TY - JOUR AU - Onyenweaku, Okechukwu AU - Orji, Owali Joseph PY - 2018/07/02 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - EFFECTS OF MOTHER TONGUE INTERFERENCE IN THE LEARNING AND USE OF ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE: A STUDY OF AFIKPO NORTH EDUCATIONAL ZONE OF EBONYI STATE, NIGERIA JF - The Melting Pot JA - TMP VL - 2 IS - 1 SE - Articles DO - UR - https://journals.aphriapub.com/index.php/TMP/article/view/14 SP - AB - <p>This research investigated the effects of mother tongue&nbsp;interference in the learning and use of English as a second&nbsp;language. The work adopted research survey design method and&nbsp;utilized questionnaire validated by two English Language&nbsp;scholars. Three research questions guided the study. 70 English<br>Language teachers in Ajikpo North educational zone of Ebonyi&nbsp;State constituted the population. A total of 56 teachers were&nbsp;sampled using balloting technique without replacement. 52 copies of the questionnaire were returned in usable form. Data&nbsp;collected were analyzed using frequency count and mean scores.<br>2.50 mean benchmark was chosen for the study. Findings&nbsp;revealed that English language teachers are aware of the&nbsp;existence of mother tongue interference in the learning and use&nbsp;of English as a second language. It was also revealed that the&nbsp;interference occurs at the lexical. syntactic, semantic and<br>phonological levels/areas of English and also constitutes an&nbsp;impediment to the effort of the second language user at&nbsp;attaining appreciable level of competence and performance in&nbsp;English language. It is recommended, among others. that&nbsp;English language teachers should pay adequate attention to<br>those problematic areasllevels of the English language study&nbsp;that challenge learners and users alike. using appropriate&nbsp;teaching aids and methodology.</p> ER -