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Challenges students face in summary writing a case study of Ghana Secondary Technical School, Takoradi

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dc.contributor.author Ofori, D.K
dc.date.accessioned 2024-03-18T09:42:16Z
dc.date.available 2024-03-18T09:42:16Z
dc.date.issued 2020
dc.identifier.uri http://41.74.91.244:8080/handle/123456789/2391
dc.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 SEPTEMBER, 2020 en_US
dc.description.abstract The research sought to find out the challenges students face in summary writing in Ghana Secondary Technical School, Takoradi, and ways of improving performance in summary among students. The sampled population was 90 final year science students and 10 English Language teachers. The study was conducted with both qualitative and quantitative methods executed through interviews, tests and questionnaires for which 90 students responded to both quantitative and qualitative data while 10 teachers responded to qualitative data. The study employed an explanatory sequential mixed method approach. The quantitative data were subjected to statistical analysis using SPSS version 24.0 together with percentages for the research questions. Findings indicated that teacher effectiveness significantly contributed to students’ academic performance in summary writing, but a positive school climate as one of the teacher efficacy was found to be the best indicator of students’ success in academic excellence. Based on the findings, it was recommended that stakeholders in education should motivate and resource the teacher for better academic performance. Finally, data revealed that some variables such as large class sizes and teacher feedback techniques played important roles in influencing the performance of students in the study of summary. en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher University of Education,Winneba en_US
dc.subject summary writing en_US
dc.title Challenges students face in summary writing a case study of Ghana Secondary Technical School, Takoradi en_US
dc.type Thesis en_US


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