ASSESSMENT OF SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS’ LINGUISTIC COMPETENCE IN ANAMBRA STATE

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the Assessment of Secondary School Teachers’ Linguistic Competence as a Panacea for Ineffective Teaching and Learning in Anambra State. Three research questions were formulated to guide the study. The study adopted descriptive survey research design. Simple random sampling technique was used to select one thousand, one hundred and twenty (1120) respondents. The instrument for data collection was a well-structured questionnaire. The instrument was subjected to face and content by experts to validate the instrument. The researcher adopted a test retest method of reliability to ascertain the degree of consistency of test results obtained from the instrument. The data collected was analysed using statistical mean. It was discovered that linguistic competence of any language lays the foundation of the language and that teachers’ linguistic competence is a sure possible solution to ineffective teaching and learning. Based on these findings, deductions and recommendations were made.