1. A CONTRASTIVE STUDY OF THE SENTENCE STRUCTURE OF ENGLISH AND IGARRA LANGUAGES
BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY
The most primary aim of language is communication, and communication can be transactional or interactional. However, different languages have different forms a...
2. A CRITICAL SURVEY OF ENGLISH COMMON SPELLING ERRORS
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
Though many people would agree that the standard of education in Nigeria has deteriorated, no one could have predicted that University Education in Nigeria has deteriorated to an abysmally low level, according to a World Bank rep...
3. A SOCIOLINGUISTIC ANALYSIS OF CODE SWITCHING AND CODE MIXING IN SELECTED JENIFA’S DIARY EPISODES
Background to the study
The employment of more than one language, variety, or style by a speaker within an utterance or discourse, or between various interlocutors or contexts, is referred to as code-switching (Romaine, 1992:110). In linguistics, code-s...
4. A SOCIOLINGUISTIC REVIEW OF CODE SWITCHING AND CODE MIXING IN SELECTED JENIFA’S DIARY EPISODES
Background to the study
The employment of more than one language, variety, or style by a speaker within an utterance or discourse, or between various interlocutors or contexts, is referred to as code-switching (Romaine, 1992:110). In linguistics, code-s...
5. A STYLISTIC STUDY OF ADICHIE'S THE THINGS AROUND YOUR NECK AND PURPLE HIBISCUS.
Background to the Study
A lot of similarities exist in the definitions of language. From another angle, there are highly technical usages of the word “language” reflecting the way the term has been...
6. A SURVEY OF THE LANGUAGE OF NEWSPAPER ADVERTISEMENT
Background Of The Study
Advertising has been characterized as a powerful communication force as well as a critical marketing instrument that aids in the sale of products and services, as well as images and ideas according to Anyanwu (2000). Advertising...
7. AN ASSESSMENT OF A LEXICO-SEMANTIC ANALYSIS OF CHIMAMANDA NGOZI ADICHIE’S HALF OF A YELLOW SUN
Background to the Study
Language, in its sophisticated form, has served as a guiding tool or a convention structure for interacting or presenting recommendations and vocal expression of one's thinking. There are several methods to convey one's views and ideas, i...
8. AN ASSESSMENT OF THE INFLUENCE OF FIELD STUDY ON ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF GEOGRAPHY STUDENTS IN TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS IN NIGERIA
BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY
Field research is the collecting of data outside of a laboratory, library, or workplace context (Okafor, 2017). The tactics and methods utilized in field research differ depending on the discipline. Biologists, for example, may s...
9. AN INVESTIGATION OF INFRASTRUCTURAL FACILITIES FOR TEACHING ECONOMICS IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN NIGERIA
BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY
In many African countries, inadequate education has proven to be the most significant impediment to political, social, and economic reform. School infrastructure has been identified as a significant influence in quantitative educ...
10. AN INVESTIGATION OF THE NATIONAL YOUTH SERVICE CORPS PROGRAMME AND ITS EFFECT ON NATIONAL INTEGRATION IN NIGERIA
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
The government's planning and efforts are centered on development. However, growth cannot thrive, particularly in diverse nations, if there is neither peace or national cohesion. The necessity for unification and control of a...
11. THE SECRETARY PROFESSION IN NIGERIA IN THE PAST AND IN THE PRESENT: A COMPARATIVE STUDY
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
The secretarial profession has existed since the beginning of time, as long as man and nature have existed. The necessity for a famous individual to whom private affairs might be entrusted and who could work as an assistant to a...
12. EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION AS A TOOL FOR GOOD MANAGEMENT
INTRODUCTION
The term communication means different things to different people. Some can expand its meaning to include the equipment used in the passing of information like telegram, telephone, television etc. Others can take it to mean the communicatio...
