The Role of Gender in English Language Teaching

THE ROLE OF GENDER IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING AND LEARNING IN NIGERIA CASE STUDY OF KANO STATE

BY HAUWA MAGAJIYA BALA (MRS)

DISSERTATION SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT OF THE MASTERS DEGREE [MA] IN TEACHING ENGLISH AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE [TEFL]

SUBMITTED TO LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY

FEBRUARY 2004

DEDICATION

DEDICATION OF THIS PIECE OF WORK GOES TO MY BELOVED PARENTS, HAJIYA FATIMA ZAHRA AND ALHAJI YUSUF MUSA. MAY GOD BLESS THEM, AMEEN.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

I thank the almighty God for giving me the strength and health to go through the rigours of postgraduate degree in the United Kingdom. Needless to say that, this was a turning point in my life. It was an experience that I will never forget in my life. I gratefully acknowledge the help of my supervisor Mr Tim Marr, my personal tutor Fiona English and I will never forget the endless assistance of Dr Janet Enever who was never tired of my enquiries from the start of my course to the end.

I confirm that this dissertation is all my own work Hauwa

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION
The roles of education and English language learning in Nigeria have become inter twined. One cannot simply talk about the learning of the English language in Nigeria without reference to education .Education is very important to the Nigerian child especially because of the diverse nature of the society, which made education to be the most important aspect that can unite the whole nation. It is with this in mind that the policy leaders chose the medium used in attaining it, to be the English language. Some of the reasons for choosing the English language could be because of colonisation and as a global language. The future of students in terms of career depends largely on their knowledge of the English language because it is the medium of communication in all government and business places. The question of speaking a standard or acceptable pronunciation of the English language is not however, too much of a bother

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