…
A Diagnostic Study Of The Reading Performance Of Some Nigerian Primary School Pupils BAYO LAWAL
IntroductionThe National Policy on Education (1981) stipulates, as part of the goals of primary Education in Nigeria, “the inculcation of…
Influence of Parental Occupation on the Reading Interests of Students at the School of Preliminary Studies, Keffi, Plateau State. I.B. LAB 8: 6.6. OKAM
IntroductionThe School of Preliminary Studies, Keffi, is one of the thirteen institutions post secondary established by the Federal Military Administration…
Developing Reading in Mother-tongue and English in Nigerian Primary Schools: Crisis in Practice JANE OMOJUWA
IntroductionThe official position is that pupils in the Nigerian primary schools be taughtto read in English as well as their…
An Investigation into Some Reading Problems of Pupils in Onitsha Urban Junior Primary Schools DOLLY CHINWE EKPUNOBI
IntroductionReading is one of the four primary skills in language acquisition. The fourlanguage skills are speaking, listening, reading and writing.…
Common Factors Affecting Comprehension and Intelligence Test Performance of Nigerian Subjects D.E. ITSUOKOR
IntroductionThe performance of Nigerians, and of others for whom English is a secondlanguage, on tests of intelligence and English language…
Performance on Cloze Test and Its Relation to Achievement in Reading Comprehension Skills YEMI ABODERIN
IntroductionWilson L. Taylor (1953) coined the word “Cloze” from the Gestalt School ofPsychology and applied it as a testing device…
Reading for Editing: A Proposal for Training Editors At the Tertiary Level of Education NONYE B. IKONTA
IntroductionReading for editing presupposes using some specific skills to bring a piece of writing to a publishable standard. It involves…
Teacher-training: A Factor in Training Functional Reading in the Junior Secondary Schools in Nigeria. A.E. OLAYEMI
IntroductionReading has been aptly described by Bright and McGregor (1970252) as “thecore of the syllabus.” Reading is an indispensable tool…
Vocabulary Recognition Strategies in Selected Nigerian Secondary School English Language Course books ARUA E. ABUA
IntroductionOrisawayi (1983:346), after outlining the reading needs of high school students in Nigeria and reviewing the professional and employment reading…