13. THE MILITARY AND NIGERIA POLITICS: AN ASSESSMENT OF THE DOMINATION OF THE MILITARY OF THE NIGERIA POLITICAL SPACE 1999 TO 2015
Background of the study
The name “Nigeria” was coined by Flora Shaw, who later became the wife of Lord Lugard, the British colonial administrator, on 8 January 1897, which she used as the title of an article in The Times (Meek, 1960), to des...
14. COMPARATIVE STUDY OF BILINGUAL AND MONO LINGUAL SECRETARIAL STUDENTS USING YABA COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY AS A CASE STUDY
Background Of The Study
In the business and professional fields the secretary is the essential link in the diversified daily activities. Contributions are many sided and range from handling routine procedures to implementing management. A secretary is i...
15. COMPARISON OF SOCIAL MEDIA AND RADIO STATIONS ON THE ASSESSMENT OF NEWS INFORMATION
Background of the Study
A century and half ago, communication between countries involved physical presence. Once, a reporter had to run as fast as possible back to the newsroom after interviewing and tried to beat the competition to print. Wit...
16. THE EFFECT OF LANGUAGE INTERFERENCE ON THE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF STUDENTS IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS
Background of the Study
Before the 19th century, the study of language was made. Sir Williams Jones (1786) suggested affinity of Sanskrit and Persian with Greek, opening the study of genetic relationship between languages. With this revelation of affini...
17. EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION AS A TOOL FOR GOOD MANAGEMENT
The term communication means different things to different people. Some can expand its meaning to include the equipment used in the passing of information like telegram, telephone, television etc. Others can take it to mean the communication system in the organization such as grapevine compliant...
18. IMPORTANCE OF INDIGENOUS LANGUAGE IN BROADCASTING MEDIA
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
The broadcast media have been considered an important public domain in the use, promotion and maintenance of language in line with the sociolinguistic nature and dictates of their host communities (Silentman, 1995; Davi...
19. ASSESSMENT OF THE MILITARY AND POLITICS IN NIGERIA: THE DOMINATION OF THE MILITARY IN NIGERIA POLITICAL SPACE 1999 TO 2015
Background of the study
The name “Nigeria” was coined by Flora Shaw, who later became the wife of Lord Lugard, the British colonial administrator, on 8 January 1897, which she used as the title of an article in The Times (Meek, 1960), to des...
20. THE CHANGING ROLES OF THE SECRETARY IN THE ICT ERA: PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS
EXCERPT FROM THE STUDY
when secretaries originated no one knows exactly. The role arose out of the natural need for a prominent person to whom confidential matters could be entrusted and who could act as an assistant for a principal. It is known that secretaries existed...
21. CODE MIXING AND CODE SWITCHING IN NIGERIAN MOVIES
Background of the Study
Code mixing /code switching is a sociolinguistic phenomenon which occurs as an outcome of linguistic contacts especially among bilinguals and multilingual. Code switching is a communicative strategy utilized by bilingual speakers...
22. CODE SWITCHING IN NORTHERN NIGERIA: A STUDY OF KANYWOOD FILM INDUSTRY
Background Of The Study
According to Yusuf (2014:2), Kanywood is the name for the Hausa film industry based in Kano. Due to the cosmopolitan nature of Kano and the fact that most of the production is placed there, in 1999 a journalist working with a Hausa newspaper call...
23. COMPARATIVE STUDY OF ENUANI AND THE NKWERRE DIALECT OF IGBO LANGUAGE
Background Of The Study
Before the 16th century, the Igbo had an ideogram form of writing called “Nsibidi ideograms” (“Nsibidi” is an ancient system of graphic communication indigenous to the “Ejagham people of South-easter...
24. ATTITUDE OF TEENAGERS TO ENGLISH LANGUAGE IN ADO LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, EKITI STATE
ABSTRACT
This study was carried out to examine the attitude of teenagers to English language in Ado local government area, Ekiti State using six selected secondary schools in Ado local government area, Ekiti State as a case study. Specifically, the stud...
25. EFFECT OF PROPER RECORDS MANAGEMENT ON WORKERS PRODUCTIVITY
Background Of The Study
Public and Private organizations needs information to function properly and adequate record management needs to be maintained for proper decision making. Tedesco and Robert (2006) defined record management as the application of s...
