Influence of Jenifa’s Diary on the Usage of English Language Among Student
CHAPTER ONE
Objectives of the study
- To examine the extent in which students of secondary school in Osogbo are exposing to Jenifas diary.
- To ascertain the extent at which students are imitating and cultivating messages, spoken and characters in the Jenifas diary soap opera.
- To evaluate the extent which Jenifas Diary soap opera has influenced students behaviour and speaking patterns.
CHAPTER TWO
REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE
Text and Language
A text is traditionally understood to be a piece of written language – a whole ‘work’ such as poem or a novel, or a relatively discrete part of a work such as a chapter. A rather broader conception has become common within discourse analysis, where a text may be either written or spoken discourse, so that, for example, the words used in a conversation (or their written transcription) constitute a text. Texts do not need to be linguistic at all; any cultural artifact – a picture, a building, a piece of music – can be seen as a text. According to Fairclough (1995), texts in contemporary society are increasingly multi-semiotic. Indeed, texts whose primary semiotic form is language increasingly combine language with other semiotic forms. Television is the most obvious example, combining language with visual images, music and sound effects. Texts are social spaces in which two fundamental social processes simultaneously occur: cognition and representation of the world, social interaction. Halliday (1978) assumes that language in texts always simultaneously function ideationally in the representation of experience and the world, interpersonally in constituting social interaction between participants in discourse, and textually in typing parts of a text together into a coherent whole (a text precisely) an typing texts to situational contexts (e.g. through situational deixis). According to Fairclough (1995:154), “textual analysis demands diversity of focus not only with respect to functions but also with respect to levels of analysis”. He further opines that ‘discourse’ is use of language seen as a form of social practice, and discourse analysis is analysis of how texts work within sociocultural practice. Such analysis requires attention to textual form and organization at all levels; phonological, grammatical, lexical and higher levels of textual organizations in terms of exchange systems ( the distribution of speaking turns), structures of argumentation, generic (activity type) structures.
CHAPTER THREE
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
INTRODUCTION
In this chapter, we described the research procedure for this study. A research methodology is a research process adopted or employed to systematically and scientifically present the results of a study to the research audience viz. a vis, the study beneficiaries.
RESEARCH DESIGN
Research designs are perceived to be an overall strategy adopted by the researcher whereby different components of the study are integrated in a logical manner to effectively address a research problem. In this study, the researcher employed the survey research design. This is due to the nature of the study whereby the opinion and views of people are sampled. According to Singleton & Straits, (2009), Survey research can use quantitative research strategies (e.g., using questionnaires with numerically rated items), qualitative research strategies (e.g., using open-ended questions), or both strategies (i.e., mixed methods). As it is often used to describe and explore human behaviour, surveys are therefore frequently used in social and psychological research.
CHAPTER FOUR
DATA PRESENTATION AND ANALYSIS
INTRODUCTION
This chapter presents the analysis of data derived through the questionnaire and key informant interview administered on the respondents in the study area. The analysis and interpretation were derived from the findings of the study. The data analysis depicts the simple frequency and percentage of the respondents as well as interpretation of the information gathered. A total of eighty (80) questionnaires were administered to respondents of which only seventy-seven (77) were returned and validated. This was due to irregular, incomplete and inappropriate responses to some questionnaire. For this study a total of 77 was validated for the analysis.
CHAPTER FIVE
SUMMARY, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION
Introduction
It is important to ascertain that the objective of this study was to ascertain Influence of jenifa’s diary on the usage of English language among student. In the preceding chapter, the relevant data collected for this study were presented, critically analyzed and appropriate interpretation given. In this chapter, certain recommendations made which in the opinion of the researcher will be of benefits in addressing the challenges of Influence of jenifa’s diary on the usage of English language among student
Summary
This study was on Influence of jenifa’s diary on the usage of English language among student. Three objectives were raised which included: To examine the extent in which students of secondary school in Osogbo are exposing to Jenifas diary, to ascertain the extent at which students are imitating and cultivating messages, spoken and characters in the Jenifas diary soap opera and to evaluate the extent which Jenifas Diary soap opera has influenced students behaviour and speaking patterns. A total of 77 responses were received and validated from the enrolled participants where all respondents were drawn from selected secondary schools in Osogbo, Lagos. Hypothesis was tested using Chi-Square statistical tool (SPSS).
Conclusion
These features and reasons of code-mixing are very useful for the readers to understand the exact role of code-mixing in the Jenifer’s diary. The features and reasons highlighted in chapter two are useful in understanding the code-mixing in relation to the Jenifer’s diary under consideration. The features and reasons of code-mixing can change language to language as no two languages are the same. There may be some changes but at general level these characteristic features and reasons can be studied while studying code-mixing. They play a crucial role in understanding the strategy of code-mixing as they focus on the various aspects and factions of code-mixing.
Recommendation
The government should create unity in diversity. Resources should be allocated equally to every class in the society.
Student should be careful from code mixing especially when they are studying
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