AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE EXISTENCE OF CURRICULUM INADEQUACIES IN RELATION TO GENERAL ENGLISH LANGUAGE COURSES: A CASE STUDY OF ABIA STATE COLLEGE OF EDUCATION (TECHNICAL) AROCHUKWU

Abstract

General English Language courses in NCE programe were designed mainly to equip students with communication skills. But there exit curriculum inadequacies in these General English Language courses. This paper therefore, investigated the curriculum inadequacies in these courses. The process of the investigation began by formulation of seven research questions. This followed by the construction of a questionnaire. The questionnaire was validated and has reliability value of 0.95. The questionnaire has sixty (60) items. The study was conducted in Abia State College of Education (Technical) Arochukwu. The study used survey research design. The population of the study comprised of 21 teachers from secondary schools in Arochukwu. There no was sample and sampling technique as the population was manageable. The data collected from the questionnaire was analyzed using mean and standard deviation. The finding of the study revealed the inadequacies in the curriculum of general English language courses. Based on these findings, the paper recommends the following among others that NCCE should integrate the indings of this study into the curriculum of general English language courses and Abia State College of Education (Technical) Arochukwu should organize a workshops to general English language lecturers on how to teach the topics associated with the findings of the study.