26. THE INFLUENCE OF FIELD STUDY ON ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF GEOGRAPHY STUDENTS
BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY
Field study is the collection of information outside a laboratory, library or workplace setting (Wikipedia, 2016). The approaches and methods used in field study vary across disciplines. For example, biologists who conduct field...
27. A STUDY OF SOCIAL WELFARE SERVICE IN NIGERIA PRISONS: A CASE STUDY OF OKO FEDERAL PRISON BENIN CITY, EDO STATE
BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY
“We are all in prison said Sir Alexandra (1999) but is a matter of degree”. He meant that all of geographically owing to choice, employment, political or economic conditions. But this conditions are given willingly and the victim per...
28. ASSESSMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL INFLUENCES ON ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF SOCIAL STUDIES STUDENTS
Background to the Study
Education is the most important component of human resources development and is accorded a pride of place in many countries‟ developmental activities. There is no doubt that the importance of education cannot be underscored becau...
29. IDENTIFICATION OF TEACHING TOPIC IN SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL ENGLISH LANGUAGE
Background to the Study
Learning of mathematics developsgood knowledgeand understanding because of its application to all fields of human endeavor. It is a field of study that brings about logical thinking and reasoning toward a solution to problem that...
30. MULTI-LEVEL INTRUSION DETECTION AND LOG MANAGEMENT SYSTEM IN CLOUD COMPUTING
INTRODUCTION
As Green IT has been issued, many companies have started to find ways to decrease IT cost and overcome economic recession. Cloud Computing service is a new computing paradigm in which people only need to pay for use of services without cost of purchasing ph...
31. AN ASSESSMENT OF THE USE OF SENTENCE STRESS AMONG UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS
Background of the study
A sentence may be thought of as an anthology of words that together communicate meaning and meaning and are constructed in accordance with the conventional understanding of grammar. When compared to longer and more complicated language, short and...
32. PROBLEMS OF MEDIA ORGANISATIONS IN THE SPREAD OF INFORMATION (A CASE STUDY OF NIGERIA TELEVISION AUTHORITY (NTA)
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
The evolution of communication into what it is now has taken place over a period of many centuries. The sophisticated and complex nature of human communication in the modern world is the product of a very long and sustained effort by human...
33. AN EXAMINATION OF THE EFFECT OF NIGERIA PIDGIN ON WRITTEN ENGLISH AMONG SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS
Background of the study
In Nigeria, English is considered a second language by most people. Because Nigerians already had their first language, also known as their Mother Tongue (L1), before the introduction of the alien language known as "English" into the na...
34. AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE PERCEPTION AUDIENCE ON THE USAGE OF PIDGIN ENGLISH IN BROADCAST MEDIA
Background of the study
A peripheral language used among Nigerians to aid communication requirements in particular interaction circumstances, Pidgin English (also known as Nigeria Pidgin) or Brokin English (another name for Pidgin English) is a phrase that is used to in...
35. AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE IMPACT OF CORRUPTION ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT IN NIGERIA
BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY:
The general consensus among economists and policy analysts at the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund (IMF), and other international agencies is that corruption is a worldwide problem, but with more debilitating effects...
36. AN INVESTIGATION ON THE FUNCTIONS OF HEALTH EDUCATORS DURING PILGRIMAGES IN NIGERIA
Background to the study
The process through which people or groups learn to act in a way that is conducive to the development, maintenance, or restoration of health is referred to as health education. Communication in the context of health education may take place via a...
37. AN INVESTIGATION ON THE MENACE OF TEXT MESSAGE ABBREVIATIONS AND ITS IMPACT ON ENGLISH LANGUAGE EXAMINATIONS
Background Of The Study
The term "text message" (TM) refers to the practice of using abbreviations in written communication that are not always understood by all people. It crafts short messaging services (SMS), instant messages (IM), black be...
