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ERIC ED012440: ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING IN NORTHERN NIGERIA--A SURVEY.

THIS SURVEY IS AN OVERVIEW OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE INSTRUCTION IN NORTHERN NIGERIA FROM PRIMARY SCHOOL TO UNIVERSITY. THE INTRODUCTION PROVIDES A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE LINGUISTIC AND GENERAL EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND OF THE COUNTRY. THE FOLLOWING CHAPTERS DEAL WITH THE PRIMARY SCHOOL, POSTPRIMARY WORK, THE SECONDARY SCHOOL, THE TEACHER TRAINING COLLEGE, AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY IN ZARIA, AND CURRENT EXPERIMENTS AND FUTURE NEEDS. SPECIFIC MENTION IS MADE OF THE "STRAIGHT FOR ENGLISH" AND "TOTAL ENGLISH" COURSES, AS WELL AS THE GRIEVE REPORT AND ITS EFFECTS ON THE ENGLISH TEACHING SITUATION. THE GRIE…