Effect of Reading Skills on the Writing Performance of Senior Secondary School Students in Bauchi State

Yakubu Usman, Abubakar Isah Kumbi, Hassan Dorathy Moses, Adamu Waziri

Abstract


In Nigeria, English is learnt in schools as second and serves the purpose of being the official language as well as language of education. Due to its importance in the country, it is made a core subject in which all students must pass at all level of education. Therefore, the research could have observed the effect of reading skills on the writing performance of Senior Secondary School students in Bauchi State. The research adopted the quasi-experimental design which requires the per-test and post-test data collection in some selected Senior Secondary Schools in Bauchi state. The study was carryout in Bauchi state. The research used all the SS2 Students of Senior Secondary School Students of Government Day Senior Secondary School Kofar Wambai, Bauchi State. The research use SS2 Students as target population of the study, the population of this study consists of nine hundred and eleven (911) students. Based on the investigation; findings emerged as the two group of student, that is the control and experimental groups had almost the same scores, that is to say there was no difference between the two groups. Students who were given reading fluency treatment did better than those who were not in the content area of essay writing which comprises of idea presentation, choice of words and relevance. From the observations and findings from the test and hypotheses involved in the study, the research wish to conclude as the teaching of reading fluency significantly affected the written performances of students. Students who were taught reading fluency were better able to think. Organize and arrange their thoughts sequentially when writing. The teaching of reading fluency increases the students' ability to imagine and write creatively without making too many grammatical errors.  The recommendations were made in the study among others that the use of reading fluency strategies in teaching should be implemented to improve writing among senior Secondary School Students. Teaching reading fluency should be added to the Secondary School English curriculum. This will enable the students not only read to answer questions but also to test their speed, accuracy and rate while reading.


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