READING DIFFICULTIES EXPERIENCED BY STUDING ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE IN JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN NSUKKA EDUCATIONAL ZONE

📄 Project Abstract

The main purpose of this study was to identify the reading difficulties students' encounter while studying English as a second language in junior secondary schools in Nsukka Education Zone. The design for this study was Ex-post facto design. The study was carried out in three Local Government areas that made up Nsukka education zone in Enugu state. The local governments are Nsukka, Igbo-Etiti, and Uzo-Uwani local government areas. The population was made up of all the JSS1 students in Nsukka Education zone. Two hundred (200) students were purposively sampled. Two schools from urban and two schools from rural areas, two male schools and two female schools were used. The instrument for the study was an extract taken from the students' recommended text. The students read the text while the researcher ticked the column in the rating scale that has the variable identified. Four research questions and two hypotheses were used for the research. The results were analyzed using mean, frequenci...