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Investigating into the causes of students poor performance in comprehension at senior high school, the case study of Azeem Namoa senior high school

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dc.contributor.author Essigyan, P.K.
dc.date.accessioned 2024-04-25T09:04:20Z
dc.date.available 2024-04-25T09:04:20Z
dc.date.issued 2020
dc.identifier.uri http://41.74.91.244:8080/handle/123456789/3378
dc.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) in the University of Education, Winneba en_US
dc.description.abstract This study sought to investigate the causes of students’ poor performance in comprehension at senior high school. Azeem Namoa Senior High School was used as a case study. The study adopted a descriptive survey research design. The target population was students and teachers of the school. A sample of 102 students and 4 teachers of English were purposely selected for the study. Questionnaires were used in data collection. The findings of the study reveal that mother tongue interference; communication in Pidgin English; social media influence; limited teaching and learning materials; misconceptions about English Language Comprehension; and teaching and learning based on traditional content and knowledge were the major causes for students’ poor performance in English Comprehension. Based on these findings, the researcher recommends that special attention should be given to the teaching of vocabulary building as the study revealed that teachers pay less attention to that; the headmaster in collaboration with the head of the department and the English teachers should find ways of motivating students to love reading; the government should provide the school with instructional aids; the headmaster in collaboration with the PTA should build a language laboratory for the school; the curriculum must be relevant and flexible to the needs of the students in rural areas; and finally, teachers must always discourage the use of the mother tongue on school campuses, especially in secondary boarding schools. en_US
dc.publisher University of Education Winneba en_US
dc.subject Investigation en_US
dc.subject Performance en_US
dc.subject poor en_US
dc.title Investigating into the causes of students poor performance in comprehension at senior high school, the case study of Azeem Namoa senior high school en_US


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