The potential of non -textbook reading materials in the improvement of reading skills in secondary schools in Jigawa state, Nigeria
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2015-05
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Kampala International University, College of Education,Open and distance Learning
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This academic research was carried out to assess the potential of non- textbook reading materials in the improvement of reading skills among learners in secondary schools in Jigawa state of Nigeria. Specifically, the study investigated the extent of teachers’ using non-textbook reading materials (i.e. Newspapers and Magazines) for improving reading skills in Jigawa State, Nigeria; the role of non-text book reading materials in the improvement of the learners’ reading skills in secondary schools in Jigawa State, Nigeria, as well as the challenges of using and not using the non-text book reading materials by teachers during instruction. The data were collected using researcher made questionnaires and oral interviews which were administered to 19 teachers and 80 students from ten secondary schools. The findings were that the majority of the teachers, 53% were not using them. Only 21% of the teachers were using them more than once in a month. The reasons advanced for not using them included among others, the teachers’ desire to finish the syllabus since it is wide, as well as the contents in the newspapers not being examinable in the national examinations. For the role of non-text book materials, it was reported that indeed they play a positive role in improving reading skills and because of that, the learners are urged to read them on their own outside class. As for the challenges of teachers’ using and not using non text book reading materials, the respondents said that by using them some student’s loose truck of what they are taught, some schools find it hard to access and to afford them. On the other hand, not using them makes education be perceived as merely a means of passing examinations to join another level, which is actually not true. It was recommended that teachers should integrate non-teaching materials in the teaching-learning process.
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A dissertation presented to the College of Higher Degrees and Research in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts in Linguistics, Kampala International University
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Non -textbook, Non-textbook Reading materials, Reading skills, Secondary schools, Nigeria