http://irepo.futminna.edu.ng:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/827 2026-05-14T05:24:09Z http://irepo.futminna.edu.ng:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/31135 Title: ANALYSIS OF ORAL COMMUNICATION FIDELITY BY DIGLOSSIA OF NIGERIAN PIDGIN ENGLISH AMONG SOUTH-EAST RESIDENTS OF PORT HARCOURT, NIGERIA Authors: EJEMBI, JOHNNY FRANCIS; SHEHU, HALIMA Abstract: he essence of oral communication is for ideas, information and knowledge to be expressed and understood as communicated. This study analyzed the level of comprehension of oral English communication in diglossic relationship among the residents of Rivers South-East District of Port Harcourt in South-South Nigeria. Ferguson’s theory of diglossia and communication theory of symbolic interactionism by George Herbert Mead were used in investigations into oral communication fidelity and feedback in this community. Participant observation was employed as well as survey research method to collect data from 623 purposively sampled respondents. The findings of the study revealed that all the residents used low level diglossia more frequently than high level formal English. The study recommends that Nigerian Pidgin English should be standardized for usage in this region and concludes that Nigerian Pidgin English and high level English should be used diglossically together based on their different contexts. 2023-10-01T00:00:00Z http://irepo.futminna.edu.ng:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/31126 Title: CORRELATION BETWEEN MATHEMATICS TEACHERS’ MOTIVATION AND STUDENTS’ ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT IN SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL IN GWAGWALADA AREA COUNCIL ABUJA Authors: SABA, IBRAHIM KABIR; HASSAN, A. A; SHEHU, HALIMA Abstract: This study explores the correlation between mathematics teachers' motivation and students' academic achievement in senior secondary schools within the Gwagwalada Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. Seven research questions and hypotheses guided the investigation. Utilizing a correlational and ex-post facto research design, the sample comprised 351 students (167 males and 184 females) selected from a target population of 3,821 students. Data collection instruments included the Mathematics Teachers’ Motivation Questionnaire (MTMQ), Students’ Motivational Belief Questionnaire (SMBQ), and Students’ Promotional Examination Result (SPER). The instruments were validated by experts from the Federal University of Technology Minna, FCT College of Education Zuba Abuja, and a secondary school mathematics teacher. Reliability coefficients for the MTMQ constructs ranged from 0.56 to 1.00, while the SMBQ constructs had reliability coefficients of 0.76 and 0.81, with average reliabilities of 0.83 for MTMQ and 0.76 for SMBQ, as determined by Cronbach’s Alpha reliability statistics. Students' mathematics academic achievement was measured using their promotional examination scores. Mean and standard deviation with scatter plots were used to answer the research questions, and hypotheses were tested using Pearson Product Moment Correlation (PPMC) at a 0.05 significance level. The findings indicated a weak positive relationship between students’ academic achievement and mathematics teachers' monthly remuneration, a weak positive relationship between teachers’ continuous professional development and student achievement, and a moderately positive relationship between teachers’ support by school authorities and student achievement. The study recommends continuoustraining and professional development for mathematics teachers to enhance their teaching methods and improve student academic achievement. 2024-07-01T00:00:00Z http://irepo.futminna.edu.ng:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/31123 Title: TRANSGRESSING SILENCE: FEMALE AGENCY AND THE POLITICS OF THE UNSPEAKABLE IN OUSMANE SEMBÈNE’S WHITE GENESIS Authors: SHEHu, HALIMA; USMAN, HALIMA SADIYA Abstract: Ousmane Sembène’s White Genesis interrogates the intersections of religion, morality, and gender within a West African Muslim community. Centred on a forbidden taboo that is strategically obscured by communal silence, the novella reveals how patriarchal and religious structures suppress women’s voices while masking deeper moral ruptures. This article analyses how Sembène reconfigures female silence as a form of resistance rather than a marker of submission. Drawing on postcolonial theory and Islamic feminist criticism, it argues that the figure of the “Other” woman traditionally burdened with shame and exclusion, emerges as a moral witness whose presence unsettles the authority of male-dominated institutions. By transforming silence into a medium of ethical intervention, White Genesis advances an African feminist vision rooted in moral accountability, communal responsibility and a redefinition of voice that exceeds the limits of spoken expression. 2025-12-01T00:00:00Z http://irepo.futminna.edu.ng:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/31121 Title: ENGENDERING CREATIVITY SKILLS IN THE 21ST CENTURY ENGLISH LANGUAGE CLASSROOM: A CASE STUDY OF MINNA METROPOLIS Authors: CHIKE-OKOLI, CHIBUOGWU FELICIA; SHEHU, HALIMA Abstract: Creative ability is one of the major skills driving productivity in the 21st century. It is the highest order of thinking that involves creating something new and different from the existing entity. Thus, it is located and nurtured in the learning environment as an end goal. Creativity in language which enables an individual to use language in new and uncommon ways reflects the creative ingenuity resident in that individual. This study investigates the creative skill elements that are being engendered in the junior secondary school environment in fostering English language skills of creativity of the 21st century. Junior secondary class II students were used for the study. 14 schools from both public and private schools were purposively selected for the study in Minna metropolis. 250 students were randomly picked from the selected schools. A 16-item, researcher-structured questionnaire designed to elicit responses concerning creativity skill activities infused into the English language classroom learning activities was administered on the selected junior secondary school students in Minna metropolis. Findings show a very high level of positive response showing that creativity elements are infused into classroom learning activities. It was therefore, recommended that the integration of those creativity skill elements be strengthened and the teachers trained and encouraged to update the elements as the need arises. 2025-03-01T00:00:00Z