ABSTRACT: The general purpose of this study is to examine the influence of mother tongue language on the oral English of secondary school students. The achieved the objectives of the study, research questions were set to guide the study. A descriptive survey method was adopted in the study. ). The population for this study comprises…
INFLUENCE OF MOTHER TONGUE LANGUAGE ON THE ORAL ENGLISH OF SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background to the Study Language is the most distinctive human quality and attribute. Language is characterized by a set of vocal sounds which can be decoded. Language does not exist in a vacuum. It is always contextualized….
CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background to the Study Speech sounds are also called phonemes. A phoneme is the smallest part of spoken language that makes a difference in meaning. Phonemes are speech sounds. Letters are used to represent sounds. This will be especially important when we begin counting the phonemes in words. For example, the…