Abstract:
A case study was conducted to explore concord errors in the writings of JHS students at
the Kubekro KKMA JHS. The purpose of the study was to look into the causes of the
errors in concord and adopt effective strategies that will help students to overcome their
concord problems. The school has a student population of six hundred and ninety-eight
(698). The simple random sampling procedure was used to select the sample made up of
33 boys and 27 girls in form two (2). The researcher conducted a test for the sixty (60)
students to help her identify the problems they have in concord. The study found and
concluded that the concord errors that students committed were; proximity, notional,
grammatical and gender concord. It also found the causes to include teachers, old
textbooks, students learning, teaching methods, and Inter-language and interlingual
errors. It also found that concord could be improved using writing, games (role play), and
improved teaching methods. Based on the conclusions the study made the following
recommendations. 1. Schools and parents identify early warning signs in the use of
agreement between the verb and the subject. 2. Government recruit teachers with
professional English language background and motivate teachers. 3. Teachers adopt the
consciousness-raising approach to the teaching of grammar through drills, grammar
instruction, and other form-focused activities.
Description:
A Dissertation in the Department of Applied Linguistics, Faculty of Foreign
Languages 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)
in the University of Education, Winneba.
