Factors that Affect Teachers, and Interests towards Teaching of Oral English in Secondary Schools in Edda Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, Nigeria.

Abstract

This study examines the factors that affects teacher’s interest towards the teaching of oral English in secondary schools in Edda Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, Nigeria.The scope of the study was limited in Edda Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, Nigeria, for the purpose of the study the following hypotheses were postulated. There is no significant difference between the mean rating of teachers and students on insufficient time alloted in teaching oral English in secondary schools in (SS three) in Edda Local Government Area of Ebonyi State at 0.5 significant level. There no significant  difference between the mean ratings of teachers and students on the insufficient supervisors and learning of oral English  in ( SS Three)  in Edda LGA from  the findings of this study ,all  Null hypotheses  were rejected. Relevant were collected using questionnaire and test items. The researcher population includes two hundred and seven respondents (207)  and ten teachers (10)  using ten percent (10%) randomly, selected mean rating was used for data analysis. The study revealed  that shortage of supervisors ,large class ,inadequate training,  lack of teaching materials are the major challenges of teaching oral English in secondary schools in Edda  Local Government Area of  Ebonyi State, Nigeria, the study  recommend that Government should  provide  teaching materials for the teaching of oral English.

Keywords ; Teaching,  Learning, Oral English, Edda,  local Government Area.