Onwe Godwin
Department of English Language
Ebonyi State College of Education, Ikwo
&
Chima Uzoma.O.
Department of Igbo Language
Ebonyi State College of Education, Ikwo.
Abstract.
This study was carried out to identify some errors in writing composition in indigenous language in
secondary school students in Ebonyi State South East Nigeria. Two research questions were developed in
line with the purpose of the study. Two null hypotheses were formulated and tested at a 0.05 level of
significance. The study adopted a descriptive survey design. The population of the study consisted of 2449 lecturers and 92 students and the sample comprised 1000 lecturers and 30 secondary school students from the area of study. This sample was drawn using a multi-stage sampling technique A-10 items instrument termed “A study of error analysis of written composition questionnaire (EAWCQ) was used by the researcher for data collection. The instrument was first validated by experts and reliability was determined using Cronbach Alpha statistics and the reliability got was 0.05. The administration and retrieval of the instrument were through direct contact and the use of research assistants. Data collected were analyzed using mean and standard deviation for the research questions. While the z-test was used to analyze the hypotheses. Findings on the hypotheses tested revealed that there was no significant difference in the mean responses of lecturers and students from Ebonyi State on the items presented. Indigenous Language teachers should adopt error analysis as a method of identifying student language difficulties.
Keywords: Errors, Indigenous, Students, Language.
Get the full content here: Journal