Techniques and challenges of teaching modern English grammar in universal basic education/primary schools in Niger north, Niger state, Nigeria
Keywords:
techniques, challenges, English grammarAbstract
There are a good number of techniques teachers used in the course of teaching their pupils grammatical concepts among which include Providing Examples, Language Games, etc. Grammar is undeniably an essential component of effective communication. The importance of teaching English grammar and by extension, English language in Nigeria educational institutions cannot be over emphasised because of the roles English language plays in Nigeria society. Like any other job, teaching comes with its challenges some of which often lead to un attainability of the target goal for the grammar lessons. Hence, this current research is aimed at identifying the functional techniques of teaching modern English grammar in rural and semi urban settings in Niger North Senatorial District of Niger state, Nigeria. This research is based on quantitative method with the application of survey research design. Simple random sampling technique is used to select the 20 UBE/Primary schools across the research area and the 60 research participants. A set of questionnaire and observation checklist are used to obtain data. And at the end of the analysis of the data, Providing Examples Technique of teaching grammar aspects of English language is found to be the most effective technique among other five techniques identified in this study. Equally, this study identified some challenges teachers of modern English grammar faced in the course of teaching aspects of English grammar to their pupils/students which includes learners’ learning attitude, class size, inadequate teaching resources, etc. The study concludes that there is need for diversification of the use of teaching techniques among teachers of modern English grammar in order to make their teaching more impactful and the study also recommends opportunity for on the job training/workshop of teachers of English grammar among other things so that they can update their knowledge on the best techniques to use while teaching grammar aspects to their pupils/students.
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