38. CHALLENGES OF TEACHING ENGLISH IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS
Background of the study
According to studies done on the history of the English language, its roots may be traced back to northern and western Europe. The Germanic subfamily of the Indo-European language family is consequently thought to have had a role in its developme...
39. E-COMMERCE IN NIGERIA AND THE IMPACT OF ONLINE VALUE-ADDED TAX
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
In many developing nations, such as Nigeria, the Value-Added Tax, sometimes known as VAT, has become an important source of revenue (Ijewere, 2022). In sub-Saharan Africa, for instance, value-added tax (VAT) has been implemented...
40. EFFECT OF MOTHER TONGUE ON STUDENTS ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE
Background of the study
It is impossible to place enough emphasis on the significance of learning English as a foundational skill necessary for achieving mastery in one's other academic pursuits. The importance of knowledge on a country's educational syste...
41. A STUDY OF FAKE NEWS IN SOCIAL MEDIA: DELTA STATE UNIVERSITY STUDENTS AS AN INVESTIGATION
Background to the Study
The term "fake news" refers to "false information that has been purposefully spread by individuals who have minimal regard for the truth but intend to further certain (sometimes extremist political objectives and e...
42. A STUDY ON HOW PIDGIN ENGLISH INFLUENCES STUDENTS IN NIGERIA
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- Background of the study
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The term "pidgin" is used to describe a language that emerges out of a circumstance in which individuals who speak a variety of languages are forced to communicate with one another despite...
43. FACTORS MILITATING AGAINST THE LEARNING OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE IN JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN ETHIOPE EAST LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF DELTA STATE
Background Of The Study
The English language is acknowledged as a core subject, and it remains a requirement for all elementary and secondary school students (national policy on education, 2004, cited in Aduwa-Ogiegbaen, 2016). Therefore, the English la...
44. KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDE AND ACCEPTANCE OF COVID-19 VACCINE IN IJAURO YINU WARD, ARDO-KOLA LOCAL GOVERNMENT
BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY
The Covid-19 pandemic, which had a catastrophic effect on a worldwide scale, prompted the necessity for pandemic control techniques that included mitigation strategies. The Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Corona Virus 2 (SARS-C...
45. MOTHER’S TONGUE AND STUDENTS ACHIEVEMENT IN PHYSICS IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN MKPAT ENIN LGA
Background of the Study
Language is a powerful means of communication which has enabled us to be more developed in comparison to other creatures so far found in the world. It is the principal means used by human being to communicate with one another. It...
46. NIGERIA'S FEDERAL CHARACTERS- A TOOL FOR DEVELOPMENT AND UNDERDEVELOPMENT
Background to the Study
In a great number of developing nations, particularly those in Africa, the lack of efficient governance presents a substantial obstacle to the achievement of national developmental goals. This is especially true in the case of th...
47. PROBLEMS OF TEACHING ARABIC LANGUAGE IN JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS
Background Of The Study
Because learning a language is both a scientific process and an activity that is centered on the learner, a broad variety of teaching-learning activities need to be created. However, due to a variety of impediments, the teaching...
48. TEACHERS PERCEPTION OF THE INFLUENCE OF PIDGIN ENGLISH ON SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN AROCHUKWU LGA ABIA STATE
Background Of The Study
Language in multilingual societies such as Nigeria has always been a source of concern for educators, educational planners, and parents, particularly with respect to the proper use of language in communication. This has been the...
49. THE APPLICATION OF ANDRAGOGY IN TEACHING ENGLISH IN SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN RIVERS STATE
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
The process of acquiring new knowledge, skills, and perspectives is known as learning. In the course of a human life, learning can be said to have begun in the womb and continue right up until the moment of death, thanks to the n...
50. BILINGUAL UNDERGRADUATES' USE OF ELECTRONIC MESSAGING: A LINGUISTIC AND ANTHROPOLOGICAL INVESTIGATION
INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY
Around the world, practically every facet of human existence is being disrupted by the proliferation of contemporary technologies, in especially the new media with its various forms of electronic communicat...
