A case study of the factors which inhibit grade 12 learners' comprehension in English as a second language at Ongha Senior Secondary School in the Ohangwena region

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dc.contributor.authorHilongwa, Leaderen_US
dc.date.accessioned2014-02-07T14:08:16Z
dc.date.available2014-02-07T14:08:16Z
dc.date.issued2011en_US
dc.descriptionA thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Educationen_US
dc.description.abstractAbstract provided by authoren_US
dc.description.abstractThis was a qualitative case study which investigated the factors which make English texts difficult for second language learners of English to understand. A criterion sampling procedure, which stipulates the selection of participants who share the same characteristics, was used. Fifty-eight grade 12 learners and six teachers of content subjects at Ongha Senior Secondary School took part in this study. A comprehension test and interviews were used as research instruments and a thematic technique was used to analyze collected data. The main findings of this study were that learners' difficulty in comprehending English written texts can be attributed to poor knowledge of English language and vocabulary. Recommendations of this study included exposing learners to a variety of unfamiliar words, activating learners' prior knowledge with regard to titles and texts to be read, and making learners aware of complex sentences as well as teaching them how to analyse such sentencesen_US
dc.description.degreeWindhoeken_US
dc.description.degreeNamibiaen_US
dc.description.degreeUniversity of Namibiaen_US
dc.description.degreeMaster of Educationen_US
dc.description.statusSuccessfully Downloaded file :http://wwwisis.unam.na/theses/hilongwa2011.pdfen_US
dc.format.extentix, 77 pen_US
dc.identifier.isisF004-199299999999999en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11070/514
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.masterFileNumber3767en_US
dc.source.urihttp://wwwisis.unam.na/theses/hilongwa2011.pdfen_US
dc.subjectEnglish language study and teaching foreign speakersen_US
dc.subjectEnglish language study and teaching Namibiaen_US
dc.subjectTraining of English teachers Namibiaen_US
dc.titleA case study of the factors which inhibit grade 12 learners' comprehension in English as a second language at Ongha Senior Secondary School in the Ohangwena regionen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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