Language Attitudes Among Teenagers And Its Effect (A Case Study Of Teenagers In Uyo         Introduction 1.1      Background of the Study            In the time past, language attitudes have been analyzed and debated with respect to how languages can be endangered, and how they can die.  The two main points to be considered in this research are attitude and language, and how teenagers manipulate them.  Attitude is defined as the way that one thinks and feels about somebody or something, the way that one behaves towards somebody or something that shows how one thinks and feels.  While language is defined as the system of communication in speech and writing that is used by people of a particular country. Also, another dictionary definition of language is a particular style of speaking or writing. So for the purpose of further development and pres...

  Influence Of Music On Language Acquisition On Children As Perceived By Primary School Teachers In Oyun Lga, Kwara State       I ntroduction 1.1   Background to the Study Language is often seen generally as fundamental to human cognitive ability and development. Music on the other hand while being seen as human-specific and universal, is often viewed as a secondary skill one which is predicated and draws its origin from and in language.  However, when viewed critically it is often seen and arguably so that language is a systematically and universal kind of music in itself.  A couple of recent studies into the roles of music and its application reveals that it is fundamental to language learning. At any rate, music is seen as a universal human skill and specific to humans as well one which every human who is born healthy is also born with the innate ability to produce or at least to appreciate. However, in its level of applica...

Influence Of Guidance And Counselling On Career Choice Of Secondary School Students   Introduction Background to the Study             Counselling is a helping relationship in which one person endeavours to help another solve his/her adjustment problems (English and English, 1971, cited in Okebiah and Okorodudu, 2004). This helping relationship originated from the very discovery that young people need to be guided in their career decision-making process. Okobiah and Okorodudu (2004) emphasise that counselling is a person-to-person process in which one person (the counselee is helped by another person (the counsellor) to help, increase understanding and ability to solve his/her adjustment problems. They explained further that counselling requires a wide range of activities which should start from the infant stage of the child designed to aid individuals in solving their problems, the problems referred to in counselling a...

  Gender And Identity Issues In Second Language Acquisition       Introduction 1.1 Background to the Study Extensive language acquisition is determined by a level of dexterity in the four language skills namely speaking, listening, reading and writing. Listening and speaking, in this order, have been described as the most important two as language transcends the semiotic, that is the language for communication, and role. Language is both a sociological and political tool that influences man more than man does it; in it, a person’s worldview is determined to the extent that language is consciousness so that such things as art especially the literary kind become a production of this consciousness at the same time a product of it. Disciplines like anthropology, sociology, psychology, economics, history, etc., invest much time in the study of language as the latter bear upon any deep human-related study. As a result, bridge disciplines have sprung up ove...

English Linguicism And Language Loss: A Case Study Of Yoruba Language Use Among Students Of Obafemi Awolowo University And Adeyemi College Of Education               Introduction 1.1        Background to the Study Language is a human phenomenon that goes way beyond its immediate semiotic possibility to be a diverse sociological factor in which the people’s historical, political, and cultural memory and behaviour are encapsulated. From a certain language use, one can tell another’s social and cultural background and also the strings of events that have shaped the persons personality. For this reason, it is seen that language affects people as much as people affect a language. Usually, the longer the event experienced by the said language users the more solidified the effects on them are by language and the clearer it is evident in the language. A more political event like colonialism always goes beyond...

The Effect Of Child Abuse On The Academic Performance Of Secondary School Students In Nigeria               Introduction 1.1      Background of the Study Child abuse and neglect are fastly becoming universal phenomena in the current world societies despite the fact that child’s rights are being recognized and even to some extent, protected by legislation and constitutions in many countries of the world. Childhood abuse potentially has major economic implications for Nigerian schools and for their students. Even conservative estimates suggest that at least 8 per cent of U.S. children experience sexual abuse before age 18, while 17 per cent experience physical abuse and 18 per cent experience physical neglect (Flisher, Kramer, Hoven, & Greenwald, 2007). Childhood maltreatment, and aversive parenting practices, in general, have the potential to delay the academic progress of students (Shonk & Cicchetti,...