Community of inquiry method and language skills acquisition: empirical evidence

Community of inquiry method and language skills acquisition: empirical evidence

The study investigates the effectiveness of community of inquiry method in preparing students to develop listening and speaking skills in a sample of junior secondary school students in Borno state, Nigeria. A sample of 100 students in standard classes was drawn in one secondary school in Maiduguri...

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Main Authors: Preece, Abdul Shakour Duncan, Bularafa, Mohammed Waziri
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: 2015
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L Education (General)
PE English
Online Access:http://irep.iium.edu.my/62716/
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spelling iium-627162018-03-28T07:19:39Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/62716/ Community of inquiry method and language skills acquisition: empirical evidence Preece, Abdul Shakour Duncan Bularafa, Mohammed Waziri L Education (General) PE English The study investigates the effectiveness of community of inquiry method in preparing students to develop listening and speaking skills in a sample of junior secondary school students in Borno state, Nigeria. A sample of 100 students in standard classes was drawn in one secondary school in Maiduguri metropolis through stratified random sampling technique. A self-developed questionnaire was used in generated the data from the respondents and data was analysed using descriptive consisting of mean and standard deviation as well as and inferential statistics one way ANOVA and multiple regression analysis (MRA).The findings show that speaking skill is stronger than that of listening; gender is significant predictor of speaking skill and no significant difference between students in different classes. The study revealed that community inquiry approach is a good method of teaching speaking skill and teachers should be encourage to master and employ the approach for developing English language skills to students. 2015 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/62716/1/62716.pdf Preece, Abdul Shakour Duncan and Bularafa, Mohammed Waziri (2015) Community of inquiry method and language skills acquisition: empirical evidence. Journal of Education and Practice, 6 (27). pp. 89-93. ISSN 2222-1735 E-ISSN 2222-288X
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PE English
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Preece, Abdul Shakour Duncan
Bularafa, Mohammed Waziri
Community of inquiry method and language skills acquisition: empirical evidence
description The study investigates the effectiveness of community of inquiry method in preparing students to develop listening and speaking skills in a sample of junior secondary school students in Borno state, Nigeria. A sample of 100 students in standard classes was drawn in one secondary school in Maiduguri metropolis through stratified random sampling technique. A self-developed questionnaire was used in generated the data from the respondents and data was analysed using descriptive consisting of mean and standard deviation as well as and inferential statistics one way ANOVA and multiple regression analysis (MRA).The findings show that speaking skill is stronger than that of listening; gender is significant predictor of speaking skill and no significant difference between students in different classes. The study revealed that community inquiry approach is a good method of teaching speaking skill and teachers should be encourage to master and employ the approach for developing English language skills to students.
format Article
author Preece, Abdul Shakour Duncan
Bularafa, Mohammed Waziri
author_facet Preece, Abdul Shakour Duncan
Bularafa, Mohammed Waziri
author_sort Preece, Abdul Shakour Duncan
title Community of inquiry method and language skills acquisition: empirical evidence
title_short Community of inquiry method and language skills acquisition: empirical evidence
title_full Community of inquiry method and language skills acquisition: empirical evidence
title_fullStr Community of inquiry method and language skills acquisition: empirical evidence
title_full_unstemmed Community of inquiry method and language skills acquisition: empirical evidence
title_sort community of inquiry method and language skills acquisition: empirical evidence
publishDate 2015
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/62716/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/62716/1/62716.pdf
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