Abstract: One of the most dreaded subjects in the Nigerian public secondary schools is English language. This is because over the years, several students’ ambitions have been truncated by their poor performance in the subject yet the role that English language must play in Nigeria is a very great one: as the lingua franca, language of trade and commerce, language of instruction in schools and language of politics. The language has to be learnt and used for effective communication in these spheres. It is discovered that in spite of several good textbooks available for use in Nigerian secondary schools, the dismal performances of students in this subject is as a recurring decimal. Students have challenges with different aspects of English language and find it difficult to use the four basic languages skills in the right manner. This paper looks at English vocabulary knowledge specifically as a major factor for language skills development and how Literature-in-English can revamp the fallen standard of English usage to enhance the performance of students’ vocabulary knowledge. Among others, the researcher recommends that literature-in-English is taught with more seriousness in secondary schools.
Keywords: Literature-in-English, Vocabulary Knowledge, Lingua franca, Language skills.
Title: USING LITERATURE-IN-ENGLISH AS A TOOL IN ENHANCING SECONDARY SCHOOL LEARNERS’ ENGLISH VOCABULARY KNOWLEDGE
Author: ADELEYE, Ibukun Adedoyin
International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research
ISSN 2348-3156 (Print), ISSN 2348-3164 (online)
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