Abstract:
This research was designed to examine the punctuation errors in the writings of SHS 2
student of Abetifi Presbyterian Senior High School. Although a number of students in the
Senior High School can express themselves in oral and written English, they have
problems in punctuating their writings well to communicate effectively. The research
sought to identify how the errors occur in students‟ work with the use of punctuation
marks so that appropriate measures can be put in place to curb the problem. The
researcher considered activities such as class test, class exercise to observe how the
various texts in the said materials have been punctuated. The result indicated that students
used some punctuation marks such as the comma, semi-colon at the expense of others
such as colon and the apostrophe. Also, the result is an indication that teachers of English
Language do not treat punctuation as a main topic in grammar from the findings, the
researcher recommended that teachers of English as well as curriculum developers should
attach much attention to punctuation when preparing the syllabus and other related
teaching materials
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 fulfillment 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.
OCTOBER, 2020