An analysis of descriptive essay writing among Nigerian undergraduates: An analysis of variance in English writing skills
Background: English writing among Nigerian students prove to be difficult at various academic levels; including pre-university and university levels. Precisely, poor command in English writing among Nigerian students hinders proper academic achievement of most undergraduates.Objective: The objectiv...
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| description | Background: English writing among Nigerian students prove to be difficult at various academic levels; including pre-university and university levels. Precisely, poor command in English writing among Nigerian students hinders proper academic
achievement of most undergraduates.Objective: The objective of the present article is to ascertain the level of variation in English writing among Nigerian undergraduate students’ in terms of gender and in terms of major ethnic groups. Results: The findings indicated that the mean scores for the overall scores of the students’ descriptive essay are at an average score. Conclusion: This study affirms that there is crucial need for intervention concerning Nigerian undergraduates’ English writing. As such, the results of the findings are hopeful to contribute and provide insights to Nigerian education
administrative personals, the national education boards, as well as the international
education planners concerning ways of enhancing students’ English writing. |
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| spelling | uum-179422017-03-12T08:42:15Z https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/17942/ An analysis of descriptive essay writing among Nigerian undergraduates: An analysis of variance in English writing skills Muhammad, Anas Sa’idu Madhawa Nair, Subadrah LB2300 Higher Education PE English Background: English writing among Nigerian students prove to be difficult at various academic levels; including pre-university and university levels. Precisely, poor command in English writing among Nigerian students hinders proper academic achievement of most undergraduates.Objective: The objective of the present article is to ascertain the level of variation in English writing among Nigerian undergraduate students’ in terms of gender and in terms of major ethnic groups. Results: The findings indicated that the mean scores for the overall scores of the students’ descriptive essay are at an average score. Conclusion: This study affirms that there is crucial need for intervention concerning Nigerian undergraduates’ English writing. As such, the results of the findings are hopeful to contribute and provide insights to Nigerian education administrative personals, the national education boards, as well as the international education planners concerning ways of enhancing students’ English writing. AENSI Publisher 2015 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/17942/1/AJBAS%20%209%2037%20S%20323-329.pdf Muhammad, Anas Sa’idu and Madhawa Nair, Subadrah (2015) An analysis of descriptive essay writing among Nigerian undergraduates: An analysis of variance in English writing skills. Australian Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences, 9 (37 S). pp. 323-329. ISSN 1991-8178 http://www.ajbasweb.com/old/Ajbas_Special-IPN-Dec%20_2015.html |
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| title | An analysis of descriptive essay writing among Nigerian undergraduates: An analysis of variance in English writing skills |
| title_full | An analysis of descriptive essay writing among Nigerian undergraduates: An analysis of variance in English writing skills |
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| title_sort | analysis of descriptive essay writing among nigerian undergraduates an analysis of variance in english writing skills |
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