TEACHING ENGLISH COMPREHENSION

This study is designed to examine the problems of teaching English comprehension in junior secondary school in Egor Local Government Area, Edo State.Ten schools were selected in the local government and some research questions were formulated, distributed and answered by the respondents from these schools.The research instrument used for the collection of data was
questionnaire.The first questionnaire was collected the same day it was administered and after two days interval,the second questionnaire was collected.And on the analysis of the data collected, the following findings were arrived at: the major problemsof teaching English comprehension in junior secondary schools are: non- availability of library facilities and possession of textbooks by the school,most public schools have overcrowded classroom.The five public schools in the study are largely overcrowded with a population of 50-90 students in a classroom.This can cause adverse effect to learning/ reading of English comprehension.The conclusion is that, these problems hinder the effective teaching of English comprehension in juniorsecondary schools.