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- Title
Recommended English Textbooks and Student Reading Performance (A Case of Junior Secondary Schools in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria).
- Authors
Udom, Maurice E.; Udom, Sunday E.
- Abstract
This study examines student reading performance in two recommended English Language textbooks (Intensive English Book 3 and English Project Book 3) in Akwa Ibom State. This study adopts cloze and multiple choice tests, to ascertain readability of the two recommended English textbooks and the comprehension performance of students in junior secondary school level in Akwa Ibom State. Four hundred (400) students from 8 secondary schools were sampled for the study. The study identifies cloze and multiple choice tests procedures as theoretical framework used to determine whether student read recommended textbooks at independent, instructional or frustration reading levels. Each respondent's converted score on cloze test was computed against his/her scores on multiple choice tests per textbook selected for the study. Findings from both tests-cloze and multiple choice tests reveal that students who read the textbooks at frustration level based on cloze procedure had good reading comprehension and performance based on multiple choice test. The study recommends among others that both English Language textbooks should be reviewed to reflect students' language level.
- Subjects
AKWA Ibom State (Nigeria); ENGLISH language textbooks; READING comprehension; CLOZE procedure; MULTIPLE choice examinations
- Publication
Akwapoly Journal of Communication & Scientific Research, 2019, Vol 4, Issue 1, p15
- ISSN
2536-7633
- Publication type
Article