Improving English Reading Skills Among Pupils Through Activity Method

UNIVERSITY OF CAPE COAST
INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION

Improving English reading skills among pupils through activity method

HABIB AHMED
FOSO COLLEGE OF EDUCATION, ASSIN FOSO

2008
UNIVERSITY OF CAPE COAST
INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION

IMPROVING ENGLISH READING SKILLS AMONG PRIMARY SIX PUPILS OF DARMANG CATHOLIC SCHOOL
THROUGH ACTIVITY METHOD
BY
HABIB AHMED
FOSO COLLEGE OF EDUCATION, ASSIN FOSO
2008

A PROJECT WORK SUBMITTED TO THE INSTITUTE OF EDUCATIONOF THE FACULTY OF EDUCATION, UNIVERSITY OF CAPE COAST IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT OF THE REQUIREMETS FOR THE AWARD OF DIPLOMA IN BASIC EDUCATION

JULY, 2008
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CANDIDATE’S DECLARATION I hereby declare that this project work is the result of my own original research and that no part of it has been presented for another diploma in this University of elsewhere

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SUPERVISOR’S DECLARATION I hereby declare that the preparation and presentation of the project work were supervised in accordance with the guidelines on supervision of project work laid down by the University of Cape Coast

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ABETRACT
Majority of pupils in the Basic School in this country exhibit great phobia for reading. This has made many people in the country to lament on this phenomenon.
Reading difficulties prevail in almost all the Basic Schools in the country but the problem is particularly alarming among Basic Six (6) pupils of Assin Darmang St. Louis Catholic School where I am currently undertaking my in-in-out teaching practice programme. Since the art of reading is like a common, which cut across all the subjects taught in our schools, the problem has really affected pupils’ output in almost all subjects, as pupils need to read in order to understand. This research was geared towards assisting primary six pupils is Assin Darmang St. Louis Catholic School to improve on their reading skills. To bring this dream into reality, the

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