Abstract:
The aim of the study was to investigate the concord errors among the first year students
of Odumase Akro M/A Junior High School in the Lower Manya Municipality in the
Eastern Region of Ghana. The main objectives addressed in the research were to
identify and discuss the concord errors and to find out ways of addressing them. The
instruments employed in this study included test questionnaire and observation. Data
analysed revealed that it is difficult for the first year students to answer concord
effectively and this has gone a long way to affect students’ performance in English. It
has therefore been recommended that qualified teachers should be made to teach the
subject. More so, there is the need to have regular in-service training for English
teachers in the junior high school to equip them in modern trends in teaching English.
Description:
A dissertation in the Department of Applied Linguistics, Faculty of Foreign
Languages Education and Communication, submitted to the School of Graduate
Studies, in partial fulfilment
of the requirements for the award of the degree of
Master of Education
(Teaching English as a Second Language – TESL)
in the University of Education, Winneba
SEPTEMBER, 2019
