Although English language is now the language of government, business and commerce, education, the mass media, literature and internal as well as external communication, there are still problems in the teaching of English as a second language in secondary schools. Students presume that English language is a difficult language to learn and so do not make effort to learn it. Teachers also find it difficult to cope with the heavy demand required for effective teaching and learning of English language. This research work was carried out using the twenty secondary schools in Igbo Etiti Local Government Area of Enugu state. Six boys secondary schools, eight girls secondary schools and six co-educational schools. The target population was one thousand, eight hundred and fifty four students in JS III and one thousand, eight hundred and eighty eight students in SS III and one hundred and five English teachers. Ten schools and two hundred students from both junior and senior secondary schools were used for the study. Forty teachers were also selected and analyzed using mean. Based on the findings some recommendations were made. 

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Title page:

Approval page:

Certification:

Acknowledgement:

Dedication:

Table of contents:

List of tables:

Abstracts:

CHAPTER ONE: 

INTRODUCTION

1.1 Background of the study:

1.2 Statement of the problems:

1.3 Purpose of the study:

1.4 Significant of the study:

1.5 Research question:

1.6 Scope of the study:

1.7 Limitation of the study:

1.8 Definition of terms: 

CHAPTER TWO:

REVIEW OF RELATED LITRATURE

2.1 Origin and importance of English (L1):

2.2 English as a second language (L2):

2.3 Problem of mother tongue (L1) interference in English language learning:

2.4 Problem of shortage of specialist teacher in English:

2.5 Students physical and psychological problems:

2.6 Lack of basic and necessary equipment constitute a problems:

2.7 The problem of teaching method and strategies:

2.8 Time allotted to English language on the time table:

2.9 Summary of literature review: 

CHAPTER THREE: 

RESEARCH METHOD

3.1 Design:

3.2 Area of study:

3.3 Population:

3.4 Sample techniques:

3.5 Instrument for data collection:

3.6 Validation of instrument:

3.7 Method of data collection:

3.8 Method of data analysis:

CHAPTER FOUR

4.1 Data presentation and data analysis:

4.2 Research questions:

CHAPTER FIVE

5.1 Discussion of the results:

5.2 Summary of findings:

5.3 Recommendation:

5.4 Conclusions:

    References:

    Appendix: