AN EXAMINATION OF TEACHER ATTITUDE TOWARDS TEACHING ENGLISH PRONUNCIATION AND STUDENTS ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN SOME SELECTED SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN JAMA'ARE LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA.

ABSTRACT The study was find out to examine the Teachers Attitude towards Teaching English Pronunciation and Students Academic Performance in Secondary Schools. In achieving this aim, the following specific objectives were laid out to examine students’ factors militating against the learning of English pronunciation and establish the attitude of teachers towards English pronunciation as a medium of instruction in Jama'Are Local Government Area. Investigation revealed that teachers’ inability to prepare to enable them interpret the curriculum accurately and implement it effectively has put a serious challenge in teaching and learning of English Language. This poor performance may imply that the students have not grasped the basic language skills. All data collected from the respondents was analyzed by using descriptive and inferential Statistics. A total of 136 (one hundred and thirty sixth) respondents were selected for this study to represent the entire population of the study. The Correlation survey design was adopted to guide the study. The Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient was used to test all the hypotheses at zero point zero five (0.05) level of significance including the null research hypothesis. Primary data were collected from the primary source which questionnaire was used as an instrument of data collection while secondary data were sources from textbooks, journals, newspapers and the Internet were employed. The data were presented on a frequency distribution table and analyzed using simple percentage, while hypothesis was tested using chi-square test. The relevance of the study will be beneficial to students in understanding the factors that militate against teaching and learning of English language in their respective schools and subsequently improve in their academic performance. Based on the findings, it is recommended that teachers of the English language should be made to ensure that at least every student is carried along in the classroom lessons and that every student should be made to express him/herself in the language in order to master it."