Abstract:
The major problem investigated in this study is the difficulties senior high school two
students of Islamic and Wa senior high schools encounter in the use of concord in
English grammar. The purpose of the study was to identify these concord learning
challenges, find out why those challenges exist and find appropriate ways to help the
students. The instruments used to collect data were intervention tests. The research
design included pre-intervention, intervention and post-intervention. The study
discovered that most of the students could not apply the rules of concord correctly.
They had very serious problems with subject-verb concord. Most students applied
concord rules correctly to a very large extent after they were taken through the rules
guiding concord in the intervention procedure. In conclusion, this research has proved
that an intervention procedure is very important in assisting students to overcome
their concord learning challenges.
Description:
A DISSERTATION IN THE DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH EDUCATION,
FACULTY OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES AND COMMUNICATION,
SUBMITTED TO THE SCHOOL OF GRADUATE STUDIES, UNIVERSITY
OF EDUCATION, WINNEBA IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT OF THE
REQUIREMENTS FOR AWARD OF THE MASTER OF PHILOSOPHY
(ENGLISH) DEGREE.
AUGUST, 2015.