ABSTRACT
This study investigates
the effect of mother tongue on English language in some selected secondary
schools in Ovia North East Local Government. The effect of mother tongue of the
study includes students in some secondary schools in Ovia North East. However a
total of four secondary schools were selected, the students were drawn from
each of the classes making a total of 100 students which constitute my sample
size. The research instrument used includes questionnaire, interview and
participant observation. The data collected was analyzed using the sample
percentages calculation; however all of them were finding.
TABLE OF CONTENT
CHAPTER ONE
Introduction
Background of the study
Statement of problem
Purpose of the study
Significance of the
study
Research question
Scope of the study
Limitation of the study
Definition of terms
CHAPTER
TWO
Literature review
The role of mother
tongue on English language
The place of mother
tongue on English language
Problems of teaching
mother tongue
Solutions to the problem
CHAPTER
THREE
Methodology
Population
Sampling
Data collection
techniques
Method of data analysis
CHAPTER
FOUR
Presentation of result
and data analysis
CHAPTER
FIVE
Summary
Conclusion
Recommendation
REFERENCES
QUESTIONNAIRE
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY
English language is not an indigenous language to Nigeria, due to the fact,
that Nigerians already have their own spoken language (mother tongue). Every
Nigeria learning English language is usually faced with a complex language
situation in his process language development.
Besides having to master his own language and other indigenous language, he
needs to have a good command of English as indispensable tool in his daily life
in a changing world. Language is our greatest invention, without it, trade,
government, family life. Regions and the art would be either impossible or very
different.
The human being is characterized by the ability to communicate with his fellow
human being, this chief characteristics is what distinguished the human from
animals. The process of learning indigenous language begin very early in life,
right from time early, an adult attempt to communicate with a child by using
all kinds of sound to him and the child in turn begin to respond to the
communication through imitation.
The child proficiency in use of his mother tongue is accelerated by his constant
exposure to language. This communication is made possible in human being by the
use of two types of sensory stimulation, such as auditory and visual.
Any normal human being with the normal human facilities possesses this type of
sensory stimulation is being used.
STATEMENT OF PROBLEM
This research is designed to find and analyze the influence of mother tongue on
the learning of English Language as a foreign language it is therefore an
attempt to bring together in an accessible from where the mother tongue can
give the needed wrap to English used by Nigerian’s, particularly those students
in Ozolua Model Secondary School, Iguobazuwa. No praise can be too high for the
devoted inspectorates who wrestle continuously with this problem, which is made
almost impossibly difficult by the vast distance involved.
PURPOSE OF THE
STUDY
Our main concern here is to show how English Language is affected either
positively or negatively by the learner mother tongue.
Secondly to acquire sufficient diversified register of English vocabulary in
various field of human endeavour which will enhance the overall quality of
communicative competence of the learning second language.
Thirdly to see of the conditions which language acquisition can take place.
Finally to bring the conditions of language learning closer to the condition of
language acquisition and to male language learning a far rewarding experience
than is commonly the case.
SIGNIFICANCE OF THE
STUDY
The importance of the mother tongue in the education of a child cannot be
overemphasized. Psychologically; the proper development of the child is closely
boring with the continued use of the language he has spoken from birth, the
language of his parents, brothers and sisters, friends and people he is use to.
It is the language in which he has acquired in his first experience in life,
dreams and think, and in his feeling and emotions.
It is a paramount fact that a child education should begin with his mother
tongue since it is the language of his culture, of all the elements that
characterize a linguistic group and distinguishes them from other group’s
whether in art, music, dance, attitude and beliefs, customs, festivals,
behaviour etc.
This does not create a barrier between him and his less educated parents but,
what is worse, it may cause him to despise the language of his people in favour
of a foreign one.
It is not agreed on, however that the factors are essentially the same.
SCOPE OF THE
STUDY
The research on this work has a limited scope it will be to some villages in
Ovia South West Local Government Area. It is solely based on the influence of
mother tongue on the learning of English as a foreign language and its impact
on the rural people, possible
RESEARCH QUESTIONS
The research questions would focus on the following;
1. Does the environment of the child affect the
performance of pupils in English language?
2. Does the economic status of the parents of the
child affect the performance of pupils in English language?
3. Does mother tongue affect the performance of a
child in English language?
4. Is there any relationship between the occupation
of parents and the performance of their children in English language?
5. Does the health of the child affect the
performance of pupils in English language?
DEFINITION OF TERMS
Mother tongue: Native, language, the first which is normally
acquired by human being in early childhood through interaction with other
member of his own native speakers. This can also be called primary language,
its one’s first language of interaction.
Second language: Foreign language, any language other than the
native language or mother tongue. A second language usually learnt and not
acquired through interaction with other.
Interference: The errors native made by carrying over the
speech habit of the native language or dialect into a second language or
dialect. The interference can be noticed in features of pronunciation, grammar
and vocabulary when a person is learning to master the pattern of second
language.
Transfer: The process or result of carrying over speech habit
from one language to another e.g. language teaching, the patterns of the mother
tongue or when translating lexical items may be borrowed from the native
language. Negative features that are not available in the mother tongue are to
features that are present in the second language. This means that there are
some distinctive features inherent in the mother tongues that are transferred
to the second language.
Positive common
features: Are those features that
are present both in first language and the second language.
Department | Education |
Project ID Code | EDU0088 |
Chapters | 5 Chapters |
No of Pages | 40 pages |
Methodology | Null |
Reference | YES |
Format | Microsoft Word |
Price | ₦4000, $15 |
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