PROBLEMS, TEACHING AND LEARNING, ENGLISH COMPREHENSION, PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOLS, OREDO LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, EDO STATE

ing of english comprehension in secondary schools in Oredo Local Government Area, Edo State. Four (4) research questions were formulated to guide the study. The study adopted a descriptive survey. The population of the study comprises of the 49 English Language teachers in the fourteen (14) public secondary schools in Oredo local government area of Edo state. A total number of twenty-two (22) teachers were drawn from the population of the study using the simple random sampling technique were used as the respondents for this study. The research instrument for the study was a Questionnaire titled: Problems Confronting the Teaching and Learning of English Comprehension in Secondary Schools Questionnaire” (PCTLECSSQ), which was distributed to the respondents and collected immediately after completion from respondents. The simple percentage and mean score was used in computing the responses of the questionnaire items. To account for the reliability of the study, the Pearson’s Product Moment Correlation Coefficient was used which gave a value of 0.82. At the end of the study, the researcher found that insufficient parental involvement can lead to limited exposure to the English language outside of the school environment. This lack of exposure can hinder a student's language development and comprehension skills. The researcher recommended among others that the government, school management and other educational stakeholders should develop and implement comprehensive teacher training programs to specifically address the challenges faced by English language teachers in teaching comprehension. These programs should focus on improving pedagogical skills, content knowledge, and classroom management
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