Brief Introduction

Origin of English language: the English language originated in North-Western Europe, going by the history of English. It is therefore said to have evolved from the Germanic branch of the Indo-European language family. Apart from having the widest geographical spread, the Indo-European language family is spoken by the greatest number of people. The language was first spoken by various tribes in Denmark and Northern Germany.

Uchechukwu (2008) said that the word English is used to denote the name of people. By the time of the Northern conquest (1066) English was the name for all the inhabitants of English.

Of all the heritage left behind in Nigerian by the British at the end of the colonial administration, probably none is more important than the English. The English language is now the language of government, internal, business and commerce, education, the mass media, ENEH (2008) observed that English was the name for all the inhabitants of England. He also observed that the English language is the name for all subjects in Nigeria except the Igbo language. This observation is a reality because since we gained independence from the British people, English has been enjoying a high status within Nigeria society.

The English language is not only used in Nigeria but also has domains of usage at international levels too. Paul (2005) said that English is flexible enough to be used for the most trivals conversation or for transacting the most important affairs of the day. Thus, it is the English language that gives Nigeria the opportunity to take part in the deliberation and decisions in international organizations such as the United Nations organization common wealth of nation, world health organizations.

In Nigeria, English serves several purposes that are very important to her existence. It is the lingua franca of the country and the official language in the society due to multi-ethnic groups that speak a different language. For this diversity of language, Nigeria needs one language that will bridge the linguistic barriers among its component states.

Table of Content

PAGES
Title page:
Approval page:
Certification:
Acknowledgement:
Dedication:
Table of contents:
List of tables:
Abstracts:

CHAPTER ONE:
INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background of the study:
1.2 Statement of the problems:
1.3 Purpose of the study:
1.4 Significant of the study:
1.5 Research question:
1.6 Scope of the study:
1.7 Limitation of the study:
1.8 Definition of terms:

CHAPTER TWO:
REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE
2.1 Origin and importance of English (L1):
2.2 English as a second language (L2):
2.3 Problem of mother tongue (L1) interference in English language learning:
2.4 Problem of shortage of specialist teacher in English:
2.5 Students physical and psychological problems:
2.6 Lack of basic and necessary equipment constitute a problems:
2.7 The problem of teaching method and strategies:
2.8 Time allotted to English language on the time table:
2.9 Summary of literature review:

CHAPTER THREE:
RESEARCH METHOD
3.1 Design:
3.2 Area of study:
3.3 Population:
3.4 Sample techniques:
3.5 Instrument for data collection:
3.6 Validation of instrument:
3.7 Method of data collection:
3.8 Method of data analysis:

CHAPTER FOUR
4.1 Data presentation and data analysis:
4.2 Research questions:

CHAPTER FIVE
5.1 Discussion of the results:
5.2 Summary of findings:
5.3 Recommendation:
5.4 Conclusions:
References:
Appendix: