Nigerian Secondary School Students especially those from the Northern part of the country found it difficult to understand and perform excellently well in oral English both in practices and in the School Certificate Examinations. It must be noted that English Language is the official language in Nigeria with over 250 ethnic groups and above 500 native languages including Hausa language who is the most spoken language. The problem of oral English might be said to be inherent as it started from the primary level of education which supposed to take care of basic literacy and numeracy but failed in this capacity as even majority of the teachers found it difficult to speak English let alone undiluted oral English pronunciations . It could also be blamed on environmental influence of the type that about 90% of the parents and inhabitants of this region speak their local Language. It is good to expose that inability to communicate well in English Language has economic effects on Northern part of the country. This is because business transactions with other tribes becomes difficult without good communication in English Language.So, there is a need to look for effective teaching methods which could remedy this inherent and environmental issue not only in the Northern part of Nigeria but entire nation and Africa at large.
You can liaise with the other institutions in Nigeria that have succeeded in teaching English to students and borrow from their methods. The latter means that you can learn from best practice and be able to address the challenge more effectively. But, ensure that when you get going that you relate the content to the students' everyday lives in order to make it interesting and useful for them.
Many thanks,
Debra
http://blog.tjtaylor.net/teaching-methods/
http://busyteacher.org/14409-how-to-teach-conversational-english-best-practices.html
Isabel Claire Joan Blackman,Thanks for your comment. If I must get you right your mean 1year excursion trip to an English speaking country.
Hello Tubosun,
You can try Vaughan methodology , which has recently been designed in Spain and combines the underlying principles of Audiolingualism and Grammar Translation Method (GTM).
Best of luck,
R. Biria
Dear Babalola Victor Tubosun ,
One of the most important books I haver ever read about methods to teach and learn oral English is the one written by Don Byrne "Teaching Oral English"
Hope you can consult this book.
Best of luck,
Litart
Prof. Litart Litarature, thanks for your interest in my question. But i would appreciate it better if i could have a link to that book online. Give me a description on how to get the book.
Dear Babalola,
I have attached the book here.
Hope you can see it.
Best of luck,
Litart
Dear Babalola,
The learning of a new language aside from the local language of students who were denied proper tutoring at their formative years can be a Herculean task. That notwithstanding, teachers who would want to improve the oral English ability of students can succeed if they:
1. Take great interest in their learners, no matter how fragile their learning abilities are.
2. Great patience and tolerance of the nuisances, academic duressness and discouragements from learners.
3. Constant oratory practices via audio learning devices and the best learners are rewarded and/or motivated.
4. Dramatic performances using the language by learners in a playful fashion to ease the tension and fear of not succeeding in the learning of the English language.
5. Urging students to always put into fruition the diacritics of the English language.
6.Encouraging parental assistance, support and the riding of all forms of cultural prejudices associated with learning foreign languages.
Thanks
Dickson Adom
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