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A Pedagogical Analysis Of Teaching English As A Second Language: A Case Study Of Selected Works Of Farooq Kperogi's Page In The Sunday Trust News Paper

ABSTRACT This study aims to present a particular view of second language pedagogy. Teaching English as a second language is a quite complex task for a teacher. Language learning should be more fun and enjoyable for students to learn. Teachers need to have effective teaching strategies in order for students to grasp better in learning English. The objective of this study is to investigate the methods of teaching used by Dr. Farooq Kperogi on how to attract interest in learning English as a se...

A Linguistic Analysis Of Scam Mails

INTRODUCTION This chapter presents the general overview of this research work as well as its significance and statement of problems,and also possible solution to those problems as this study is aimed to achieve. 

A History Of The Eastern Niger Delta 1885-1960: Challenges And Responses Of A Society In Transition

ABSTRACT The major factor in the history of the eastern Niger Delta is not just the increase of the trans Atlantic trade from the sixteenth to the eighteenth centuries

A History Of Development Initiatives In Africa, 1975-2010

ABSTRACT Development initiatives in post-independence Africa have been influenced by the social, economic and political conditions of the continent as well as the dominant development thoughts at different times. Africa has experienced a very low level of economic development since the 1970s compared to other regions of the world, and in response, several development initiatives have been articulated since the 1980s which reflect the continent’s preferred development agenda. The African ec...

A Historical Study Of The Doctrine Of Diganci And Digawa Religious Group Of Danzomo In Gumel Emirate, 1979-2010

Abstract This study is about the Digawa Muslims of Danzomo town in Sule Tankarkar Local Government of Jigawa State, Nigeria. The Digawa Muslims are also found in other areas of the State such as ‘Yandamo, Jikai, Umarni, Babbansara, Digawar-Tudu, Saidawa, Dorai, Galma, Buduma and Zai. Data for this study were collected through primary and secondary sources. Primary data was collected using random oral interviews both individual and groups. The Digawa are not ethnic group, but a religious gr...

A Discourse Analysis of Selected Pentecostal Sermons in Lagos, Nigeria

ABSTRACT This study is a discourse analysis of selected Pentecostal sermons in Lagos, Nigeria.

A Discourse Analysis of the Federal Civil Service English in Nigeriawork

ABSTRACT This research work is an examination of the use of English Language in the Nigerian Federal Civil Service before and after Nigeria's independence on October 1st 1960.

A Deconstruction Of Patriarchal Myths, Towards A Philosophical Basis For Gender Development In Nigeria.

ABSTRACT This thesis examines the conceptual problems in equating womens body with their body within patriarchal social institutions.

A Critique Of Trade Disputes Settlement Mechanism In Nigeria : 1968 To 2004

ABSTRACT A cursory look at the Trade Disputes Act of 1976 shows that the Act did not specifically remove the right of workers to strike but in practical terms.

Farmer-Herder Conflicts: A Case Study Of Fulani Herdsmen And Farmers In The Agogo Traditional Area Of The Ashanti Region

ABSTRACT This thesis examines conflicts over natural resources between pastoralists and indigenous farming communities in Agogo, in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. In recent years, Agogo has gained much coverage in the media over these conflicts.  This study attempts to unravel the underlying causes of these conflicts.  It argues that the conflicts are shaped by three different interests: farmers, herders and chiefs. The chiefs are interested in gaining revenues from land and natural resource...

A Translation Into English Of Spanish Document Titled" Guia Pais Ghana

ABSTRACT This project is a translation of a document titled Guía país Ghana (Guidebook to Ghana) from Spanish into English. Authored by the Commercial and Economic Office of Spain in Lagos, this source text is a broad-spectrum document presenting some vital statistics on Ghana in the area of industry and international relations among other topics. The choice of the document for our translation project is motivated by our desire to make known to our English audience the challenges that Ghan...

A Critical Study Of Yoruba Written Poetry

ABSTRACT This work is an analytic exposition of yoruba poetry written in the period 1848-1948.

Agenda Setting Theory: A Comparative Study Of Two Communication Models In HIV/AIDS Coverage In Selected Nigerian Newspaparers

ABSTRACT The current overriding thought in HIV/AIDS communication in developing countries foreground the need for a shift from the cognitive model which emphasizes the decision,

Popes’ Complicities In The ‘Negro’ Slave Trade, 15th Century To 19th Century.

ABSTRACT Catholic Church historians and the Papacy had claimed to have vehemently condemned slave trade at every instance. Catholic historians and scholars like Luigi Conti and Panzer have done their best to grant an intellectual absolution to the seat of the Pope by carefully whitewashing the ugly part of their history and eulogizing the Catholic Church for being at the forefront of the abolitionist movement. I contend that a thorough analysis of Papal bull, treaties and the classic works o...

Yield and Storability of Sweetpotato (Ipomoea Batatas (L.) Lam) as Influenced by Chicken Manure and Inorganic Fertilizer

ABSTRACT Two field experiments were conducted at the Multipurpose Crop Nursery of the University of Education, Winneba, Mampong-Ashanti campus during the minor and major rainy seasons from September, 2011 to January, 2012 and April to August, 2012 respectively to verify the yield and storability of sweetpotato roots as influenced by chicken manure and inorganic fertilzer in the forest transitional agro-ecological zone of Ghana.. In both cropping seasons sweetpotato root tubers were stored for...


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