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…
…….We teach Nigeria to read (Stay Safe)
It is an established fact that our beliefs about what we teach influence the way we teach. That is why…
IntroductionThe National Policy on Education (1981) stipulates, as part of the goals of primary Education in Nigeria, “the inculcation of…
IntroductionThe School of Preliminary Studies, Keffi, is one of the thirteen institutions post secondary established by the Federal Military Administration…
IntroductionThe official position is that pupils in the Nigerian primary schools be taughtto read in English as well as their…
IntroductionReading is one of the four primary skills in language acquisition. The fourlanguage skills are speaking, listening, reading and writing.…
IntroductionThe performance of Nigerians, and of others for whom English is a secondlanguage, on tests of intelligence and English language…
IntroductionWilson L. Taylor (1953) coined the word “Cloze” from the Gestalt School ofPsychology and applied it as a testing device…
IntroductionReading for editing presupposes using some specific skills to bring a piece of writing to a publishable standard. It involves…
IntroductionReading has been aptly described by Bright and McGregor (1970252) as “thecore of the syllabus.” Reading is an indispensable tool…
IntroductionOrisawayi (1983:346), after outlining the reading needs of high school students in Nigeria and reviewing the professional and employment reading…