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MOTHER-TONGUE INFLUENCE INTERFERENCE IN THE STUDY OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE AMONG SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN AGO IWOYE, OGUN STATE

Authors: OYINLOYE COMFORT

Publication Type: Journal article

Journal: Ife Centre For Psychological Studies/services, Nigeria

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This research investigates the influence the mother tongue interference in the study of English
language learning among public and private senior secondary schools in Ago Iwoye, Ogun State.
Some of the problems observed in the learning of English language in Nigeria are: Problems
with the use grammar and tenses, Problems with accent and placement of stresses on words when
speaking, difficulties in writing well-structured English sentences and use of punctuations in the
appropriate places.This research was carried out using SS1 and SS2 students of some selected
secondary schools in Ago Iwoye, where Yoruba is an indigenous language and is mostly used in
communication outside classroom setting. Well- structured questionnaire developed by the
researchers was the instrument used in collecting data. T-test and chi square were used in the
data analysis. The results revealed that public senior secondary school students had a higher
level of mother tongue interference in the study of English language than private senior
secondary school students with the mean of 16.7 for the public and 15.7 for the private but the
difference is not significant (t=1.719, df=158, p>.05). Also there is no significant difference in
public and private senior secondary school teachers’ perception and strategies adopted to
mitigate the influence of mother tongue interference in the study of English language. The
recommendations proposed based on the findings are: organizing seminars for teachers, creating
more time for teaching oral English, schools should come up with a reward-punishment system to
encourage the use of English language in schools, teachers should cultivate a positive perception
towards the use of English language in schools, students should be discouraged from
communicating in mother tongue in classroom environments.

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OYINLOYE,C. . (2019). MOTHER-TONGUE INFLUENCE INTERFERENCE IN THE STUDY OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE AMONG SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN AGO IWOYE, OGUN STATE, 17 (), 13007-13007.

OYINLOYE,C. . "MOTHER-TONGUE INFLUENCE INTERFERENCE IN THE STUDY OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE AMONG SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN AGO IWOYE, OGUN STATE" 17, no (), (2019): 13007-13007.

OYINLOYE,C. and . (2019). MOTHER-TONGUE INFLUENCE INTERFERENCE IN THE STUDY OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE AMONG SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN AGO IWOYE, OGUN STATE, 17 (), pp13007-13007.

OYINLOYEC, . MOTHER-TONGUE INFLUENCE INTERFERENCE IN THE STUDY OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE AMONG SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN AGO IWOYE, OGUN STATE. 2019, 17 ():13007-13007.

OYINLOYE,COMFORT , . "MOTHER-TONGUE INFLUENCE INTERFERENCE IN THE STUDY OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE AMONG SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN AGO IWOYE, OGUN STATE", 17 . (2019) : 13007-13007.

O.COMFORT , "MOTHER-TONGUE INFLUENCE INTERFERENCE IN THE STUDY OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE AMONG SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN AGO IWOYE, OGUN STATE" vol.17, no., pp. 13007-13007, 2019.

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