Abstract:
A case study was conducted to deal with errors in the use of coordinating
conjunctions in the sentences among pupils of the Amasaman MA “2” Junior High
School. Objectives of the study are to find factors that have militated against the
correct use of English coordinating conjunctions among students and how to improve
the use of English coordinating conjunctions in the writing among students of
Amasaman MA”2” Junior High School. The study population was made up of all
students of the Amasaman M/A’2’ Junior High School a total of 456 students.
Purposive sampling technique was used to select 33 boys and 40 girls in Junior High
School form one (1) in the Amasaman M/A’2’ of the Ga West Municipal of Greater
Accra region. The data of this research were obtained from student’s tests items. From
a pretest below average performance of 60% to a posttest above-average performance
of 66% in the post test indicating that there is an improvement in performances. The
study concluded that though students have problems in their daily engagement with
teachers in the use of coordinating conjunctions, there are strategies to overcome
these problems to improve their writing skills. The study recommended that the
workload on the English Language curriculum must be reduced to enable them to gain
maximum time in teaching all other aspects of the English Language. The researcher
suggested facilitation of the use of teaching and learning of coordinating conjunctions
in more compound sentences at the Junior High Schools.
Description:
A dissertation in the Department of Applied Linguistics, Faculty of Foreign
Languages Education and Communication submitted to the School of Graduate
Studies, in partial fulfilment
of the requirements for the award of the degree of
Master of Education
(Teaching English as a Second Language)
in the University of Education, Winneba
OCTOBER, 2020
