The Influence of Mother Tongue in Teaching English Language: Its Implications on Students Performance in Junior Secondary Schools in Bauchi State

Isah Khalid Mohammad, Muhammad Hassan Garba, Sani Inuwa

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The paper is aimed at determining the influence of mother tongue in teaching English language: its implications on student performance in Junior Secondary Schools in Bauchi State. The design was essentially a Survey research design, two research questions guided the study and a proportionate random sampling method was used for identifying the sample of respondents for this study. Questionnaire was used for data collection. Three experts validated the questionnaire. For its reliability Cronbach-alpha reliability co-efficient of 0.81 was obtained, Using test-retest method. Mean was used for answering the research questions. The study revealed that mother tongue of a child affects the learning of English language either positively or negatively. However, mother tongue interference has impact on the writing and spoken English language among school students. Also mother tongue hinders effective communication among students in class as well as mastery the English language. It was therefore recommended that parents should be encouraged to help in promoting first and second language, policy makers should make plans that will favour the use of Nigeria languages for teaching and learning in secondary schools and the authorities’ concerned should provide instructional materials for teaching and learning English language.


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